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Loveday No. 9

by Mermaid Avenue

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1.
Embers of Fires Gone 03:17
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I got my heart on the mend Going drinkin' again Just sitting at the bar with the Ray-Bans on You know I, can only pretend That you didn't break my heart Oh, honey won't you start me up Just shake those hips, and keep the truth from your lips You know' its just a country song 'Cos you never loved me then And sure as hell it won't be now We're fading out like a Neil Young song Oh the embers of fires gone Oh the embers of fires gone Don't stop me thinking out loud Honey it's all I got now Just give me a chance & I'll be mouthing off A little too smart by half And now you got the crowd Eating out of your hands   You pull those moves just to catch my breath Oh won't you keep your shit to yourself 'Cos you never loved me then And sure as hell it won't be now We're fading out like a Neil Young song Oh the embers of fires gone Oh the embers of fires gone I got my heart on the mend Going drinkin' again Just sitting at the bar with the Ray-Bans on You know I, can only pretend That you didn't break my heart Oh, honey won't you start me up Just shake those hips, and keep the truth from your lips You know' its just a country song 'Cos you never loved me then And sure as hell it won't be now We're fading out like a Neil Young Song Oh the embers of fires gone
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Darkest Hour 05:01
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When you feel all is lost When your past is haunted by ghosts Her words are gentle and true Across desolate plains Through ice and flooding rains Her hand reaches out for you Her hand reaches out for you You are the light In the darkest hour You give me hope You are the light In the darkest hour You give me hope There's nothing to fear If you give it all And if, you still fall short She will tend to your wounds She will tend to your wounds You are the light In the darkest hour You give me hope You are the light In the darkest hour You give me hope I'm battered, broken and bruised I've broken every part I can use I'm battered, broken and bruised I am down on my knees You are the light In the darkest hour You give me hope You are the light In the darkest hour You give me hope You are the light In the darkest hour You give me hope You are the light In the darkest hour You give me hope
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Someone Like You 03:42
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Like a feather he fell to earth A boy with no plan Holdin’ on for dear life To his mother’s hand The sun was bright But the clouds were black Hanging over him Scared to move Numb with fear Of where to begin Someone like you Someone like you Someone like you Out of the blue Drinkin’, fightin’ Getting stoned Hiding in the park Infatuated by the pain And the Valley lights He took it to the brink It was all over you As the cuts bled on his arms You came out of the blue Someone like you Someone like you Someone like you Out of the blue And all the while I wonder If I’d still be here today If I didn’t take my chance with you Kept on running Someone Like you Someone Like you Someone like you Out of the blue Someone like you Someone like you Someone like you Out of the blue
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Loveday No. 9 04:05
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From across the seas He came to work Sent the money back For his wife and child It wasn’t long Before they came To a strawberry farm In Redland Bay Chorus 1 Life was looking good All the troubles left behind But they have a funny way Of finding you in time Loveday Number 9 The war broke out Enemies were sought He caught the eye Of an informer He took his seat Waved good bye To South Australia With all your kind Four years gone and he would never be the same Took each sunrise with a shot of shame They closed the camps down and forgot his name Four years gone and his boy had taken the reins They closed the camps down But left him with the stain Loveday Number 9
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Fear of A Bleeding Heart 04:25
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There is something I should tell you I don’t care now that I’m sober You can charm me with a smile I’d rather be drunk and fightin’ all the time I don’t like being on the level Back in them hills yeah I can hide I maintain a state of confusion Easier than being the star of your illusion This kind of love Will fool you at the start This kind of love Should’ve left it at the bar This kind of love Will hurt you nonetheless This kind of love Is the fear of a bleeding heart The fear of a bleeding heart Well I guess it’s always hard to do To pack your bags with a sense of humour I paid the rent while you blew the bond Odds on when the landlord comes He won’t get the joke I won’t miss you on Sunday You’ll roll your eyes “I heart that before” I’ll come back with my tail between my legs Actions are louder than words Like my mother said This kind of love Will fool you at the start This kind of love Should’ve left it at the bar This kind of love Will hurt you nonetheless This kind of love Is the fear of a bleeding heart The fear of a bleeding heart
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Bones 04:23
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I want to look at you like I once did See all the things I could not deny I want to take hold of your hand And prove to you I’m a better man Bones they break Hearts they ache But baby I’ll make them brand new Lies they hurt Sorry’s just a word Baby I’ll make us brand new I want to go for a walk through the fields Lay down with you watch it all slip by But I know I can’t get that back You said you were mine I wasn’t happy with that Bones they break Hearts they ache But baby I’ll make them brand new Lies they hurt Sorry’s just a word Baby I’ll make us brand new Bones they break Hearts they ache But baby I’ll make them brand new Lies they hurt Sorry’s just a word Baby I’ll make us brand new Bones they break Hearts they ache But baby I’ll make them brand new Lies they hurt Sorry’s just a word Baby I’ll make us brand new
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Clumsiness of a Clever Man 04:20
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I lean into kiss you but I always miss the mark Embarrassed to say this  but I'm always thumbs at the start You'd think by now I'd have it You'd think by now I'd know what to do  Draggin' my feet Trippin' where I never should Algebra, that's no sweat  Calculus, don't bother me But I'll show my love you With the clumsiness of a clever man I'm always floatin'  somewhere above the clouds Nothing to run into  At least I won't hurt myself You'd think by now I'd see it You'd think by now I'd know when you're hurt Too smart by half  To know what I never learnt Chemistry, that's old hat Fell asleep, in biology  But I'll show my love for you  with the clumsiness clever man the clumsiness of a clever man Physics, go up come down Found the angle in geometry But I'll show my love for you with the clumsiness of a clever man History, seen it before Stole all the lines in poetry But I'll show my love for you  with the clumsiness of a clever man the clumsiness of a clever man
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California (Millhouse Mix) 05:02
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I want to take you to California Watch the sun disappear Over endless deep blue oceans In the half light I’ll hold you near I want to kiss you in technicolor Like the stars of yesteryear As the credits slowly roll I’ll whisper in your ear Our hearts were lost Somewhere back in time Our hearts were lost Come and sing with me tonight This lovelorn lullaby I want to take you to California Where the truth of fiction abides In the stories we like to tell Each other in the dead of night Let's drive down to the canyon In the haze of the seventies Strum my guitar and make it sing Those cowboy songs so sweet Yeah, our hearts were lost Somewhere back in time Our hearts were lost Come and sing with me tonight This lovelorn lullaby Yeah, our hearts were lost Somewhere back in time Our hearts were lost Come and sing with me tonight This lovelorn lullaby
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Turn the Page (Millhouse Mix) 03:32
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Baby can't you see together, so alone Why do you deceive keeping up the show What am I to feel when it gets so cold Baby I’ll confess the itch got to much Trying to forget easier said than done In another’s bed looking for your love Left with regret We can never be the same Turn the page over We don’t have to be our mistakes Turn the page over Baby we can start pick up the pieces Tend to broken hearts moments of weakness Lay down your guns he was more than a kiss Baby do you want to throw it all away When we were young promised to never change Pictures on the wall lovers can be saved Rome don’t have to fall We can never be the same Turn the page over We don’t have to be our mistakes Turn the page over Turn the page over We don’t have to be our mistakes Turn the page over
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Embers of Fires Gone (Album Cut) 03:17
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I got my heart on the mend Going drinkin' again Just sitting at the bar with the Ray-Bans on You know I, can only pretend That you didn't break my heart Oh, honey won't you start me up Just shake those hips, and keep the truth from your lips You know' its just a country song 'Cos you never loved me then And sure as hell it won't be now We're fading out like a Neil Young song Oh the embers of fires gone Oh the embers of fires gone Don't stop me thinking out loud Honey it's all I got now Just give me a chance & I'll be mouthing off A little too smart by half And now you got the crowd Eating out of your hands   You pull those moves just to catch my breath Oh won't you keep your shit to yourself 'Cos you never loved me then And sure as hell it won't be now We're fading out like a Neil Young song Oh the embers of fires gone Oh the embers of fires gone I got my heart on the mend Going drinkin' again Just sitting at the bar with the Ray-Bans on You know I, can only pretend That you didn't break my heart Oh, honey won't you start me up Just shake those hips, and keep the truth from your lips You know' its just a country song 'Cos you never loved me then And sure as hell it won't be now We're fading out like a Neil Young Song Oh the embers of fires gone

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Loveday No. 9 - a transitional album for Mermaid Avenue. The final album that original drummer Tony Judd plays on and sees the band move away from engineer Steve Robin at The Barn Studios to James See at Airlock Studios.

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released September 21, 2023

Peter Clarke: Lead Vocals, Guitar
Michael Kearey: Lap Steel, Guitars, Backing Vocals
Chris Wong: Guitars
Casey Lee Chadwick: Keyboards, Piano, Backing Vocals
Mark Egan: Electric Bass
Anthony Judd: Drums


Engineered by Steve Robin at The Barn Studios (all songs except 'Bones' and 'Clumsiness of a Clever Man' - recorded at Airlock Studios).

Mixed and mastered by Jason Millhouse at Recordworks

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"When you name your band after a legendary album, you better be able to back it up. Mermaid Avenue does this on Sugartown.” - Erik Ritland, The Cosmic American

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