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That's What I Wanna Be
04:30
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That's What I Wanna Be
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 1988, 2020 SmallBoy Songs
He is so good looking
Suspiciously like something that I've never seen before.
He's in touch with his soul;
A rugged individual with pointed shoes
And who could ask for more?
That's what i want to be love;
Thats what i want to be
Thats what i want to be love;
Thats what i want to be
You can tell that the blood of a poet
Or something just as red
Is pumping in his veins
You can tell that he's got some kind of tragedy
Or maybe some anomaly
Deep in his brain
I wanna know his secrets;
I wanna know just how he makes his hair stand up in the rain
I wanna be loved
Thats what I wanna be.
Thats what i want to be love;
Thats what i want to be
Every time he passes me by
I hear the sound of vitriol
Thats what i want to be love;
Thats what i want to be
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2. |
If We Say What's There
06:36
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If We Say What's There
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 2020 SmallBoy Songs
Something happens
We make it mean a million things
But we don't know.
And i suspect the way you look at me
Eclipses everything you said was so.
My conclusions
Are based inside the abstract of my heart
Where I'm too small to make a difference
To everything thats ripping us apart
If we say whats there
Even if we think it's lies
Or guilt or shame
If we say whats there
Even if it sounds like blame
Or fear or doubt
If we say whats there
Who is gonna listen?
It aint golden;
The silence of assumption is a trap
And you and I fall in and flounder
Wallowing in years of baseless crap
Build your mountain
The evidence of unlove and uncare
Then throw it at my feet and wonder
What the fuck youre doing there
If we say whats there
Even if it hurts like hell
To say out loud
If we say whats there
Even if it's not allowed
And we get scared
If we say whats there
Tell me something
Say it like Im gonna hear
Use the words you want to use now
And I wont roll my eyes and interfere
I can listen
I can try to understand
And not assume your destination
Is where I think you ought to land
If we say whats there
Even after all these years
Of grief and pain
If we say whats there
Maybe we can try again
And again and again
If we say whats there
Maybe we will listen
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3. |
I Was Wrong
05:19
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I Was Wrong
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 2020 SmallBoy Songs
I was wrong to tell you what to feel
The siren's song - to think I know the deal -
Comes on so strong
And blinds me to the real
I was wrong
I get loud when i think i'm unheard
And i get proud of all my pretty words
But youre allowed to stand there undeterred
I was wrong
Can I start over?
All my life pretending that I know
But I was faking; a shame to say it's so
You know things that i could never know
And you have been where i could never go
I'm in my skin and learning comes so slow
I was wrong
Can I start over?
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4. |
It's Only Temporary
04:33
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It's Only Temporary
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 2014, 2020 SmallBoy Songs
Its guilt and doubt and suddenly knowing
That you cant go on no more
And every instinct youve ever had
Is pushing your ass out the door.
To run away so seems like the answer
Though it's never worked before
To stay means youre facing the great unknown
To stay means you'll have to endure
Its only temporary
Its only temporary
Your feet to the fire, your back to the sea
Its only temporary.
You talk it out
You shift your perspective
Just to see their point of view
It's Only Temporary
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 2020 SmallBoy Songs
Youre hoping to meet inbetween some place
But theyre sticking to theirs like its glue
But its only temporary
Its only temporary
Your feet to the fire, your back to the sea
Its only temporary.
So why are you treating yourself so bad
Its never too late to amend
Dont you know God is in love with you
My friend, my friend
When the tide is pulling you under
Or the slope slips like it's glass
The oil keeps on bubbling
The voices keep troubling you
Remember that this too will pass
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5. |
Long Open Road
03:01
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Long Open Road
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 2020 SmallBoy Songs
Emptied out my duffle bag
Sifted through the memories
Nothing left but might have hads
And a long open road before me
Boxed up all those party plans
And promises of plenty
All I'll take is what I am
With a heart to be filled
And a bond to rebuild
And a long open road before me
Kissed goodbye every platitude and token
Blessed the sky
As it opened up on the empty cup
Of the life that I had broken
Now I'm closing the door
With a trembling jaw
At the start of a different story
I step onto the track
With the wind at my back
And a long open road before me
With a heart to be filled
And a bond to rebuild
And a long open road before me
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6. |
This Uncertainty
05:20
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This Uncertainty
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 2020 SmallBoy Songs
You push me and I push you
We're both falling over
Mountain climbing in our blindfolds
Slipping and sliding at the edge
Who knows if I can trust you
Who knows if you can trust me
We walk in this uncertainty.
Lay my home made compass down
The needle goes crazy
Pointing this way, pointing that
And never completely shows the way
My feet both long for concrete
To find myself still standing
I sink into uncertainty
Where ever I set my feet is the shifting sand
The shifting sand
The shaky lands
Everybody's got a right to be wrong
Everybody's gotta know
Everybody's got a right to know
Moving so slow
I still dont know where I am heading
Why and wherefore
Nothing feels sure
Sinking in quicksand to the waist
But still Im hoping for love
To ease the way Im going
To colour this uncertainty
Where ever I set my feet is the shifting sand
The shifting sand
The shaky lands
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7. |
Diamond
04:53
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Diamond
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 2020 SmallBoy Songs
Look at me
I'm a diamond
Rough and pounded down
Living deep underground
I don't feel so bright
You could do better
But everything i feel
Isn't how it is for real
I know what worthlessness is
Maybe I've got something to give
If I've got something to give
I will not have lived in vain
Look at me
I'm an island
Hidden in a sea
Where you can't find me
There's some good stuff here
On a good day
Maybe you wont settle down
But you're free to stay
I know what loneliness is
Maybe I've got something to give
If I've got something to give
I will not have lived in vain
What's a lifetime worth?
If you sleep or move the Earth?
Running dry or giving birth?
Does it all come down to how we're feeling?
I know what emptiness is
But I've got something to give
If I've got something to give
I will not have lived in vain
I know what kindness is
And I've got plenty to give
If I've got kindness to give
I will not have lived in vain
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8. |
My Window On The World
06:39
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My Window At The World
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 2020 SmallBoy Songs
I'm only looking through my eyes
I'm only looking through the things that life has thrown in front of me
And when im looking thru my eyes
It mustn't come as some surprise if i dont see what you can see
The world occurs in different ways, in different frequency and phase
Thats just the way it is
The stuff that you insist is wrong and unimportant may belong
In my allegiances
Looking at the world
Looking out my window on the world
I'm looking out on something cold
Where what's of value's bought and sold
And what remains is only waiting for a market estimation
Youre looking out on growing pains
As hearts and minds begin to change
And count the blessings of the journey not the destination
I'm looking out on raw ambition
Subtle campaigns of attrition
Wearing down the will till will defies a definition
Youre looking out beyond the hole
Beyond the poverty of soul
To break the engineered condition
Looking at the world
Looking out my window on the world
The sun may fall into the deep
And all the world may go to sleep
As long as sleep is free
And every soul may cease to stand
And every man become an island
On an empty sea
Or we might rise and look again
At who we are and where we've been
And where we've gone and lost our soul
Till then our history repeats
Like waves keeps pounding on the beach
No matter who can see it all
Looking at the world
Looking out my window on the world
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9. |
Let Me Walk Beside You
05:35
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Let Me Walk Beside You
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 1988, 2020 SmallBoy Songs
Come inside
Shake the dust off your feet
There's an ugly storm that's brewing in the men on the street.
Theyre squaring up
For survival in the pack
Heaven help the men who have to live like that
You can walk till your heels all wear through
I can run so much faster than you
You can see like a bird
I can't see like you do
Let me walk beside you
Let me walk beside you
From the cradle to the grave
We learn it's best to act tough
But when push comes down to shove
It seems that acting's not enough
It's world for cash and muscle
Where the weak ones dont survive
The winner's take the trophies
While the losers live their lives
Even though it's tough to understand
It aint so hard just to be a man.
I wanna stand up tall; make some room for you to live.
It's not so hard to be the first to give.
Theres a place that I'm fixing to find
Settle down and make that little place mine.
We can go, you can come. We can do what we want.
Say the word and hey now brother it's as good as done
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Tonight Your Peace Will Come
Music and Lyrics by Mark Robinson
Copyright 2020 SmallBoy Songs
The long hard day is done
You face the setting sun
Shadows falling, growing, reaching
Tonight your peace will come
The battles, the roles you played
Cannot now be unmade
But theyre over, over, past and over
Tonight your peace will come
Loves unlooked for,
Kindness, pleasure ,
Children, laughter
Rest in these
Sleep my precious one
Let go of things undone
Love embrace you, take you, lift you
Tonight your peace will come
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Mark Robinson Australia
I am Mark Robinson.. No.. NOT that one. I have been a singer/songwriter/guitarist since the age of 13 to now.. which is..
well.. old. I currently live in Katoomba, NSW and still write and record.
Previous bands have been The Noise Toys, Billion Park, The Inklings, Auto De Fe`, White as Red, Mice and Men and FunnyBone
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