Old Maps / New Roads
by The Good China
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1. |
All Nothing
03:18
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We had a bike behind the garden shed
Dust off the cobwebs
And I pushed on
I had to get across two major roads
Yeah, that's pretty big
For a three-year-old
Point the bike towards my grandma's place
The surprise on her face
Was astounding
Although they wondered where my mother was
Probably because I was alone when they found me
It's all nothing
It's all nothing
It's all nothing now
We had a sea shell on the bathroom bench
My parents found it when
We were in Queensland
And when I knocked it down with my bath towel
The deafening sound
Made them both mad
I couldn't look at them in the eye
'Cause they'd see me cry
I was so scared
Instead I ran behind the garden shed
Dust off those cobwebs
And got out of there
It's all nothing
It's all nothing
It's all nothing now
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2. |
If Pain Persists
04:04
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With a little imagination I pretend
Your shiny new pearl necklace was a gift from me
Oh, the thought of all this glorious gift givin' is enough
to make me give when there's nobody to receive
Such a waste to piss away what should be
draped around your neck
But when realities too much to take,
Self deception is a vital skill to perfect
Believe I know that I ain't got no chance
Of this turning into romance
But if I suspend my disbelief
Maybe then I'll find a little relief
Maybe then I'll finally get relief
With a little imagination I pretend
The pleasure you're expressing was caused by me
Glad to oblige... I love to see you happy.
The brutal reality is as far as you're concerned, I don't even exist
But taking refuge in my fantasies Is a little too hard, baby, to resist
Believe I know that I ain't got no chance
of this turning into romance
But if I suspend my disbelief
Maybe then I'll find a little relief
Maybe then I'll finally get relief
You'll never know just how much I care
While you're blissfully unaware,
It's an unrequited love that I wish we could divey up and share
You'll never know just how much I care
While you're blissfully unaware,
This unused excess of passion ferments into pain and despair
You'll never know just how much I care
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3. |
Turn The Page
04:36
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Put your winter coat on my dear
Night is falling I fear
That the cold will cut you to the bone
Stretch onto my shoulders
But I won't be your prophet
I can't be your soldier
Wherever you roam
Much wiser much older
Got bit by the fire
No matter
Your heart's still much bolder than him
So why do you linger
Draw circles with fingertips
Write out all your sad songs
Fall in love with their singers
You saw the ghost in the photograph
You didn't recognise your own face
And when you see him staring back at you
Hold your nerve and turn the page
Put your winter coat on my dear
Night is falling I fear
You can clench your fists and you can grit your teeth
I judge no book by its cover
But you pine for a lover
When you should have slipped arsenic into his tea
And had the short fuse that you had with me
You saw the ghost in the photograph
You didn't recognise your own face
And when you see him staring back at you
Hold your nerve and turn the page
And we're not going home
Until the dawn finds us
Wandering lost and alone
With all our heartache behind us now
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4. |
We Found 3 Whistles
04:43
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The neighbours stare from windows above
Oh, what do they see?
Oh, what do they know?
Laughs we make, make their heads ache
With nothing to fear
With nothing we know
Go
Three whistles in two worlds we found
Behind the white blocks
The hidden time warp
Swept into the clouds above
Flown to the dark zone
As brothers in arms
In two years or so
We won't live here no more
We made pillow castles
And played Mario
Our childhood spent
Controller in hand
One toot on this whistle
Will send you to a faraway land
Faraway land
Faraway land
Faraway land
Faraway land
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5. |
39 Black
04:15
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We've already got thirteen, here's another
You think I got a clue where this is going
Well I ain't got none
It's just a little something something to distract from the pain
Feel like shit but I don't have the right to complain
It was as black as black
Black as black
Black as black
It was as black as black
It was as black as black
And it was big
It was as black as black
It had a big black bushy tail
I used to be a skeptic but now I believe
That old school mentality was so naive
I know you've got no reason to trust what you don't see
You've still got your skepticism now I've got my certainty
It was as black as black
Black as black
Black as black
It was as black as black
It was as black as black
And it was big
It was as black as black
It had a big black bushy tail
I know there's more out there
There can't be just one
If you think I've got a clue where we're going
You know ain't I got one
And there will come a time
When the whole world will see
Then everyone will know the truth and not just me
It was as black as black
Black as black
Black as black
It was as black as black
It was as black as black
And it was big
It was as black as black
It had a big black bushy tail
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about
Debut EP recorded at Soundpark Studios, July 2009. Produced by Steven Schram (Little Birdy, Eagle and the Worm, Little Red).
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released September 1, 2009
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The Good China Melbourne, Australia
The Good China is an energetic, instrument-swapping eight-piece indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia.
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Sep 2009 -
Aug 2008
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