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The First Time
04:11
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THE FIRST TIME
Words & Music by Barry Michael
I met her in a pub, she bought me a beer, I liked her straight away it went on from there
She played in the band, and sang like an angel, I smoked a cigarette & watched from the table
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I felt so strange, sick inside, I think that this must be love
(CHORUS)
And this will be the first time that I saw her, this will be the first time that I opened the door
To a world of respect and love and confusion that’s what you get when it’s the first time.
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So after she played I offered to help, I loaded out all her gear and then asked her out
Well we had a 1st date it all fell into place, ‘till I put my arm around her clocked her right in the face
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Oh boy I felt like a fool she said it was cool she put her hand on my lips
(Chorus)
And this will be the first time that I kissed her, this will be the first time I knew not to resist
I let myself go I swam with the flow it’s strange how you know when it’s the first time.
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We had to wait for a while until she got time off, we both slipped away, we got married in Sydney
Then she had to go, and then I realized I’d miss her more than anyone would know.
--- Instrumental ---
Now she’s on the road she called me from Cains, she said, “it’s going well” and “hey hi from the band”
The kids say “Hello” where’s your next show I heard the single today
(CHORUS)
And this will be the first time that I miss her, this will be the first time that I kiss her from Cains
I wish her success I love her the best I hope that she knows ‘cos it’s her
First Time whoa whoa the first time whoa whoa the first time whoa whoa oh.
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Little Darling
04:42
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LITTLE DARLING
She’s been reading all the papers and the glossy magazines,
She wants to know what life is ‘cos she’s seen it on TV,
She’s got a lot a questions and stuff she wants to know,
She’s looking for directions but they’re coming way too slow.
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She wants to dive into a sea of love, she thinks she’s strong but she don’t realise, things can change and the water can get so rough.
(CHORUS)
Little Darling don’t grow up – You’re just a kid I know its tuff.
You’ve got the whole world at your feet- don’t be in a rush to be somebody’s piece of meat,
Little Darling (Yeah)
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Well she hates the way her family treat her like a little girl,
They wont let her get older or be a woman of the world,
So she sneaks out to a party to see a boy she met in town
A few Bacardies later and the room is spinning ‘round.
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She’s feeling sick she looks for a quiet place, the light goes on her best friend ‘s there with the boy from town and reality slaps her face.
(CHORUS)
She feels stupid, she feels a fool, she never thought a boy could be so cruel
But you’ll go on to love again and chocolate cake is a girl’s best friend Yeah Yeah Yeah.
--- Instrumental ---
Now she’s finishing her homework as her farther falls asleep
She sits and watches Neighbours thinking “I Wish That Was Me” yeah
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She’s been trying on her sister’s clothes, she’s done her hair and made her face but there’s more to life and that’s one thing that she knows.
(CHORUS) – Words & music by Barry Michael©℗ 2000
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Talk To Me
04:41
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You Will Never Find Me
04:12
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Social Security
04:56
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SOCIAL SECURITY
Words & Music by Barry Michael
New car, 15,000 a new house 150 more, in this town the language is money
Yeah that’s for sure, but if you can’t talk like us we don’t want you around
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The CES saves my favourite chair meeting all my fiends down there
Hello boys got a smoke for me
(CHORUS)
I’m in a one room flat off a dead end street eating takeaways every week
I don’t care what’s good or bad for me, but I’ve got social security yeah yeah
I’m secure socially that’s what they tell me, tell me, Come on tell me about it boys
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Walk down the corridors of business well sometimes you’re to old sometimes you’re to young
You stop at a door that might help you but if you’re not qualified don’t even bother to knock
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I’m standing on the edge of the square one step further and nobody cares
Hello girls got a drink for me
(CHORUS)
I’m standing in this young girls line hope I hit the desk before it gets to lunchtime
Or I’ll be here for the rest of the afternoon
(CHORUS)
I’m in a one room flat off a dead end street eating takeaways every week
I said a one room flat off a dead end street eating takeaways every week
I said a one room flat off a dead end street eating takeaways every week
Government people they’re so rude to me
But I’ve got social security I’m secure socially that’s what they tell me
That’s what they tell me
There gonna tell me tell me tell me………..
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Not Think Of You
02:45
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For All Time
03:18
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Barry Michael Melbourne, Australia
Reviews -Mark Demetrius (Rolling Stone Magazine
“ Barry doesn’t fit into any stylistic pigeonhole; He’s
simply a superb singer-songwriter who can probably compose hook lines in his sleep. Like Loudon Wainwright III, he proves he’s no dork precisely by writing about dorkishness, loneliness and inadequacy. ‘Not Think Of You ‘ is a slow painful blues worthy of Billy Holiday, thats saying something”
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