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Dorothy & Tin Man

from Under The Sun by Rory Newman

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lyrics

Dorothea walks away as if to say
You could have it all back
Everything you’ve thrown away
But now see
This is how it’s going to be
If you really loved me
You would do it on your knees

So take this dance
Here is your chance
To do it over again

And don’t you try to tell me
That love is that cheap
That you can make these promises
You know you’ll never keep
And don’t you realise man
What to me your love has cost?
How can you say that innocence
Exists just to be lost?

How can you be
So hard and cruel?
How can you break this heart
Which once you could have ruled?

You still can make amends
Make straight that crooked stance
And take this dance
Here is our chance
To try it over again

And the tin man says
Well I have tried my best
To believe in my heart
But I still can get no rest
From this sensation
That there’s nothing in my chest
But the cold tick-tock
Of a dead man’s clock
And the spider’s web
And the rat’s nest

I do not see
It as you do
And though their sockets may be rusty
Both my eyes are sure and true
I love you
But now I have to go
And I may see you on the road
Somewhere in this great expanse
Sometime between now and then
When all things have been advanced
But I cannot take this dance
I took my chance
I will not take it again

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from Under The Sun, released May 31, 2020
Recorded at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms, Collingwood, Victoria.
Mixed & Mastered by Myles Mumford.

Vocals, guitars and keys - Rory Newman
Bass and vocals - Sean Connolly
Drums, percussion and vocals - Matt Salisbury

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Rory Newman Melbourne, Australia

Hailing from Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Singer songwriter Rory Newman is now based in Melbourne, Victoria, and is joined by Sean Connolly on bass and Matt Salisbury on drums. Rory’s songs combine thoughtful lyrical storytelling, a unique voice and a musical style that has its roots in the Americana and rock ‘n roll of yesterday, but which nonetheless feels fresh and contemporary. ... more

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