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1.
The sword fights, the dagger kills, I see a fire upon the hill, Gabriel, maybe you’ll Hear the sound of me cryin’ Clouds spell “APOCALYPSE”, I see the horn upon your lips, Gabriel, maybe you’ll Come and blow us goodbye, What a day to be alive, My eyes don’t believe what they hear Now blow us away! Blow us away, Gabriel! Fires burning in the sea, Oh, scuttle off and find a tree, Make it tall, cause we’re all Getting high for the winter, French kiss the Hell-mouth, Start with the tongue, And travel south, Gabriel, baby you’ll Show us all what you’re into, What a day to be alive, My eyes don’t believe what they hear, Now blow us away! Blow us away, Gabriel! The sword fights, the dagger kills, I see a fire upon the hill, Gabriel, maybe you’ll, Come and blow us away, You’ll blow us and then, You’ll blow us again, Blow us away, Gabriel!
2.
Static on the radio, Panic in your mind, Clouds in the sky Cause the road ahead to wind, Curving your car Through the blues and the eucalypts, That wheel at your fingertips, Your splitting lips, That face, That face, That face, That fire in your eyes Red dirt… There’s a red dirt angel, Where the earth meets the sky, There’s a red dirt angel, In my eye, Kindness makes a cameo, In the leaves, light and shadow, But true odyssey Leaves a heavy heat in your heart, Like kamikaze lovebirds in free-fall, You’re ammo for the Gum Leaf War, There ain’t no more, Besides the eyes of a red dirt angel, Where the earth meets the sky, There’s a red dirt angel, In my eye, There’s a red dirt angel, Where the earth meets the sky, There’s a red dirt angel, In my eye.
3.
I stood alone, In an empty dream, Emerald green sky, Clouds were falling, And I was ready to fight, Yeah, I was open, I was hopin’ we could pick a side, But now my baby, We’re waiting, When this is over we’ll be miles high, When this is over, We’ll call a spade a spade, When this is over, I’ll lay you down in a bed I made, When this is over, babe Endless beaches, And all the golden peaches of Samarkand, But here by the ocean, It’s too late for fate, So I’ll take a chance, Oh, my baby, just maybe, When this is over would you care to dance? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes ma’am! When this is over, We’ll call a spade a spade, When this is over, I’ll lay you down in a bed I made, When this is over, babe, I’m comin’ over, When this is over, babe I stood alone, In the south of France, With my pants down, By a forest of lovers, And you in a ballroom gown, Together at last, Together at last, Together at last, When this is over this’ll be the past! I’m comin’ over, When this is over, babe, I’m comin’ over, When this is over, babe.
4.
Bluestone 03:37
Heavenly falls the rain When the moonlight glows, Tricklin’ window pane On a memory we made, Just one grain of your sugar Would sweeten the ocean, Then the rain on my window Would sweeten my day, I love you for leavin’, Cause I know that it’s hard To break down a bluestone wall For a change of guard, Waitin’ on the day Where you don’t dare dance down my mind, But I couldn’t do myself A service so unkind, nah babe, Cause that grain of your sugar That sweetened the ocean, Soothes the pain in my shoulders From building in vain, I love you for leavin’, Cause I know that it’s hard To break down a bluestone wall For a change of guard, Heavenly falls the rain, When the moonlight glows.
5.
Aquarian 01:24
Let’s get wet! To feel what lovers can only steal, Under the ripplin’ river water lies a flame, I’m just waiting on your name, Aquarian, Carry me like water from a dying stream Aquarian, To fall in love is to fall, So fall like water Aquarian, fall for me.
6.
Happy Place 06:18
There’s a part of me, You’re gonna have to pay, I’m just a smile away, You can call it my happy place, That I have tried to hide, But you can try to find, You can try… There’s a part of me, That’s coming out to play, I’m just a smile away, You can call it my happy place, That I have tried to hide, But you can try to find, You can try…
7.
So you took a hit, You couldn’t put it down, Sunshine’s growin’ on the ground, Red rose hands are crawling, In the yellow sea of memory I drown, There’s nothing sweeter than the sound, And it comes without a warning, My heart it breaks every morning, Every morning, it breaks My heart it breaks every morning, Every morning, it breaks, Does it do to dwell In parallel cocoons? Our man-made mountains on the moon, Red rose hands are crawling, I know you know your lines, But can you co-star? Can you dance in the dark? Through a garden in a withered wasteland Harbouring a heart that breaks every morning, Every morning it breaks, My heart it breaks every morning, Every morning, it breaks, So dangerous, So irresistible, This distance is it necessary, or no? There’s a broken seam, Within the dream, That screams to me like a ghost, Then in the morning I’ll be missing you most, My heart it breaks every morning, Every morning, it breaks.
8.
You’re starting to see That I’ve been hurt. Bad. Cause nobody cared When I came through, And that made me sad, But I need your love, More than I ever have, I’m starting to see That you’re moving on, But honey, I’m here and I’m holdin’ A candle I want you to see, It’s true - all I have is love for you, But I know That in the fullness of time I’ll show you all of the love I hide, And in the fullness of time I’ll let you in on where I been inside, Caught in the rain with a fallin’ sky, Maybe if we were to say out loud, That lovin’ is hard But it’s harder to stand in a crowd Reaching out, Wonderin’ how to turn it around, Now I’ve found That in the fullness of time I’ll show you all of the love I hide, And in the fullness of time I’ll let you in on where I been inside, Caught in the rain with a fallin’ sky, Caught in the rain, With my love and my pain, And I’m pouring a champagne Down the drain, I’m caught in the rain with a fallin’ sky, In the fullness of time I’ll show you all of the love I hide, And in the fullness of time I’ll let you in on where I been inside.
9.
Breath in the sails, Stars in the sky, Dreamboat, sailing through the night, Into the air, And your eyes, Lover’s delight in a dreamboat, Sailing for the light into the air… Hold tight, sail into the night, Hold tight, sailing for the light, Breath in the sails, Stars in the sky, Dreamboat, sailing through the night, It’s in the air, And your eyes, Lover’s delight in a dreamboat, Sailing for the light into the air… Dreamboat Odyssey. [I’ll be Jupiter You be Saturn We’ll paint crazy patterns in the stars And Mars can tap the glass Two aquarians, one aquarium And a lightning-bolt mast Oh, it’s a dreamboat! Haven’t you ever seen one before!? It’s a freak show! Flying for the cosmic shore On a first date with my first mate And we don’t stop!]
10.
Hey Johnny, I’m sorry, I’ll never forget ya, We’ll make it to Petra someday, We’ll find a way, I’ll ask the mystics, To cook us a quick fix, And we can float away, Cause hey - between the sun and the moon, All I’ve found is beauty and doom. Princesses, And priests, Mad professors who stole the West from the East, When will we learn, That no degree of bravery, Will ever slay the beast? At least when all that treasure is strewn, We will know, Our beauty from doom. When I crawl into the sea, Backwards through my memory, From death to birth, Smiles of Earth shine on and on and on and on And over me, Granddaddy! I’m happy! Killed a dragon, And smashed my wagon to pieces, Now our lease is up, It’s time to start again, And we can be young men, And we’ll be having fun, Now come on, You go and I’ll follow soon, Once I’m done with beauty and doom.

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Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird is:

Lachlan Rose - Vox/ Piano/ Synths/ Guitar
Francesca Gonzales - Vocals
Peter Simonsen - Vocals/ Guitar
Nicholas Reid - Drums/ Percussion
Matthew Hayes - Bass
Oliver Whitehead - Saxophone
Josh Kelly - Saxophone/ Clarinet
Liam McGorry - Trumpet

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released August 24, 2022

All songs written by Lachlan Rose
Produced by Stephen Charles and Lachlan Rose at The Aviary, Abbotsford, Melbourne
Engineered by Stephen Charles
Assistant engineering by Harry Leithhead
‘Happy Place’ and initial sessions engineered by Guy Faletolu (Echidna Studios, Christmas Hills, Victoria)
Mixed by Matthew Neighbour
Mastered by George Georgiadis at Little Wing Sound
Album cover by Thom Mitchell

For Benny - a bright smile of Earth.

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