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9 Lives

by Joe Man Murphy

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Holiday 06:28
I can’t wait to slow me down Can’t wait to be around Can’t wait to be the sound As it comes to pass Can’t stay in that crazy place Can’t look at that stressed out face I wander if I should fully erase That frantic faze Maybe I’ll take my soul on a holiday It’s better than that day to day monotony Maybe I’ll take my soul to the street parade We’ll find out what it means to have it made  You know I can’t wait to find out What you think life is about In faith I have my doubts We’re all just a little bit freaked out By the fact we all live With no real need to give  Anything to anyone else Makes for an empty heart an empty shelf Maybe I’ll take my soul on a holiday It’s better than that day to day monotony Maybe I’ll take my soul to the street parade We’ll find out what it means to have it made  So come on now stop the fight Journey with me in a new life Just me and my sweet wife In this moment alive 
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Does not matter if you’re right or wrong Or you’re rich and famous but don’t belong Troubles gonna find you troubles gonna rip out your soul No words will ever describe it Saying nothing only riles the one you love Either way that tunnel deepens These are the cards that I’ve been dealt Gonna to deal with them myself Somewhere on the lonely road Ive never been one to cry a lot Got a cupboard full of shit I’ve bottled up One day it may scream back from that jar Til that day ill rise and say Look at yourself you got a divine display That If you try real hard you can reach out to so much more These are the cards that I’ve been dealt Gonna to deal with them myself Somewhere on the lonely road You get that check when you’re losing friends Gone so young why did it have to end for them But the mind ways heavy from time to time And we all sight of it and that’s no crime To wanna be Oh to wanna be Somewhere on that lonely road
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The master rose from slumber Sent that young man on his way The boy he befriended  As a guise to rob the safe Born and raised to follow the faith Digging for gold in an unfamiliar place I rise to call morning home Pull my skin back from the bone I’ll run from you I’ll run all alone Captain Moonlite was always by my side Though he stood for what was right He was court marshalled that night  Set out on the road before the dark No stomach for the fight With his lover by his side set out on the trail before the skylark  I rise to call the morning home To pull my skin back from the bone I’ll run from you I’ll run all alone Captain moonlight was always by my side I ran to my death So you could get away But on seeing me fall They got you anyway Your letters said without me you could not go on Perhaps we’ll meet again when the sunlight is gone I rise to call the morning home To pull my skin back from the bone I’ll run from you I’ll run all alone Captain moonlight was always by my side
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Shadows and spirits led through halls Hauntingly this girl stands their tall Strong as steel is she even real She speaks to me now I will not pretend To know how she copes To feel no love yet still have hope No child should suffer or try to recover She speaks to me now But at night she dreams Her Safe place from fear At night she dreams  No one will find her here No stitches can can mend a heart Broken by strangers hands Each time trust is whittled away But the strength still remain Please just leave me with one so kind For the first time I belong  Will they listen will they care Too young to be forever strong But at night she dreams Her Safe place from fear At night she dreams  No one will find her here But at night she dreams Her Safe place from fear At night she dreams  No one will find her here
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She landed in Liverpool  With five by her side  Left all alone With a strength of desire To leave a life behind  For the avenues of Broadway No help from her brothers She soldiered on through life Living under one roof With the ones she laughed and cried And sang along to the classic songs From the avenues of Broadway  She stood sound beside Her loved ones she cried With always time for a tea And I stand aloud And I know that she’d be proud As if I were one of those stars One of those stars of Broadway  Its been seems like so long ago Since I heard your nickname  Sitting there together  yelling at the Liverpool game Those memories are with me everyday As if you where one of those stars on Broadway 
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Betting Man 05:34
The priest throws virtue onto his sinners While the disciple intoxicates His children's lives, his lungs and his liver With distraction he pre meditates If the 3:10 at the Curragh comes in 7-1 It will be a real good day But if that filly falls he’ll still be drinking talls It’s the kids that’ll have no where to stay at all Expect that big old house in Mountjoy Square The one you wouldn’t think would still be there standing there I was only there for weeks back in 89  You know it stayed with me it stayed with me for a long long time It rained turned to snow  Sometime around Christmas day My eyes meet with those of a homeless girl I felt guilt I have to say Guilt for that man with his kids in the bar throwing it all away  He won’t be around to keep them sound  Somehow they’re going to find their own way To that big old house in Mountjoy Square The one you wouldn’t think would still be there standing there I was only there for weeks back in 89  You know it stayed with me it stayed with me for a long long time Soldiers died on these very streets  The bullet holes lie there in stone All for a man With no glory at all of his own Except that horse that could change it all  That one that’s standing primed in it’s stall  For its that next punt its that next brew that will keep those kids always walking in your shoes 
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Find A Way 04:41
Smile when you’re alone Scream and yell down the phone Like it’s ma and you’re hungry Turn on the charm  In a way to disarm  Like it’s pa and you’re looking for money Run and ring the bell Like you’re threatened with hell Like it’s god you shouldn’t tell I won’t pay the price if you can’t handle life I’d rather run from home Just to be alone You gotta find a way Won’t you look at your interactions  Are you fighting with the factions of your heart Back from the start I remember a time when all I could call was mine Turned me down but I can back around You gotta find a way Through these walls Out of your prison you can run From the law you can run From your duties you can run From yourself there’s no escape You gotta find a way
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As the dust settles we ask what did we learn Did we find solace in ambition or watching a fire burn We chastise those for decisions they made while we sit back with a fresh IPA  And wonder why There feels no harmony at all I turned off the tv cause it’s all misery and hate Turned off a lot of friends and family of late Yet all the time my world is fine though I should probably cut down on my screen time  And reconnect to what ever is left  All that we needed Was good food, good friends and good wine All we needed was a good time Cast my memory back to the day it all fell apart Standing on the corner in Geelong the wind it blew hard And the arguments raged in the pubs and trains and all those people who think we’ve been framed  Are the dangerous ones who leave the truth stained All that we needed Was good food, good friends and good wine All we needed was a good time We play and we sing and act like it’s always been There is a fear inside that weighs on the mind when it dreams  Yet the laughs are plenty and the vibe is strong funny how you get strung along  By the good food, good friends and good wine

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released December 12, 2022

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Joe Man Murphy Nambour, Australia

Joe Man Murphy is an Irish born Folk/Roots artist that now calls Australia home. A true singer/songwriter and storyteller, Joe Man draws on 20 years of performing and touring the world in his must-see stage shows. A multi-instrumentalist, Joe Man has captured the hearts of audiences through his warmth, honesty and stories from a life well lived. ... more

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