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Bright Black Sky

by Jimmi Carr

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1.
The Cool Police 03:27
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Told You So 04:50
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I knew a girl, fifteen years old Had a baby to a friend of mine Didn't mean that much to me They made me godfather We used to party pretty hard Got into trouble with a friend of mine Didn't mean that much to me Sixteen years old, I was feeling fine Old friends, don't say I told you so Old friends, I've got to let you go I knew I girl, just seventeen Gave life to my fist born son I said she was my only one But I was just a child I guess I lost it pretty bad I can't remember all the fun I had Didn't mean that much to me I was just trying to be free Old friends, don't say I told you so Old friends, I've got to let you go I knew a girl that disappeared She had a baby to a friend of mine Didn't mean that much to me But now I feel it all the time I had a friend that went away Never got to speak my mind Wanted to know if she was ok Wanted to tell her I was doing fine Old friends, don't say I told you so Old friends, I've got to let you go Old friends, don't say I told you so Old friends, I've got to let you go
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Shadow of a Man 04:09
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Dancing on my own grave How strange a thing to be saved A boy wit little understanding Walking in the shadow of a man waiting for a break in the rain To walk into the sunny street again A boy whose feet are unaccustomed To walking in the shoes of a man Praying for one more sweet breath Weighing up the price of forgiveness Laying in one more sweet mess Weighing up the price of forgiveness Oh my god, what have I done Oh my sweet lord, what have I become Dancing on my own grave With strangers and the things we've saved Trying to find a little understanding Working on a subtle kind of plan Waiting for a crack in the door To find out what the hell we came here for A boy whose spirit's unaccustomed To waking in the life of a man Praying for loving sweetness Weighing up a move towards forgiveness Laying in one more sweet mess Weighing up the price of forgiveness Oh my god, what have I done Oh my sweet lord, what have I become (x 2) Dancing on my own grave How strange a thing to be saved A boy wit little understanding Walking in the shadow of a man
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Soul Trader 03:47
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I spoke to the money man Said how mow much have you got for me Can you teach me how to play this game But he left me on my knees I spoke to the music man Said can you teach me how to feel Can you teach me how to sing my soul Can you teach me how to heal Spoke to the darkness from the edge of the abyss I said teach me how to see Can you teach me how to see the light Cos I am ready to be free I spoke to the man of god Told him I had lost my way Well what goes in, son, must come out That was all he had to say I spoke to my muma I said I'm sorry that I caused you pain Well that's ok baby I am sorry too She was just glad I had gotten through Spoke to the darkness from the edge of the abyss I said teach me how to see Can you teach me how to see the light Cos I am ready to be free (x 3)
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Stand and Deliver 03:00
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Stand and deliver One liner man You shake and quiver How much can you stand I'll cook it up for a month Till I'm down on my luck I'm 'a eat ya for lunch Cook it, baby What did I do With just one look I ran you through Blood on the ground With just one line I shot you down Like a bullet Straight to your heart Right from the start It's getting bigger and bigger I'll cook it up for a month Till I'm down on my luck I'm 'a eat ya for lunch Cook it, baby What did I do With just one look I ran you through Blood on the ground With just one line I shot you down (x 2) Stand and deliver One liner man You shake and quiver How much can you stand What did I do With just one look I ran you through Blood on the ground With just one line I shot you down (x 2)
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Light Sleeper 03:22
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As I wake in the morn a new life is born And although I'm not driving it I'm surviving and arriving At a new destination, and to think I ever underestimated the power and love related to me by the powers that be You see, it's all good it's all love and it's coming for free So I'm looking through the eye of a new sunrise And I'm seeing things in people and I never realised That we're walking hand in hand, whether we like it or not Upon a beautiful land and it's the only thing we've got So this feeling I'm gonna channel straight into a track And get back, back before the days of gunga and smack Back before the days of losing myself from the void I'm coming back from the chasm with a lyrical orgasm Cos I'm living in a dream with a lyrical machine Pumping out a steady stream if you know what I mean Well do you know what I mean, I've just gotta get up and speak it I don't feel the need to scream, just gotta speak before I freak it I'm a light sleeper Deep Light sleeper No rest for the wicked, at least that's what they say Just can't seem to shut out the thoughts of the day Or the days gone by or the days to come for everyone You know the drill, your born, you reform You learn to love and trust, you learn to hate and kill You learn to procreate, and still you desire to build an empire Or self destruct at will But time is short Time is running out In the blink of an eye your whole life's blown by And every idea is like a new career Spinning out of control, with no way to steer yourself Out of the confusion and fear Out of the confusion and fear I'm a light sleeper Deep dreamer Light sleeper Deep dreams Light sleeper Deep dreamer Light sleeper (Deepen the plank, you gotta deepen the plank) I'm a light sleeper Deep dreamer Light sleeper Deep
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Bright Black Sky 04:24
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I am dust upon your wings Butterfly I've heard you sing I've seen you dance, I never knew Sometimes I think about it But there is nothing I can do To see but not to touch Couldn't be so frightening as having touched but never seen The tender love, the silent dream The world's reforming in my eyes I'm falling through the bright black sky The world's reforming in my eyes I'm falling through the bright black sky Upon a butterfly I won't let this moment be Another link upon the chain That ties my hands and weighs me down And wastes my days in bitter pain I'm ready now to leave the ground Take my soul, deliver me I won't fight or make a sound Drive me home and bring me round The world's reforming in my eyes I'm falling through the bright black sky The world's reforming in my eyes I'm falling through the bright black sky Upon a butterfly (x 2) I am dust upon your wings Butterfly I've heard you sing I've seen you dance, I never knew Sometimes I think about it But there is nothing I can do The world's reforming in my eyes I'm falling through the bright black sky The world's reforming in my eyes I'm falling through the bright black sky
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Take you Home 03:52
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Wait till the morning, I'll meet you there By the fountain in the warm November air and I'll take you home I'm open wide Like the blotting paper mind of a child Walking through polluted streams Recycling a world of strangers' dreams Love take me home Don't sail away my darling, please don't sail away Don't go away my darling please don't sail away I've seen the night I've seen the light Distorted haze of self fulfilling shame I've kissed the lips of lady, lost and long ago I don't want to remember anymore Love take me home Don't sail away my darling, please don't sail away Don't go away my darling please don't sail away (x 2) Wait till the morning, I'll meet you there By the fountain in the warm November air and I'll take you home
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Live Before 05:15
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Don't say you'll throw away Your soul, don't show your soul away Don't play, don't play that game again I don't want to play pretend Because I don't know how to play And I do not want to play You've got to live before die Before you live, before you die.. If I die before I wake, prey the lord Prey the lord my soul won't break And if I wake before I die, prey the lord Prey the lord my soul to fly Prey the lord my soul to fly You've got to live before die Before you live, before you die.. Don't say you'll throw away my heart Before we even start Don't play, don't play that game again I don't want to play pretend Because I don't know how to play And I do not want to play
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Lonely 05:07
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What's the point in asking why When after all you're just some guy And what's with all these sorry tears Cried for all the wasted year You spent pretending to be real You spent forgetting how to feel You can't remember who you are Well down is down you smiling clown Your lonely friend is coming round Well down is down you smiling clown Your lonely friend is coming round Lonely Lonely On a crowded city train The only sound that I can hear Is the humming of the peoples brains Churning and burning in all there fear Fear of what the day may hold Fear of the lies that they've been told They can't remember who they are Well down is down you smiling clowns Your lonely friend is coming round Well down is down you smiling clowns Your lonely friend is coming round Lonely Lonely...
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Made of Glass 03:38
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Deceiver, retriever Undercover believer Tell me have you seen her With the lusty blood sucker demeanor She said come and drink from the river, deliver Don't put me in a coma Just leave me with a shiver You are made of glass, through which I do not want to see But I am made of bricks, yeah just keep on building me (x 2) Transparency is blinding me And stopping me from finding me Your'e shaking, looking close to breaking Just don't you shatter close to me You are made of glass, through which I do not want to see But I am made of bricks, yeah just keep on building me (x 2) Deceiver, retriever Undercover believer Tell me have you seen her With the lusty blood sucker demeanor She said come and drink from the river, deliver Don't put me in a coma Just leave me with a shiver You are made of glass, through which I do not want to see But I am made of bricks, yeah just keep on building me (x 2) You are made of glass, through which I do not want to see But I am made of bricks, just keep building me and building me, and building

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Jimmi's second full length album. Bright Black Sky is one of Jimmi's most ambitious. Featuring string and horn sections, as well as a collaboration with with fellow Mountains musicians, Hermitude. John Stuart produced the album and contributed a lot to overall sound, including writing the string and horn arrangements. Pete Drummond returned on drums.

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released January 1, 2006

All songs written by Jimmi Carr
Produced by John Stuart
Mastered by William Bowden

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Jimmi Carr is a singer/songwriter from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. He has released 6 albums and an EP under his own name and 2 releases with Innamech. Jimmi's music moves through Folk Alt-Country, Funk and Rock. It could be described as somewhere between Wilco, Ben Harper and Beck. For Innamech go to innamech.bandcamp.com ... more

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