http://www.foodchainperth.com/realtoreel/

I did some recordings at this temporary studio thing in the city. There's six songs there you can download if you like.

if anybody wants anything from me, you can ask - like i mean if you want me to send you music or lyrics or something, then i'll probably say yes.

also if you live near by and you're lonely one night and would like a private concert of three or four songs and have a piano, i'll probably do it.


long live lava!

Sugar sugar!!
Two of my favourite voices of the moment are:
Julian Polain and
Leonie V Brialey
Both these cats come from my home town.... AMAZING. And they both so humble and kind types. Anyway.. Just thought I'd let you know.

Some people can sing, some people can SING, some people can SING AND you want to listen to them forever! It's hard to express myself without italics.

MY OWN PRIVATE

in my own
private world
driving
on that road
with my arms
round your waist
going fast
faster still
in my eyes
the winding road

if you fell
you would fall
next to me
on that road

so i fell
asleep
holding you
by the coat

that afternoon
when you told me i was pretty
wearing sheepskin and denim
looking like a little boy
my face (aglow)
my fingers and hands (aglow)

Matt: hey. how are you.

Amber: good.. i'm making a song for you…

Matt: is it sad, just like me?

Amber: yes, it's sad, just like you

YOU'VE GOT TO (BE KIND TO BE KIND)
(english and japanese)
rabbits standing in a row
usagi wa narande

they all have their ears up
mimi o tatashite

i don't know where rabbits go
usagi wa doko iku no

down the hole
ana no naka

where do all the people go
hito wa MIN-na doko iku no

down the hole
ana no naka

i can't tell where i should go
watashi wa doko iku no

down the hole
ana no naka

kittens come into my room
kitsune heya ni hai te

holding hands
te o tsunaide

kittens come in two by two
hutari de narande

holding hands
te o tsunaide

giggling kittens in my room
wara o kitsune heya ni hairu

they know how to start a fire
hii o tsukeru hor ga wakaru

they know how to put one out
hii o kesu hor mo wakaru

with the power of kitten breath
kitsune no iki no chikara de

when i am a little girl
CHIisai ONna nokono toki

with my hands full of fur
te o usagi no ke de ippaii de

i will lead you to the place
sono tokoro o miseru

with my hands full of treats
te o ame de ippaii de

floating down to meet some friends
to-mo-dat-chi ai-te

down the hole
ana no naka


CUDDLE TIME

i get a little bit sad
i always want a cuddle
i get a little bit sad
i always want a cuddle
cuddle cuddle
i get a little bit sad
i always want a cuddle
cuddle cuddle cuddle

when i feel li-ike this
my eyes begin to cry
i feel a little bit sad
don't know why
i don't know why

when it was my turn
i didn't want to do it
when it was my turn
i had the ball
when it was my turn

i get a little bit angry
i get a little bit sore
i get a bit ropeburn
ropeburn

when it was my turn
i didn't have a way
when it was my turn
i said to you
take my turn take my turn

i get a little bit low
i get a little bit low
low low, low low

when it was my turn
i came in
when it was my turn
i didn't know
when it was my turn
i threw the ball
back to you-ou
back to you-ou


FOR EVA
everybody said i was too much
you know me
know i wouldn't be rough
if you were mine
i keep you up
wrapped

they didn't know
the sound (to be continued…)

IT'S A DEAL

when i came to your house
i didn't know where i was
and when i saw you (your touch)
i didn't know where i was
and i see you smiling
i see you smiling at me
and if i smile back to you
you smile back to me
and one day we will live
on a street with trees
one day on a street with trees
and the dog, spotty dog
spotty dog spotty dog
and then on sunday
at the park…


NOODLE PALACE

i know two men
Lawrence and Raymond
they cook all day
they cook noodles
they are kings
they work in a palace

i know a girl, lia
she rolls the napkins round the chopsticks
she takes the orders
she is a queen
she works in a palace
it's the noodle palace
it's the noodle palace
it's the noodle palace
you can have hokkein or
thin noodles or rice noodles you
can have curry, satay, oyster, exo sauce
it's the noodle palace
it's the noodle palace
it's the noodle palace
all day people come in
they order their food comes quick
they order vegetarian
chicken and seafood and beef
they order coffees they order softdrinks
it's the noodle palace
it's the noodle palace


GOING AWAY (DON'T BE LONELY)
A D A D
you're going away but don't be lonely
A D E
you're going away but don't be lonely
A D E D
you have a mum you have a dad who loves you
A D E D
you have friends some you've seen some are strangers
A D E D
you're going away but don't be lonely
A D E
you're going away but you don't need to be lonely
A D E D
hol-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-old
A D E
ho-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-l-d
A D E D
i don't have a job but i won't get sad
A D E D
i don't have a job but i won't get sad
A D
you're going away but don't be lonely
A D E D
it's cold here but i'll try to stay warm
A D E D
you're going away but you'll have friends around you
A D E D
you're going away but America is nice to you
A D E D
you'll have your friend scouty there she will be nice to you
A D E
you're going away but you won't be lonely
A D E D
it's not so bad to go on an aeroplane
A D E D
even if you are by yourself you can watch the videos
A D E D
you could take a book you could take anything you want to
A D E
next time you'll have a book of poetry by me
A D E D
you're going away but you won't be lonely
A D E A
you're going away but you won't be lonely away

KITE DAY
mmmmmmm
i came walking to the beach
and saw you riding on your kite
and i couldn't pull in the line and i saw you, honey pot and
mmmmm

when you came into the car
i saw you had a little friend
i asked you who was that friend
you said it was another man and
mmmm

when we flew up in the air
our kite was flying lower than
the wind came up into the air
and flew our kite oh oh so high and
mmmmm

i came into the town
we bought some bread and other things
we flew it into the sky
above the ships and other buildings
mmmmm

when i came i wandered in
oh when my mum was coming round
she said she had her buckets full
i couldn't see her buckets in
mmmmm

all along the beach we ran
our hands were up
our heads were down
we couldn't run as fast as the waves
cos they couldn't catch us
mmmmmm

on the rocks there was a man
he was standing quite straight and tall
we saw him our camera hang
we caught him there for good and once
mmmmm

when i came up to you
i didn't know you were afraid
of me without my shirt tucked in
i didn't know that was a crime
mmmm


FUN
well i came to this place and i tried to have fun
but i couldn't have any fun
well i came to this place to try to have fun
but i couldn't have any fun

you were meant to be
the boy who liked me
but it didn't seem much like
you liked me

well i came to this place
to sing my song
but i couldn't sing my song
you said i sing too loud and bad
so i couldn't sing my song
well i came to sing my song
and i came to have some fun with you
i came to have some fun with you
i came to have some fun

…talking…

well i came to this place
so you could take photos
of me in my underpants
well i came to this place
to have photos taken
in my underpants
well i came here to be
a model just for you
and it doesn't matter about me

well i don't know if the neighbours will come
because we're having too much fun
they'll hear us having too much fun
well i don't know if they will burst through the door and say
stop all the fun you kids are having way too much fun can we spoil your fun

when i go to the carribean
i take my beach towel along
when i go to grenada i order
grenadas and i say
this is so much fun and i say
we're having so much fun
i never had so much fun

HALF A PIPE
when i go skating i take it easy don't want to break my wrist again
when i go skating i take it easy don't want to break my wrist again
when i go skating i take it easy don't want to break my wrist again

TIGER TIGER

i knew a band called tigers
i went to see them play one time
they were so good
i had to dance
in a corner by myself
later a man
sung some more songs
wearing a guitar
around his neck
he stood up and he
sung all his songs
some of them were
exactly what happened
to me
how did he know
all of those things

how did he know
all of those things
about me
and the boy i came with
to see him play
and to see the tigers

how did he know
what happened to me
how did they know
how to make me dance
how did they know
how i could of felt
when they were playing
i would have to tell them
in a song
but maybe they'd think i'm
just a girl
a little girl
with a little voice

i was there
with my friend
he was my
lovely friend
now i don't know
him anymore
we had to be
separated
because we loved
each other
and we couldn't
love each other
love each other
what happened to
my friend
when he heard the
man singing songs
exactly how it happened
to him

benedict was there
playing his songs be-
fore they played theirs and
then he went skating
then he went skating
we went out
ollie in be-
tween all the songs

how did he know
how did that man know
how did the tigers know
what was in me
was in them
what was in me
was also in them
sometimes it happens
sometimes it doesn't
sometimes they know
sometimes they doesn't
how my heart goes
how my dancing goes
come back to me
and sing me your songs
i will be good
i can't do wrong


SEAGREEN

seagreen seagreen
seagreen seagreen
when i think of you
i see green
colours colours
when i dream of you
i dream in colours
we went on a ship
we sailed with the fish
gliding alongside
we went to an island
we shook all the palms
for coconuts
seagreen seagreen
we went to a field
there were trees all around
there were flowers all around
with our cups
and our plates
and our kittens
seagreen seagreen
we dived under the water
we saw a forest of green
we stayed under there
we stayed under

WHAT I AIN'T GOT

well it's a saturday night
and i ain't got nobody
ain't got nobody to play with me
well it's a saturday night
and i ain't got nobody
ain't got nobody to play with me
well you might say call mikey
but he is watching footy
well you might say call lily
well she is with her family
well you might say call gabby
well she is watching tv
well you might say-ay call eddy
well he's in argentina
it's saturday and i'm lonely
i don't have nobody
i don't have nobody to call
well you might say call gracey
she's gone to see the cure
she's going with somebody
but i don't know who
well i am so lonely
i have nothing for dinner
and i've run out of money
oooooooohhhhhhhh
oooooooohhhhhhhh
oooooooohhhhhhhh
oooooooohhhhhhhh

THIS TOWN

this town needed someone
this town needed someone like you
this town was cold
without you

this street needed something
this street needed something
this street needed something
this street
this town

this house needed something
this house needed something like you
this house
this house

this heart needed something
needed something
needed something
needed something

my heart
my heart
my heart

BOMBORA ADORA

i've got friends and they've got love
flowing around them (everyone)
i've got friends and they've got love
flowing between them (everyone)
it makes me happy when i see them this way
it makes me happy to know
i've got friends and they've got love
strong love (everyone)
i've got friends and they've got love
true love (everyone)
ohhh ohhhh ohhhhhhh!
they do things for each other
for each other
they make things for each other
for each other
iiiiiii
ahhhh
ahhhh
bombora gora
and her sea green
the little krystal
and her justine

favourite songs:

'new york ranger' by mum and son (france)
'all beauty is sin' by hit the jackpot (adelaide, australia)

today was a best day
i like my job and i did good work
lucy came suddenly from melbourne and we ate watermelon and strawberries and icecream and she bummed a cigarette from a worker and i had a coffee
i planned moving house with buddies
me and three friends had a very beautiful and potentially fruitful prayer session
then we rode on bikes to leederville and drank hot chocolates

and then i went for a long skate with a new friend and rode home alone at midnight, and i thought again about the cave i went to.... am i easily pleased, or was it just a very very wonderful day in the world ?

For a while
I din listen to any music


Now I can again

But there is so much!
And all the girls can sing AND play the drums AT THE SAME TIME...

But I'm 27 and haven't been practicing



It might be too late for me

But maybe it's never too late
for me




These are my new favourite bands: Batrider, Fabulous Diamonds and Fifty Cent (Fifty Cent would be better with a female drummer. Speaking of which, last night I dreamed about a girl who used to play music with me, and above the vacant grassy lot on which we were sitting, there were stars moving and falling in formation, but I was pretty sure they weren't UFOs). etc.

well the thing is, i really think 'fun' is one of the greatest songs ever written, even though i made it, but noone seems to really agree or whatever...