Well, grey clouds wrapped 'round the town like elastic
Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic
The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain
While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rubbed toes
Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows
Dressed in their suits and their boots, well they all looked the same
I took myself down to the cafe to find all the boys lost in books and crackling vinyl
And carved out a poem above the urinal that read
Donât you cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need and give what youâre given
Lifeâs for the living, so live it
Or youâre better off dead
While the evening pulled the moon out of itâs packet
Stars shone like buttons on an old manâs jacket
We needed a nail, but we tacked it âtil it fell of the wall
While pigeonâs pecked trains, sparks flew like planes
The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains
And we all had new iPhones, but no one had no one to call
And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town
Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown
With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye, she said
Donât you cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need and give what youâre given
Lifeâs for the living, so live it
Or youâre better off dead
Well, Iâm sick of this town, this blind manâs forage
They take your dreams down and they stick 'em in storage
You can have 'em back, son, when youâve paid off your mortgage and loans
Oh, hell with this place, Iâll go it my own way
Iâll stick out my thumb, and I trudge down the highway
Someday, someone must be going my way, home
'Til then Iâll make my bed from a disused car
With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars
And Iâll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread
Donât you cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need and give what youâre given
You know lifeâs for the living, so live it
Or youâre better off dead
Donât you cry for the lost
Smile for the living
Get what you need and give what youâre given
Lifeâs for the living, so live it
Or youâre better off dead
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- Young as the Morning Old as the Sea
- Whispers II
- Hybrid Science EP
- Whispers
- All the Little Lights
- Passenger
- Miscellaneous
- Young as the Morning Old as the Sea (Deluxe Version)
- Young as the Morning Old as the Sea (Deluxe Edition)
- Anywhere
- 100% Hits Best of 2016
- RTL Hits 2016
- Flight of the Crow
- Compilation
- Everything
- The Long Road
- Beautiful Birds
- Spotify Sessions (Live From Sydney Opera House)
- Let Her Go
- Spotify Sessions Recorded at Sydney Opera House 2014