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Moon Gravity

by James Hickey

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1.
Moon and You 03:58
We shared, we shared But we never compared Notes on where we are Who cares, who cares, No one but us Who follows the moon to bed? If he jumps off a wall, he’s bound to fall I wouldn’t mind watching you sleep Getting to know ya, when I am sober Might be harder than when I am not This half-way house ain’t doing me no good This half-way life it ain’t easy So I’ll spend some time thinking up a line As you follow that moon to bed To surmise and summarise, was a nice surprise To be there to watch the sun rise Over you, and over me And over your green whiskey tea This half-way house ain’t doing me no good This half-way life it ain’t easy I’ll spend some time thinking up a line As you follow that moon to bed You follow the moon to bed.
2.
You could’ve told me to go to hell, You just about did, I never could read between the lines. You’re something short of nothing, If nothing was something, And nothing is all we’ll ever have. If you looked like hell I’d say it, I often wished it so, But I’ve never had need for those words. If you were guarding heavens doors, There’d be devils getting it, Neither saints nor sailors could resist your charms. Have the demons had their way? Sailors sailed on through? Saints paid their respects Gunslingers rode on too. Vagabonds and lonely one, The rich, the poor, forgotten ones Have all been past your door And I’m the last sucker in town. You brandish a knife, That both cuts and smooths, You line them up and slice them through. As you wander off in the dark, the streets all sigh again Singing that lonely hymn to him. Have the politicians failed? Bureaucrats digressed? Winds of change prevailed For hipsters wearing vests? Listless geeks, dirty cheats, Fixed wheeled riders wearing cleats, Have all been past your door, And I’m the last sucker in town. Beware those cold-blooded lovers, who let you to their door, You sure as hell ain’t getting in. They’ll leave you with nothing, If nothing was something, Because nothing is all they have to give.
3.
Let You Away 04:01
I held a robin in my hand, scarlet was its breast Gold and diamond was its song adorned The flutter of its feathers did barely raise the wind The small gust did my heart leave adjourned. It softly landed in my hand, almost by some chance I’d rather hoped it was from providence I watched and listened speechless at perfume oration And wished I was the only audience But the trees watched on haughtily Each leaf like an eye Every branch an ally in the crime Of kid-napping this little one Nature’s lullaby That hope against hope, I wagered to be mine And just like that it was adieu, flown to somewhere else On some other perch did it thence fly I know not where or upon which bow your plume is gracing Or whose hands you’re now held by So fare-thee-well, oh sweet robin with scarlet on your breast The crimson you have set upon my brow Held you tight I desired to I let you away Possess you could I not now I know.
4.
Standing on the street just to see if someone Cares enough to say to me Get out of the way Some will ask you to move, others they’ll run you through If you think you’re better of alone Then hang up the phone when it rings But don’t you entertain the idea Of drinking coffee in the rain Don’t you entertain the idea Of whisky to ease the pain Smoking to remember someone’s name Is like smelling a flower without a scent Never knew what you meant, Now I’m feeling lost and circumspect It was over the day we met Like a sunset at the beach I could deliver half a speech But my words are in retreat Don’t you think we’re better off Drinking coffee in the rain Don’t you think we’re better off With whisky to ease the pain Over your shoulder they’ll be someone else to meet This city’s to full of strangers and drifters Get hard sifting out those friends From those who blow in like the wind And the season ends and you’re coughing up change at the Laundromat Speaking to those you’ve never met Some how people find each other In this jungle of a place, I remember your face I’d recognize it anywhere With some coffee in the rain Recognise it anywhere With whisky to each the pain Drinking coffee in the rain It’s full moon again Drinking coffee in the rain
5.
Is It Right? 02:55
Is it right to want you for my baby? Is it right to want you for my gal? Is it me or am I going crazy? Sometimes I never can tell I’m like a deer caught in the head lights I’m caught in the head lights of my own life I’m like a key without a lock and no damn hole I’m a sunny day without no place to go You get all dressed up at the wrong time of night You get all sleeped up at the wrong time of day You say you’re making money from counting cards I’d say you’re gambling our love away I’d buy you a rose if I’d some way of knowing I wouldn’t cut my hands upon the thorns You’ve got more bad habits than tea parties have rabbits Now cool it off Alice you’ve grown so tall I wonder what I saw in you at all
6.
La Lune est tres jolie ce soir Because I am in your chambre I never thought it would come to this A love affair with a French artist Mon ami, ma sherie We walk the streets of grand Paris And paint a portrait of our love So la ce faire, just say no more Say no more Ah l’amour Say no more Just paint a portrait of our love Un, deux, trois, quatre We can do a little more than that We can paint a house or a flat Achete un chien ou un chat. Whoa, purtain de merde I don’t want to die ce soire But if death comes a demain We’ll have a portrait of our bed
7.
Grenoble 04:37
In the narrow streets where the vines grow, Along the cobbled walls. Flower pots are plenty, Cherries by the score. There’s fruit in every garden, Houses so inviting, Have crawled and sprawled upon each hill. And you said you’d make contact, You said you would call, Well I’ll see you in Grenoble or I’ll see you in hell. I saw a snail climb a tree, Very industrially, But I never saw you delivered to me. If life is the postman, Then death must be the dustman, Sometimes you get a card, Sometimes you wind up in the trash. Well here’s a newsflash baby, I don’t need you at all. And I’ll see you in Grenoble or I’ll see you in hell. I don’t know French but I know au revoir, I know a last goodbye. As much as I know a first kiss, Sure it happens all the time. I’m your champignon au de terre, We both could do a little better, We’ve known each other long enough to know, We will never know each other at all. So pack your bags for your travel, I hope you have a ball, And I’ll see you in Grenoble or I’ll see you in hell.

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The first official release as James Hickey has finally arrived. The 8 track album is a blues-infused documentation of the last few years of hanging out in dive bars and looking for love in all the wrong places. It includes the single 'Last Sucker in Town' released in 2016 and a live recording of 'Bad Moon Rising', lifted from the performance with Pearl Tassell at the Garden of Unearthly Delights (2017).

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released December 8, 2017

The album has Craig Kelly on double bass, Benjamin John Lindsay on drums, Kat Phyn on backing vocals, Oscar E Villagrana on trumpet and Adelaide's prodigal son, Adrian Whitehead on keys. Recorded at Crosstown Studios, Preston, Victoria under Josh Whitehead's steady hand and mastered at Mixmaster Studios in Adelaide by Mick Wordley.

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James Hickey was a programed performer at the Numeralla Folk Festival (NSW) and the Party in the Paddock Festival (TAS) in early 2018. He has been performing in Adelaide and Melbourne consistently since 2012. He completed a 12 date tour of Australia’s east coast in 2016 and a 20 date tour of Europe in 2014. ... more

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