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Nobody Ever Leaves

by Tracy McNeil

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1.
Wildcats 03:43
WILDCATS Folding like a table with a broken leg I give you all I got but the weight it aches I’m something that you need I’m something that you take And when it comes down the house of cards will shake So you kick it to the curb You hang out with your friends You tell yourself you’re never coming back again But time’s running like cheap ballpoint pen A sketched out line straight line to the end When we fall into pieces We scatter with the wind at night We fall into pieces Just fragments of our hearts’ delight Wildcats bleeding on the open plains We give it all we got on an empty stage You’re running from your town I’m running from your heart Your love it takes me right back to the start When we made it good When we made it bad When we cherished every little thing we had But time’s running like a cheap ballpoint pen A sketched out straight line to the end Can we ever go back to the way things were How did we ever lose track of our love that burned
2.
City Lights 04:11
CITY LIGHTS You were a wide-eyed love struck dynamo With a gunpowder kiss and a ticket to roam Said you were heading for nothing but good times And I wanted something more You took me by surprise I was caught up in your disguise One could say there was magic in the air Where everything looks small from up there Take a little of my heart baby Take a little of me my friend Take a little of my heart baby Maybe we will meet again We went running through the night Chasing down the city lights You whispered in my ear last call We stumbled into the early morning din Where the birds of paradise call I swore to everything I could find That I would change if you were mine But that’s not how the story goes So I keep it true but between me and you I never learned to love and let go No I never learned to love and let go You were riding on the sea I was tied to a dream You were riding on the sea And I was tied to a dream
3.
Swinging 04:32
SWINGING I follow you down to where the street unfolds To where the darkness calls and the wild wind roars On the long green grass we lay down our swords Call a truce on open land with a handshake We call a truce on open land with a handshake And then down we go again Down we go again Down we go again Swinging for the last time You follow me up to where the city meets the sun Windows on fire till the day comes undone Where the prophets never sleep And the weary lose their feet In the dead end dying day to day In the dead end dying day to day And then down they go again Down we they again Down we they again Swinging for the last time We lay on our backs in a wallpapered room A dresser on each side of a bed made for two Minutes turn to days and we drift off to the moon Just long enough to hear that lonesome call Just long enough to hear that lonesome call And then down we go again Down we go again Down we go again Swinging for the last time I follow you down to where the street unfolds Where the darkness calls and the wild wind it roars And In the long green grass we lay down our swords Call a truce on open land with a handshake We call a truce on open land with a handshake
4.
LEARNING TO RUN My love is like a falling star / Burning through the night out into the dark I don’t need what you’re feeding me / But I drink from the cup till it runs empty My mind is like a steam ship / That’s sailing on a water that just won’t quit Your eyes they ain’t fooling me off into the dustbowl of misery Love won’t save us anymore It leads us through the cellar door Where blood and bones of memory’s stored To haunt us in the night and take us out by light My heart beats like a tom drum that’s played by a child while she’s learning to run Your days keep filling up with lies that lead you astray out into the night I know what you’re thinking now How can we keep this from tearing us down? Well I’m gone before the sunrise I’m sailing on the wind with no goodbye I’m sailing on the wind with no goodbye I’m sailing on the wind with no goodbye Love won’t save us anymore It leads us through the cellar door Where blood and bones of memory’s stored To haunt us in the night and take us out by light My love is like a falling star Burning through the night right into the dark
5.
LAST PLACE I LOOKED In the last place I looked You were standing right in front of me Couldn’t see you for the burning trees Roaring like thunder In the last place I looked Couldn’t tell if I was holding on To the thing that keeps me going on When the day goes black In the last place I looked There were faces staring back at me Giving me the third degree With no closure You can tell me where to find gold And we all need someone to hold You can tell me how to live before I grow old I can tell you how to cut it loose Break the shackles free the noose I can tell you how to love me till the pain goes In the last place I looked I was trying to get my words out A tongue-twisting roar and shout Always fighting for air In the last place I looked I was pining over something I Saw in the blink of an eye And it was gone for good In the last place I looked I was neither near nor far From the heart of where you are But I could feel you coming But I’m a long way from getting it done I keep my distance from the sun With both feet on the ground I walk to the sound of tomorrow
6.
SLEEP IN YOUR EYE Sleep in your eye you’ve been up all night / how you going to make it till morning light Take all you can from the buck and the gin / You don’t need to know where the bottle’s been Draw a line in the sand walk like a man / You’re heading for the big-time again No more dragging your bones against the wind / You’ll be shooting like an arrow straight as a pin Time you were only waiting for time / Love you could never see it flying right straight past you Time you were only waiting for time / Love you were always a beat behind / Waiting for your number Days go by faster than light / temperature’s rising the sun’s too bright And so flies the crow by your window side / just let it go past you’ll be alright Keep digging in land where treasure’s been/ till dirt on your hands turns gold again Take all you can from the buck and the gin / you’ll be shooting like an arrow straight as pin Time you were only waiting for time / Love you could never see it flying right straight past you Time you were only waiting for time / Love you were always a beat behind / Waiting for your number You were only waiting for the stars to align in a little way To light up where you are and to shake away the grey Sleep in your eye
7.
Luxury Liner 05:53
LUXURY LINER I’m on a luxury liner But I remember the days when we made ends meet Born with an itch for adventure I climbed aboard without looking back And I should be coming home To be by your side so you’re not alone In the night when the light in the kitchen’s blown And you settle for warmth of a memory They say those you love you must let go I should be trading my gold ticket for a bus back home Often lost without you You’re my rock in an emergency But pulled by the rolling water And her wicked grace and majesty And I should be coming home To be by your side so you’re not alone In the night when the light in the kitchen’s blown And you settle for warmth of a memory They say those you love you must let go I should be trading my gold ticket for a bus back home I’m on a luxury liner But I remember the days when we made ends meet Born with an itch for adventure I climbed aboard without looking back And I should be coming home To be by your side so you’re not alone In the night when the light in the kitchen’s blown And you settle for warmth of a memory They say those you love you must let go I should be trading my gold ticket for a bus back home I should be trading my gold ticket for a bus back home I should be trading my gold ticket for a bus back home
8.
TOOTH TO A STRING Like a tied up tooth to a string you’re pulling on my every word Taking all the advantages digging up forgotten dirt And I don’t know why You’re telling me to go when I’ve already said goodbye Days go by like an owl sitting on top of the world Waiting you hunt for pray taking what’s seen or heard And I don’t know why You’re telling me to go when I’ve already said goodbye Midnight rambling fights on the lawn with you Silver tongued, we come undone And the heartache sticks like glue And I don’t know why You’re telling me to go when I’ve already said goodbye And I don’t know what’s right or wrong But everybody says that we’ve come to the end of our song And we all fall down Eggshells crack I’m stepping tiptoe over to you Context taken out of a sky that’s faded blue And I don’t know why you’re telling me to go When I’ve already said goodbye You’re telling me to go when I’ve already said goodbye And I don’t know why
9.
A LITTLE MORE LIKE LOVE Gonna stroll into that alley With my sleeves rolled up high And my minds made up, there’s gonna be a fight tonight Gonna put our tune on the jukebox Just to get my courage right Gonna take a shot to help me see through the night Cause you been dancing with the devil And wishing on a star And you’re watching her fall through this hole in the wall bar And she’s laughing, and you can’t get a word in And it’s starting to shape up into something a little more like love You’re going down tonight honey you say And she smiles politely As he’s pulling out her chair and buying her the next round And she tosses her hair back lightly and rolls a cigarette And your pride takes a dive as she is puts it to his lips Cause you’ve been sitting with a thief And she’s running with his heart And you watch it disappear through this hole in the wall bar And he’s laughing and you can’t get a word in And it’s starting to shape up into something a little more like love When your glass is empty and your heart’s all run down And the night is flying so fast it nearly knocks you out When the tune you’re humming takes you back to a love you found So real and strong that how could it be breaking now? Head her off on her way to the ladies Spin around under burnt out footlights And your mind’s made up you’re gonna take her down and try her on for size But you been drinking like a champion who’s running late for the race And you’re stumbling down trying to save some face And she’s laughing, and you can’t get a word in And It’s starting to shape up into something a little more like love

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Nobody Ever Leaves is the third solo release for Tracy McNeil.
Out JULY 1, 2014.

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released July 1, 2014

Produced by Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife
Recorded by Steve Frasier at Little Gold Studios, Brunswick
Mixed by Shane O'Mara at Yikesville, Yarraville
Mastered by Ross Cockle at Sing Sing Melbourne
Distributed by Vitamin Records

The GoodLife:
Tracy McNeil / Acoustic Guitar, vocals
Matt Green / Guitar, bv's
Bree Hartley / Drums, bv's
Luke Sinclair / Guitar, bv's
Rod Boothroyd / Bass, bv's

All songs © Tracy McNeil 2014. All rights reserved.
Photography by Tajette O'Halloran
tajetteohalloran.com

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Tracy McNeil Melbourne, Australia

ARIA NOMINATION 'Best Blues & Roots Album' 2020

2x WINNER 'BEST COUNTRY ALBUM 2016/2020' Music Victoria Awards

Nominated for AUSTRALIAN MUSIC PRIZE 2020

#17 DOUBLE J 50 BEST ALBUMS of 2020
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