"Saviour" He came into town with the smell of death He walked in up-wind with a skull for a head The sound of his footsteps scraped in their ears The texture of his skin filled them with fear The paint peeled away wherever he passed The grass in the cracks all withered to dust The rust on the rooves sang out his tune The awnings all flapped to the ebb of his breath His purpose was pure his intention was clear A man of his word he brought them to tears He slept in the square under the lights The dew of the dusk freezing to ice I looked at his face and I saw his eyes I stared into them and saw the sky and the stars No-one could recall their feelings or thoughts When he opened his mouth and spoke to us all He came into town with the smell of death He walked in up-wind with a skull for a head He strode through the streets with the gifts of youth And all that he touched brought forth new shoots "A Night On The Tiles" Beer glass rings on the laminex Smearing ash brought to her lips Legs crossed over in white tights Eye lids painted droopy blue His hand fans forward silver rings Light through shaking fingers Beer garden manic laughter A tattoo plays above his collar Moccasins get up to move Piss splash in the urinal Darts stab into bristling circles Metal thump of smokes machine Juke box stops suprised faces Ceiling cracks and splits open Cataract of silent light Christ descends for a cold-filtered Noise resumes leather sandals Salt-and-vinegar good health rustles His eyes survey the ancient scene The priest is very busy here Wooden pews pushed face to face Pious debate across tables Family gossip threes and fours Donations made across the altar Six pots festival occasion Heaven here upon the earth Last drinks folks its time for closing Rabble spills out on the street Where to now cigarettes glowing Swish of cloth into the night Others follow into darkness To a place he knows below A nod and wink and through the door Brick red light and smoke filled room A demon heat across the floor A raging fire and raging souls Drinks on me my credits dope Draw the brimstone to your lungs We'll kick on here to kingdom comes Breakfast at the mega-bar "A Tattooed Arm" The jelly fish burned bright Beneath the pier at night The moon hung high The stars did shine The gentle sound of lapping brine A silken grey flashed below The shadow of a passing gull A patch of white Bobs on top A tattooed arm someone cut off I skipped down stairs beneath the pier I rolled my sleeve it drifted near I fished it out And held it high The shiney hairs against the sky The tattoo showed beneath the the moon Some faded words an "eye luv u" It was early June When I left your room It was getting late in the afternoon "She's Leaving" She's walking down the garden path As the sun begins the day I turn my gaze toward the gate And watch her walk away I lay back in my bed again Wrap the pillow 'round my head I'm back at that impasse again Faced with the living dead The garden that we planted Is wild and sowing seed The horses in the stables They are shifting aimlessly (CHORUS) I watch the sun setting red A bloody haze upon my head The greedy earth it has been fed I wish I was a bird instead) Why did I keep on killing love And filling love with cold How did she ever stand the touch Of my breath upon her face The tears I cry for her this morn Her hurt and disbelief What do I think I'm doing here All smashed up on the beach (CHORUS) I pick her old things off the floor And stuff them in a bag I tie a knot around the top As tight as it is sad I throw the bag into the ute And drive toward the dump Onto the heap of trash and stench My love my world my strife Then I raise my eyes toward the sun And watch it setting red I lift my arms up to the sky And try to feel you there (CHORUS) "Summer" It is summer and my window is wide open It is summer and a month since I have spoken (Chorus) Let me in, let me in Let the sun come in It is summer trace your outline in the air It is summer and I wish that you were here (CHORUS) It is summer at the kitchen table writing It is summer in ten days we are uniting (CHORUS) It is summer hold me closer as we walk It is summer touching foreheads when we talk (CHORUS) It is summer pour the vodka and break chocolate It is summer as we sweat upon the mattress (CHORUS) It is summer and your smooth skin is so warm It is summer as I stroke it in the morn (CHORUS) (CHORUS) "Leaf Blower" Chorus Leaf blower, won't you blow my leaves away, leaf blower Leaf blower, won't you blow my leaves away, leaf blower All along the garden walk you make the leaves rustle and sqwawk Leaf Blower All the nights and all the days you blow my sense of time away Leaf Blower, Leaf Blower, Leaf Blower Leaf Blower, won't you blow my days away, leaf blower Leaf Blower, won't you blow my days away, leaf blower