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Nothing I Can Do
02:50
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We used to feel like family once a year
Exchanging gifts for pleasant atmosphere
We’re older now and the giving’s overdue
What do I give when there’s nothing I can do?
How can we start again?
When you’re fighting for a future to attend
There’s nothing I can do
Nothing I can do
How could the nothing I can do
be of any use to you?
I heard the news that no one wants to hear
But can it mend the ties and draw us near
It sounds like such a selfish thing to say
But I'm trying not to think the other way
How can we start again?
When you’re fighting for a future to attend
There’s nothing I can do
Nothing I can do
How could the nothing I can do
be of any use to you?
We could feel like family once again
Instead I write my little songs and play pretend
Is there something I can do?
Is there something I can do?
‘Cause all that nothing I could do
Probably means the world to you
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Voices In Your Head
04:17
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You loved your own free will
It kept your weekends full
Of spite, booze and hatred
Saw weakness in tears
You used to see so damn clear
Now your vision’s fading
When you were young and wise you stood for all the wrong things
But your friends still get a kick from all the fight
Why choose to grab the beer and drink the venom
When you could up-and-leave and help to set things right
Learn to love the voices in your head
Cause friends don't say the things that should be said
Learn to love the voices in your head
Sometimes the world will lead you on instead
The voices live here anyway
Learn to love the voices in your head
You bought an old black Strat
Taught yourself a Hendrix track
Wrote a song about freedom
Formed a teenage band
Saw some local demand
And then you all got older
So you found a job and pretended you’re all grown-up
Then you find all grown-ups live their lives in fear
All you friends seemed in a rush to join the system
From below your bed the old black Strat did re-appear
Learn to love the voices in your head
Cause friends don't say the things that should be said
Learn to love the voices in your head
Cause the world will try and crush your dreams instead
The voices live here anyway
Learn to love the voices in your head
You had faith in the sky
Never did ask them why
So you sat there waiting
Learned to sing the songs
Tried to do no wrong
But the faith is fading
Now’s the time to take back Sunday morning
Because real love’s only found outside the book
You never met the man you learnt to follow
Though a gracious man would let you off the hook
Learn to love the voices in your head
Cause friends don't say the things that should be said
Learn to love the voices in your head
God’s not there to meet you when you’re dead
The voices live here anyway
Learn to love the voices in your head
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David Schaak Brisbane, Australia
“I love it when music can boil down to the basics. Raw, gritty and full of heart this song comes from the darker reaches of
the heart.”
- Nkechi Anele, Triple J
David Schaak loves nothing more than great lyrics, loud guitars and old technology. His music captures the Southern Rock spirit; simple songs about the human condition, played by a good old rock and roll band.
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