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Lonely Road

by Michael Cafe

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    Lonely Road, debut album from Michael Cafe. Gate folded, didgi pack- matt cello finish C.D case with lyrics booklet.

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I rolled out of town in the early morning The sun still asleep still thinking of rising The cars a little cold its 34 years old Got a full tank of fuel I’ll be somewhere new soon The Mallee trees are waking in the morning light The skies on fire all blue pink and white My eyes are tired but my mind is clear All I know is I had to drive from here She's queen of the road probably a little slow But when you’ve got to move she’ll take you there smooth The engine hums along to the rhythm of a road song Headlights through the dawn somewhere round Quorn and the promise of a new day is lit up b by a road train My hearts on fire will my head explode I’ve changed direction I’m not heading down your road My eyes are tired but my mind is clear all I know is I had to drive from here Headlights through the dawn somewhere round Quorn
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Lonely Road 03:52
Driving home on a lonely road I’ve been thinking of you And its been a while since I’ve seen your smile But I’ll be coming home soon The wipers move the rain away still so many miles to go A rain soaked road my refuge again my thoughts my only friend The open road clears a cluttered mind a city just ties you down loose yourself among its sky scrapers hide your soul away Have you ever seen Menindee skies or Broken Hill in the rain the sun rising over Yunta Mallee plains or lightening on a Flinders Range This countries big hide yourself away pack your life up In a car Drive all day just to be somewhere but somewhere is never to far away So I’m driving home on this lonely road a photo on the dash board of you my love and I’m sitting on 60 miles an hour knowing I’ll be with you soon again Have you ever seen Menindee skies or Broken Hill in the rain the sun rising over Yunta Mallee plains or lightening on a Flinders Range one life and so many roads and I’ll keep heading back to you and this old car well it’s running like a dream and I cant wait to see you
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In a busy Melbourne Street she's standing all alone it's so good to hear your voice coming down the phone she's standing by the roadside and the traffic's humming by she says she cant wait to see me but there's so many miles she told me she sold cigarettes-money for the phone I missed her on the first call but I only just got home Melbourne's such a long way away from the desert to St Kilda is 3 bloody days and its so long since I've seen your face-but I know i'll be with you soon she tells me how its raining -how unusual that is like a storm over Alice Spring its her that I miss Her money's running out there's so much I wanna say like i'd like to be with her on a rainy Melbourne day Melbourne's such a long way away from the desert to St Kilda is 3 bloody days and its so long since I've seen your face-but I know i'll be with you soon
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She was cold and quiet lying in the desert Knowing where she’d been On a corrugated river on the road from Papunya Where the Honey Ant dream She was Lying on a blanket next to a Falcon he’d run it out of fuel She was looking to the stars knowing who she was but she knew where she came from NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Grandmother mother sister Grandfather Father brother Where are you now where are you now my brother Is it cold and quiet just like the desert we’ll come and see you soon Is there any body listening to the stories that your singing that are running through your head running through my head NA NA NA NA NA NA NA She was cold and quiet lying in the desert Knowing where she’d been On a corrugated river on the road from Papunya Where the Honey Ant dream NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
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Heading South through the ranges I turn my wheels for home With the road stretching before me its 2000 miles to go Its such a big country with miles and miles of sky Its 4 days of driving and I cant wait to arrive I’m heading home I’m heading home I’m heading home I’m heading home It's been 2 years of waiting and the clouds unfurl in my mind There's a haze of the humdrum in the desert it passes you by I walk 2 miles and I’m nowhere disappear into stone And I listen to those whispers their finally calling me home I’m heading home I’m heading home back to the mountains and a golden sandstone my spirits in these mountains and I’ve finally made it home it calls me back From Alice Springs to Katoomba I’m remembering the times With the snow fallen on those sisters and a solstice moon behind The olive green ranges rolling and a blue haze in my mind In the caves we camped as children I’ve come home to unwind Blue I’m heading home I’m heading home back to the mountains and the golden sandstone My spirits in these mountains and I’ve finally made it home I’m heading home
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Summer sets so high over the horizon The golden glowing sky the direction that I’m going The country at its heart its all skin and bone When will the rains come when will this river flow Where I look I’ll find my way the clear path is not the easiest to take She took my heart in a river dry when I closed my eyes I had to say goodbye I lye awake at night staring at the stars thinking about my future wondering about my past Faces in the night shine the Southern Cross guide me across the desert in the desert I got lost Where I look I’ll find my way the clear path is not the easiest to take She took my heart in a river dry when I closed my eyes I had to say goodbye
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Raw Tomatoes 03:33
When the evening comes around There'll be no one left in this town There comes a women I know who steals the lightening show I walk with her a mile talk and enjoy her style There’s just one thing I know This girl here loves me so For the love of hating raw tomatoes For the love of hating raw tomatoes is a beautiful thing We walk past shop fronts closed She points out second Hand clothes time just fades away There’s a brand new light in our day She caught me wearing a smile Looking at a mannequin child something's are better left unsaid But my mind she’d already read For the love of hating raw tomatoes For the love of hating raw tomatoes is a beautiful thing
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I came to you like a rolling river stone I came to you like a falcon finds its home I open my eyes to see your face so true all I have here is this photo graph of you To see where beauty lies to see where beauty lies I travel a thousand miles just to see your smile I came to you like a swooping bird of prey I came to you just to see the day I open my eyes to see your face so true this letter I have the words the voice of you To see where beauty lies to see where beauty lies To see where beauty lies to see where beauty lies I’d travel a thousand miles just to see your smile I came to you I came to you I came to you like an ocean to your shore I came to you like a salesman to your door I think of you and that way you look at me there’s only one place I know I’ve got to be
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Pacific Blue 04:52
I spent my time round Sydney breathing on waters edge With the crystal ball Pacific rolling like a friend summer sun and laughter on Holden vinal seats cruising down the coast road the old girls feeling the heat Riding waves Riding Waves Park the car at Stanwell gaze across the sea see those white caps rolling feel the salty breeze hangliders feeling freedom circling the morning sky but I’ll keep my feet on terra firma in a 186 Powerglide Riding waves Watch the waves come rolling fold across the sand dive straight in the water leave the panel van the hours we’d spend floating with no care in the world talk about the waves we caught and bikini clad spunky girls Riding waves Riding Waves

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Lonely Road, the first album from Michael Cafe has recently been recorded in Alice Springs. Michael has lived in Alice Springs for the past 12 years, during which time he has written the songs for Lonely Road. The album has a unique Australian feel, captured in the lyrics and coupled with a magnificent group of musicians who helped make Lonely Road
The songs traverse the country and will take you on a unique journey through The Central Australian landscape and beyond. Visit facebook page-Michael Cafe Music

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released June 24, 2013

Michael Cafe- Vocals, acoustic guitar, Harmonica, Didge
Corey Noll- electric guitars, acoustic guitar, classical guitar
Toby Robinson- dobro guitar, mandolin, banjo
Michael Godfrey- Drums, bass, kurtzwhurl
David Bridie- grand piano, upright piano, keyboards
Caddie Brain- cello and arrangement
All Tracks Written by Michael Cafe
Producer- Corey Noll
Co-Producer Michael Cafe
Sound Engineer- Drew Bisset
Mastered by- Don Bartely
Recorded at Sweet Jam Studio- Alice Springs

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Lonely Road, the first album from Michael Cafe has recently been recorded in Alice Springs. . The album has a unique Australian feel, captured in the lyrics and coupled with a magnificent group of musicians who helped make Lonely Road. Michael was born in the Blue Mountains where a love of landscape became a part of him from an early age. ... more

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