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Ornithology

by The Adelaide Crows

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1.
Capital City 05:02
Dance the waltz, and sing along baby I've been thinking of running away lately I’ll pack up my bag Turn this dirt race into drag and head to your mother country But while I was dreaming of the unknown and highlights You were dreaming of warmer nights So you hijacked a northern plane Went to 7/11 along the way and went to South America I’ll be thinking of you more than I fear I’ll be watching your direction, while you watch me disappear Explore the world, get yourself lost with me But your heart still lies in the capital city and it’s way damn far and it ain’t that pretty come on waste your life rest your head on mine While I showing Shiites their human rights You were up by the northern lights So I took my new friends on the way, ended up going a different way and starting a holy order But then I heard, you’d escaped to south China, You know I couldn't think of too much finer But I missed you by an eye, got arrested as a spy and was interviewed all night And while they were questioning me on all these faces I told them I’d been to 700 different places looking for... I’ll register my plans with A-S-I-O But if I'm pushed to the ground, the longer I go Oh holy man, I'm a drink my way up the north coast the further I go, the further I grow I’d spend my time at your university But I ain’t that smart, and I ain’t that witty instead I'm going somewhere Facebook won’t get me I'm gonna waste my life then come racing back this the southern city She said ooh, let’s move right away from the sea And for a little while the thought appealed to me Hey middle class life, I ain’t going to need ya I'm heading up north to Indonesia Promote refugee rights meet Australians all night then buy me a motorbike (Then I'm gonna) Lose my way, head to Burma Find and meet Aung Sun Suu Kyii She’s going to dignify me Gonna be a revolutionary You know it ain’t that scary I’ll sell melons by day and fight the government by night Ooh, doesn't that sound alright. Let’s explore the world get yourself lost with me But your heart still lies in the capital city and it’s way too far and it ain’t that pretty come on waste your life rest your head I’d spend all my time at your university But I ain’t that smart, and I ain’t that witty I'm simply going somewhere Facebook can’t get me Come on waste your life, rest your head on mine
2.
Left Handed 04:26
Send a message by fax or pigeon I'm heading out on the road to start a new religion Cause the world’s falling apart at the helm and the seams So I'm passing my life off to my half baked dreams And I've seen the future screaming out your name And I don’t get excited cause I know it’ll just be the same Early morning, the world’s fresh from the brawling My head is aching, the grounds are shaking and icebergs are falling So we spend all weekend thinking we’ll fix it all before light Lord knows we’re gunna loose, and fall ten feet into the night So watch out for my brain, it’s pouring on the road dripping out of my ears and pouring all over your damn toes Soldier on, put your hopes on me Get your heart a little harder, and lose it to the breeze We’ll lose our ragged souls, put the lights down low and dance all night until the first train home I'm getting old and just a little bit lonesome And this world’s too cold and a little bit wholesome Maybe I should start drinking in the morning, or head out on the run But it’s hard enough trying to forget all the stupid things I've done I can’t shake this feeling, why don’t you come out and try it Cause it ain’t too long till I start me a ri-ri-riot. Soldier on, put your credit on me I’m a loose this rotten soul, head out on the sea Hurricanes all night, shows the future ain’t bright But get along, put high hopes on me Not much longer to go, till trees fall down like leaves Water levels are low, the worlds gunna lose don’t you know So let’s forget all our troubles by the first train home Come on through Lord send me a disease The timings right for me Ooh In the morning I can’t see I'm as useless as can be But who cares, ooh not me Forget about the world and its lurch to the right Forget we’re gunna loose and go out dancing all night Not much longer to go, till the future we know Forget that we don’t love each other on the first train home
3.
Under the waves at Willy beach I played the song that you wrote for me I felt the starfish flee the sea One south bound train post-one look at me As the waves crashed over me They pulled me deeper and deeper under the sea I saw your face swim up from the deep the situation become really hard to believe Come on baby, won’t you dance with me I spent all my money on bad ecstasy I know I learned my lesson but hey it ain’t too dear for me When the martyr comes out, avert your eyes I get so god damn expressive every time This lonely lane is alone with me And I'm pushing away green grass with the souls of my feet Before the world sets its dogs on me I took your hand and pulled your face a little closer to me, and I said Come on baby, won’t you stay with me I spent all my money on that lost memory See the eyes (see the eyes) on the wall (on the wall) behind me They've been watching me since we left to go our own way No matter how hard I try they’ll never go away Come on baby, won’t you dance with me I spent all my money on bare unneccesities I know I learned my lesson but it doesn't even matter to me I'm already messed up on your sombre melody And it’s unknown future is just way too hard on me So I’ll spend my life lost underneath the sea
4.
We are expanding all the time Together, we're taking over These are our streets Spread the word around, spread it around You have a choice which you now must make Either fight or co-operate But when your fighting tazers guns These fights, don't last Why dont you go and lead the resistance Fight us and exploit our weakness, now I dont think you understand power I'm prepared to teach you a lesson Latley, the streets they stink of sweat They're camping on our dignity You should have faith in Our spray to mask, the Scent. Mask the scent Why dont you think its gonna go well, why dont think its gonna go well I know why its not gonna go well, I know why its not gonna go well Cause we've got the courts to accept our reports you know the law has a deep respect for the force, its love affair. Two months training you can join
5.
Mr. Rabbit 04:28
I Took a ride out to the city And I sold all my money to the streets so gritty I burnt through my eyes, and lost all my memory, to the breeze And as my night turned to the station, I lost myself to imagination Of you, In the height of power, and I cried I’ve got these crazy thoughts on my mind, and they ain’t that kind Could my better nature shine bright? But the future’s in my eyes And if it goes on, I will start to lose my mind, loose my mind.  So I wrote myself up a plan And the thought pulled me back to ground And I knew I'd get you when you were all alone, all alone. TV said your race was almost furled It’s just the irony of this cruel, cruel world Get your shades on, cause that sky is falling down, to me it’s bound I’ve got these crazy thoughts on my mind, and they ain’t that kind Could my better nature shine bright? But the future’s in my eyes And if it goes on, I will start to lose my mind, loose my mind. I’ll lose the crazy thoughts of mine cause they ain’t that kind And better nature will shine bright, but the future’s in my eyes And it will go on, and I will start to lose my mind, lose my mind
6.
Durestless 03:54
I was caught by the highway with millions in my sight, coppers to the left of me and soldiers to the right, ooh pressures on me So they threw my pretty self in the drunk tank for a fright, the brightness of the days turned into cold nights, ooh pressures on me There I met my future wife and we spent the night together, leaning on the bars and talking ‘bout the weather, It became clear to me That I’d lost my well built mind to some luckless pretty sinner, and I’d now do anything just to be with her, it was plain to see I knew money turned worlds round for lovers, and you planned the future for one another, all summer long and all through the nights, ooh pressures on me So I woke up in the winter not knowing where to sleep, you’d took fiscal plans and hopes all away from me, ooh took it all from me Now I'm lying in the gutter while dreaming grandeur dreams, with all the rats and flies taking pity on me, ooh pity on me Now the world’s just that little more scary, and I'm just that little bit ordinary. All summer long and all through the night, ooh pressures on me. I Could move on to new roads and misadventures, but I guess I’ll just stay a total unknown Live day to day, I learnt life the hard way, pressure’s on me. Maybe you think I'm just a little crazy, but maybe I'm just a little bit all alone All summer long, and all through the night, ooh pressure’s on me. Get this load off me I could be wholesome and daring Could run away from home But maybe you’re just a ghost Who’s haunting me.

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released June 5, 2013

Owen Virtue – Vocals/Guitar/Hawaiian Shirts/Fairy Lights
Kirk Ballantyne – Mustang Sally/Vocals/Drums/Unemployment
Robin Leppitt – Bass/Vocals/Short Attention/Thriftiness
Owen Bennett – Drums/Vocals/Guitar/IMDB Trivia Expert

Thanks to Nancy Butterworth for the artwork, Julian McKenzie for the recording etc, and Michael Cini for being a good dude.

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The Adelaide Crows are a Melbourne based quartet who blend harmonic tones with feet stomping power chords.

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