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T e - A T A W H A I I love that girl Te-Atawhai she reminds me of my innerchild I love that girl Te-Atawhai, she reminds me of my innerchild.. Piggy backing her half way home to the soccer park I’d ridden past 5 hours before In Berhampmore, not feeling the weight of her at all.... so engaged in the nite, the action, breakin, jazmin feeling the love... of her 23 kilos against my cozy ... 54 and i love that girl Te-Atawhai she reminds me of my inner child. So to uncle Kahus after the breakin, i learned one move,so happy ,just to learn that Walking to Newtown pushing Te-Atawhai up the hill on my mountain bike, her body strung across Maru takes off down the hill, resting his foot Te-Atawhai and me holding hands crossin the street... We stay with Kahu, Maru reading him Mind changing life changing stuff its rubbin off on the people around.... I want to massage Maru there, I can while he’s reading Give his feet some Love... Te-Atawhai helps picking the soft grass, the dandelion leaves, she’s making a cake She’s eating the pink icing.... And i love that girl. Te-Atawhai she reminds me of my innerchild ((We leave the heavy and the sweet we walk slowly homewards Te-Atawhai on my back, her hands clasped around my neck Were walking up Hanson street in the nite lights past where Nanna Oakley lived in those flats I used to visit her on the weekends for a coffee and a bath We’re talking, walking , smellin the Jazmin)) not in released version And when we get to the park its time for Te-Atawhai to walk on soft grass across the park ,up the trail in the dark, up that windy hill to Kingston heights and down the road to the house on stilts.. we sit on the stairs for a while, (dads on the phone ) lookin up the sky we see a satellite ,moving above our heads And if you look at one patch of sky for 7 minutes you will see a shooting star....... I love that girl Te-atawahi she reminds me of my inner child Inside its time for Te-Atawhai to go to bed... i read her a bedtime story and switch off the light i enjoy being her mum for a nite... and in the morning, i feel a lot of love for him i wonder what i can do as he gets Te-Atawhai ready for school... i ride home in the morning traffic in the mist And its Clare’s birthday and i wanted to see her I’m so tired and i cant talk about this to those committed couples and me wanting it so much with a playboy and his daughter Te-Atawhai I love that girl Te-Atawhai she reminds me of my inner child.... top of page E V E R Y G I R L I K N O W D E S E R V E S A P A C K E T O F S T A R S Every girl i know deserves a packet of stars....($) Every girl I know.... Well first there's the girls that had the babies if thats not the greatest miracle in the world... I was there at Hannahs birth of Leonid she became a goddess in hours, then My sista Gabrielle shes had Frederick and Amos and somehow she still has the time to call ....to send her love she sends her love.... she sends her LOVE... Then theres Lusia whose opening her centre in Paris ....Shes opened her centre shes opened her Core, Tabatha with baby making art and painting, Alicia healing others, and Clare whose gonna study law you know.... to change things in the system, Policy law to change things in the system.. Every Girl i know deserves a packet of stars..... Every Girl i know....deserves a packet of stars every girl i know... Then theres Angie with Kelanie sea princess she works on Air New Zealand, what a voice what a smile she has! :) and then Marianne, she lives upstairs, she reminds me so much of myself and we share a lot.... Thankyou ...Marianne... And Natalie who had Gracie and i miss her around, her plants her books and her strong Taurus I miss it.... Every girl i know deserves a packet of stars, Then theres Trish the dish She makes thing possible she pays in advance so i can get organized Erina sweet Erina you deserves a song all to yourself and im working on it ...but how did you grow so sweet? how did you grow so? Sweet as Jazmine How does your garden grow? Then theres the girls theres Courtney ,Elise, Ella and Fina Cara and Michaela, Amy and Palepa All these girls soooo beautiful learning how to play and sing the MUSIC... CHORUS EVERY GIRL I KNOW DESERVES A PACKET OF STARS.. top of page N E W D A Y (16th feb 2005, Dunedin) Something about waking early this morning Watching a set of headlights in the dawn light Winding slowly down the hill around the bend Emerging from a place I couldn’t see Between the trees Handwashing in cold rain water And the softness of the rainwater in her hair Waking early feeling hungry for a new day and the promise of the sun a new day new dreams and the promise of the sun let the sun come in and the sun come in and the sun brings warmth you found a place where you can be a place where you can give a place where you can be who you really are a place where you can give your love ... your love and the promise of the sunshine warms the heart warms the hearth warms the earth new friends easy change new dreams and the softness of the rain top of page T R A M P O L I N E . . . (14.2.05, Dunedin) lying on the trampoline writing you a letter lying on the trampoline writing you a letter not sure if you will get this lying on the trampoline lying on the trampoline its misty here.. the sweet peas were all tangled it took some careful fingers to unravel the tiny tendrils without breaking…. lying on the trampoline on Sunday in the sunshine still and war... we have planted some old roses around the water tank old and gnarled and quite black I planted one called Peach Its taking me some time Its taken me some- time Its taking me Sometimes Its taking me top of page A N G E L S I L E N C E S U N L I G H T S T I L L N E S S I N S I G H T (4th march 2004) up in the back garden collecting some herbs and the sunlight came thru the clouds..... i am here in this moment in this sunlight up on the bank after the days of icey coldness i am like the flame burning centre in the mosaic pink glass house i am here standing solid in this storm finding a peace that for so long seemed forgotten lost but not forgotten and its amazing what it takes to break the ice its amazing what it takes to crack the glass its amazing how much perseverence courage to break thru a pattern i am here in this moment in this evening light standing alone here in a space that ive created loving that space loving the silence loving the nothing loving the choices loving the freedom and its amazing what it takes to change your mind its amazing what it takes to begin to become aligned amazing the break thrus that happen in time listen in the silence for the angels listen thru the clearing thru the spaces feel the way their wings are holding you feel the love their kisses are sending you feel all your worries just slip away feel how in the silence you can see again..... top of page W H I T E (15th january 2004 island bay) island bay under the red pohutakawa tree mandalay and sketchy pink still cloud and sky a piece of your bread in my lap all this junk and pain that keeps coming up just another layer to uncover that precious jewel of stillness within white pearl of still mind and the edelweiss flowers growing symmetrically in the cracks on the ocean bed... top of page S O N G F O R C E L E S T E (28/29.12.03) we saw the river we saw the river we saw the river we saw the river and we saw the leaves dancing in the wind and we saw the river from the valley jungle hills we lay down on my old man soft jacket looked up at the poplars and you smiled what a smile ! all faerie all angel those blue eyes looking at the world with you thru eyes of this child and you you are strong and you are beautiful and you you are wild and you you have wings and you can fly fly to the river when you close your eyes fly to the river fly to the river fly to the river when you close your eyes celeste fly to the river fly to the river fly to the river when you close your eyes..... top of page G A R D E N (19th november) for gaby and clare my sistas just pretend you live upstairs you have your own life and just pretend you live next door you have your own life too and just pretend we could see each other just when it worked just when we went to the garden its different now were all grown up you live in london you got a lovely man and baby and #2 on the way and you clare live in melbourne not married but settled with him and you both talk of coming back to the home country some day and i imagine how that could be we could love and help each other share clothes and chores and other things remember mother together and our brother he would come and stay and papa he could come too on a still day walks by the ocean where grandpa and the italians used to go fishing and i could look after the babes when you needed time out we could massage each other grow our own vegies the plot here is huge wild abundant and i imagine how that could be to love and help each other share clothes and chores and other things remember mother together just pretend you live upstairs you live next door just pretend we could see each other whenever we went to the garden..... top of page L O V E H A S C O M E A G A I N Now the green blade rise from the buried grain wheat that in the dark earth many days hath lain love lives again that with the dead has been love is come again like wheat that springeth green (original text) and i can see again but for how long? and its green again like the fir trees again (its soft like rain again) and its funny how, after all of this i want you again... love is come again... like wheat that springeth green top of page C O S S A C K when a maiden throws her scarf into the river it will bind her cossack to her heart even if she weeps and her tears will be diamonds and stars on his stirrups and her tears will be diamonds and stars on his stirrups when a maiden throws her scarf into the river it will bind her cossack to her heart even if she weeps it will bind her cossack to her heart even if she weeps and her tears will be diamonds and stars on his stirrups but who is going to be there when her body catches up with her mind who is going to be there when her body catches up with her mind who is going to be there when her body catches up with her mind who is going to be there? things start to materialise she chose all the wrong people to learn all the right things you know about matching damage patterns she can choose all the right people to learn all the right things all the right things who is going to be there when her body catches up with her mind who is going to be there? things start to materialise you see the snow goose need not bathe to make itself white, to make itself white, to make itself neither need you do anything but be yourself, be yourself, be yourself who is going to be there when her body catches up with her mind who is going to be there lover wrought of strong psychic muscle and tender flesh who can see into her wild heart when a maiden throws her scarf into the river, into the river it will bind her cossack to her heart even if she weeps it will bind her cossack to her heart even if she weeps and her tears will be diamonds and stars on his stirrups and her tears will be diamonds and stars on his stirrups and her tears will be diamonds and stars on his stirrups top of page O C T A V E W A R I'm gonna turn your fear into power I'm gonna turn your power into will I'm gonna turn your will into power You can use this power as your drill If it hurts you in the morning scream a little louder And I will come running under And you'll be my mirror ahha I'm gonna turn your fear into power I'm gonna turn your power into will I'm gonna turn your will into power You can use this power you can use If it hurts you in the morning scream a little louder And I will come running under And you'll be my mirror ahha I'm gonna turn your fear into power I'm gonna turn your power into will I'm gonna turn your will into power You can use this power as your drill If it hurts you in the morning scream a little louder And I will come running under And you'll be my mirror ahha If it hurts you in the morning scream a little louder And I will come running under And you'll be my mirror ahha... If it hurts you in the morning scream a little louder And I will come running under And you'll be my mirror ahha top of page S T A Y G O L D I nearly handed my power over I was caught in the net of repeated enclosure Forgetting that I am my own master Forgetting somehow in the power of thought Shock protectors and graphic designers And how many times does desire come to blind us ? I'm bathing in gold just to remind us I'm writing this song just to remain us that we are all queens of swords That we are all queens Stay gold queen and let it all flow Stay proud queen let them know Stay gold queen it's all here for you don't believe in those Who think that they know what is best for you It really suits you you don't doubt queen Your reason has never been clearer queen Fly like a bird, stay gold queen You truly deserve to wear gold Stay gold let it all flow Stay proud let them know Stay gold queen it's all here for you don't believe in those Who think that they know Wear gold It really suits you don't doubt Your reason has never been clearer queen Fly like a bird, stay gold queen You truly deserve to wear gold It really suits you don't doubt Your reason has never been clearer Fly like a bird, stay gold You truly deserve to wear gold It really suits you don't doubt Your reason has never been clearer Fly like a bird, stay gold You truly deserve to wear gold Wear gold, wear gold, wear gold, wear gold, wear gold It really suits you don't doubt Your reason has never been clearer Fly like a bird, stay gold You truly deserve to wear gold Ahha wear gold, hmm hmm wear gold, ahha wear gold, ahha wear gold top of page C H A P E L L E It's sunday morning and I have returned I'm here on the edges with something I've learned And I'm warmer and stronger and it's easier to smile And the pain I was holdings not only inside I'm back in this chapelle on its stone floor And the lights seems less awesome And I've visited Helene and washed all my clothes And it's all getting clearer the simpler it goes And I don't need as much as I did before There's somebody waiting my bums getting cold So I get off this stone floor and hear for the door And there's no holy water but I'm not dry And there's things on my sunday list I cannot find But the oranges are sweet here and the coffee is strong And these moments above ground they're enough to move on And there's no holy water but I'm not dry And there's things on my sunday list I cannot find But the oranges are sweet here and the coffee is strong And these moments above ground they're enough to move on top of page T E N T I M E S T W O Kiss me sweetheart Ten times two Ten times two Twenty kisses All too few Kiss me sweetheart Ten times two Ten times two Twenty kisses All too few Still my lips will hungry be Though you kiss me ten times three Still my lips will hungry be Though you kiss me ten times Kiss me sweetheart Ten times two Ten times two Twenty kisses All too few Still my lips will hungry be So lets marry you and me Still my lips will hungry be Though you kiss me ten times Kiss me sweetheart Ten times two Ten times two Twenty kisses All too few Kiss me sweetheart Ten times two Ten times two Twenty kisses All too few Still my lips will hungry be So lets marry you and me Still my lips will hungry be Though you kiss me ten times Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me Kiss me sweetheart Kiss me Kiss me sweetheart top of page D I V E And there is a sea behind the wall It's like a swimming pool And it's up on the sixth floor of this hotel And I have come to find you Tonight to ask you tonight Do you want to dive ? And I do not ask this lightly Please do not take me lightly I don't give a shit about the theory of love Please do not intellectualize me I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight i wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight And I don't wanna take anything And I don't want some time wasting cheap thrill experiment And I know this may not last more than three hours we have before We have to drive we have to leave this sea this city This beautiful part of the world But I lose absolutely all control Every time I look at you every time I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna dive in I wanna cut through I wanna go there with you I wanna see you I wanna see me I wanna dive in tonight I wanna dive in I wanna dive in And there is a sea behind the wall It's like a swimming pool And it's up on the sixth floor of this hotel And I have come to find you Tonight to ask you tonight Do you want to dive ? Do you want to dive ? top of page L E W E S Up here on the hill I can see everything Woodsmoke in the air and the blackbirds are Singing just a little too much time Looking after someone else Just a little too much pain from taking everything that he said And it's hard sometimes to know Which way and I know I have to let him know Up here on the hill I can feel again Just that breath of air to get my head back Into gear and I know now that this is my It's my lucky chance Just to feel this energy it's rising up And it's hard sometimes to know Which way and I know I have to let him know Up here on the hill I'm just a visitor I wish I could stay But we’re all just Visitors And the green blade is rising up Inside of me And the spring flowers are here they're all on the hill beside me And it's hard sometimes to know Which way And I know I have to let him go Which way And the green blade is rising up Inside of me And the spring flowers are here they're all on the hill beside me And it's hard sometimes to know Which way and I know I have to let him know Which way top of page A P O L L I N A I R E The sky is as blue And as black as ink My eyes drown in it and sink And I see far away cathedral And I shall never forget this journey When non of us said a word And when I was a little child My mother wrapped me in blue and white Oh holy virgin Do you love me still ? I don't believe in heaven or in hell I don't believe je ne crois pas Her hair is gold it is so bright And like a lasting flash of light Or like the flames which slow parade And laugh at me and go on laugh There are so many things in here I do not dare to tell you I write to you beneath this tent while Summer day becomes a shape of startling Magnificent and flowers of the cannonade They stud the pale blue firmament Before existing fade I'm leaving at eigh twenty eight So raise the blind and see her dress Her dress as black as nails And flowers of the cannonade They stud the pale blue firmament Before existing fade I'm leaving at eigh twenty eight So raise the blind and see her dress Her dress as black as nails And flowers of the cannonade They stud the pale blue firmament Before existing fade I'm leaving at eigh twenty eight So raise the blind and see her dress Her dress as black as nails And flowers of the cannonade They stud the pale blue firmament Before existing fade I'm leaving at eigh twenty eight So raise the blind and see her dress Her dress as black as nails And flowers of the cannonade They stud the pale blue firmament Before existing fade I'm leaving at eigh twenty eight So raise the blind and see her dress Her dress as black as nails top of page G E N E V E "Take it" she said. "I can feel you're cold It's not normal She said "take my warm" And she does and she lets it in And she takes it It comes rushing in And little by little all the pieces fall Together to make her Life a whole And she sleeps The air comes to kiss her skin To relieve her of the depths she's in And she wakes she bathes She sees her skin And she's proud of who She really is And if you feel tired and you wonder why It's because you've got something Buried inside Let it let it go Be who you are Be free with who you are And she's moving through this field of gold Like a chat noir an eagle a polar bear "Take it" she said "This precious thing it's yours to keep you're arriving" And she does and she lets it in And she takes it It comes flooding in And her blood becomes red again And geneve is all it could have been And kissing you With that taste in my mouth top of page F R E S H R A I N You conceal yourself well dear But not well enough but not enough Cause I find that I'm wanting A little more of you're stuff And I felt it before dear And that's why I came And I'm feeling some reason To clean up my act And I'm not about to transfert This reason There is a lot of other factors That have something to do And until I am ready I'll keep it Until it is ready keep it Keep it Fresh rain dancing yeh X8 I'm a little scared Of the force dear The white light The white noise I'm a little scared of what could happen dear If we decide I'll conceal myself Well dear just well enough Until I find that you're wanting Fresh rain dancing yeh X6 You conceal yourself well dear But not well enough top of page A N I C C A Two blood red plums One for me one for you A waxing moon A frangipani and a white white rose And anything can change Anything at all Anything can change Anicca And you can sit anywhere you like darling You don't need so much shelter And there's always the warm sun And the street lights for writing And anything can change Anything anything at all Anything can change Anicca And it's all the same This flesh this flesh and these stars And it seems a little crazy We're full of these scars And it's all the same This flesh this flesh and these stars And it seems a little crazy We're full of these scars When anything can change Anything anything at all Anything can change Anicca, Anicca And anything can change Anything anything at all Anything can change Anicca Anything can change Anything anything at all Anything can change Anicca Anything can change Anything anything at all Anything can change Anicca And these long walks in the evening Discovering at all And these long walks in the evening Discovering at all Where anything can happen Anything, anything at all Anything can change Anicca When anything can change Anything, anything at all Anything can change Anicca Anythin can change Anything, anything at all Anything can happen Anicca top of page G O D A N D F I R E Write for the sky Write for the heaven's curve Let no leaded saxon black Obfuscate your verse Write for smell and wind For the silver leaf Let no ugly human face look Or know or breathe Write for God and fire For a love of place Let the void be rid of man Frozen by a flame ( repeat again and again ... ) top of page A R T F O R A R T S S A K E Each step can heal Every little thing i feel Is it wrong to have some ideals About the ways to heal And i need to go away now Far from this situation There's been a lot lot lot of damage done Without deep communication And until we learn to love ourselves Nobody can do it for you Until you learn to respect yourself Nobody is gonna know how to treat you Until you stop to project yourself Nobody else can come in freely Until you learn to lose yourself Give up give up give up 'Cause its arts for arts sake It's money For a piece of Prime beef steak It's love for loves sake It's respect for freedoms sake It's arts for arts sake Money for a prime beef steak Love for loves sake Respect for freedoms sake top of page O P E N S T R I N G (11.11 03) this is the sound of an open string this is the sound of an open string this is the sound of emotional freedom this is the sound of an open string this is the sound of what its like to be free to love another not only you open string this is the sound of my heart opening this is the sound of an open string this is the sound of what its like to sing the sound of emotional freedom open string top of page W I L L O W P A T T E R N (wellington june-july 2003) the sea is like a wall he said lovers card on willow pattern my old life is like this she said lovers card on willow pattern and theres an old man on a fishing boat coming in from the island life doesnt change much on this coastline cold southerly blows away the debris (evan talking "do you like bubbles" "love bubbles" "its very bubbly" "look sophie some bubble came on the playdoh") that glass is made of glittering stars lovers card on willow pattern "the rain is very noisy on the footpath" lovers card on willow pattern "wanna make a dinasour with me" and we're watching the lights come on in this little town from our hideaway on the hilltop we can see everyone ..... so excited by this new sound baby bo holds her tighter than shes ever known little fingers clenching little mouth sucking.... nipple breast hair fingers.. old cafes soft wool black kelp fires burning lovers card on willow pattern rock roses - stick insects- paua shells - t-lights- rosemary (brown paper packages) lovers card on willow pattern and shes watching the boats crossing in the nite from her hideaway at the top of the stairs she can see the fairy lights she is safe here she is unknown kept from the storm she can stay here for ever she has no tools yet to let him let him go the lonliness of his passion she will soon be gifted a camera pleasure for ever gifts of being alone lovers card on willow pattern and her paper caught on fire as she was writing so beautiful in that decision and its so good to see these things of beauty in front of me once more and youre so beautiful in that decision all rosy cheeked and luminescent and its so good to see these things of beauty in front of me the sea is like a wall he said lovers card on willow pattern my old life is like this she said lovers card on willow pattern top of page T E M P L E L O V E (Accept 2002) Encased in this temple top of page G R O W I N L O V E (2001) ...and the milky way is amazing T E M P L E (2000) I am one of the lucky ones
top of page top of page 1 0 / 1 0 (2003) made myself a real comfy spot out in the back yard with the run away couch bettys cushions moniques blue velvet velvet blue blanket watching the glass beads evening set the gifted cassette deck up on the milkcrate outside the bathroom found an old tape joe leach playing his rhodes in the cowshed north london all dreamy all water rhodes and beads and snake bean vege curry the wind comes in form the ocean blowing thru the glass beads its been over a week since you left town i been aching every night i been missing you every night but time fills the gap i cant hold on to whats not here real so i made myself a real comfy spot out in the backyard sold the big bed cleared the shed swept the bricks chucked more stuff out alot a lot of clearing in this house still waiting for the front room to find a suitable flatmate watching the glass beads cooking okra going thru all my old tapes garbage and the flowers joe leach playing his rhodes in the cowshed all dreamy all water rhodes north london going over to petes palce 10 pm to watch the 1st installment of tolkein leave a little early walk barefoot round these streets find some jazmine 10 outa 10 top of page H I D E A N D S E E K (from "Untie Me" album) Vocals by Sophie Moleta - words from thich nhat hahn’s poem ‘untitled’ from his book “teachings on love” - p. parallax press, berkley, ca everything being rock, being gas, being mist, being mind, being the mesons travelling among the galaxies at the speed of light, you have come here, my beloved, and your blue eyes shine, so beautiful, so deep you have taken the path traced for you from the non -beginning and the never- ending. you say that on your way here you have gone through many millons of births and deaths. innumerable times you have been transformed into firestorms in outer space. you have used your own body to measure the age of the mountains and the rivers. you have manifested yourself as trees, grass, butterflies, single celled beings, and as chrysanthemums. but the eyes with which you look at me this morning tell me that you have never died. your smile invites me into the game whose beginning no one knows, top of page |