by The Triffids on album Australian Melodrama

I knew him as a gentle young man I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline We watched him fade before our very eyes And years before his time Surrounded himself with shiny things First night t

by The Triffids on album Treeless Plain

It's been a hell of a summer to be lying so low Dogs and cats dropping down in the street Yellow bellies crying trick or treat/trick or treat, and I say to you ... It's been a hell of a summer to be l

by The Triffids on album Treeless Plain

Please don't drag me back to Rosevel/underneath your creaking bed No air, no hatches under there/no pleasantries hatched overhead I left/what was left of you, What was left of you/couldn't he kept, An

by The Triffids on album Treeless Plain

My baby thinks she's a train She hears voices, little voices/only she can hear She hears voices, such little voices/sliding in her ear My baby thinks she's a train She don't know the difference betwee

by The Triffids on album Treeless Plain

I thought this was a good place to start/looking out on my treeless plain The good Lord has our best interests at heart, He's Making an effort and starting again Chorus: I just wanted a plaything The

by The Triffids on album Treeless Plain

Old ghostrider, old ghostrider Even people in love get hit by bullets, old ghostrider (don't shoot) Footsteps/on a spiral stairwell When I'm trying to say, "Some other time Jack, I just don't feel wel

by The Triffids on album The Black Swan

I can hear the timer ringing I can hear the whistle blow I can hear the customers, they're saying "Yes, it's time to go home" Everything has been delivered Everyone has called it a day There's the do

by The Triffids on album Raining Pleasure

Jack Frost came to town Jack Frost took my girl away He laid her in the ground Tipped his hat and he was on his way He's sure to take your loved one away He roams from town to town He wears a smile up

by The Triffids on album Raining Pleasure

Everyone's a liar & most are known to cheat Arsonists, embezzlers Everyone of them has to eat Handshake & a how d' y' do Flawless set of teeth I got stones inside of my shoes & Everyone of them has to

by The Triffids on album Raining Pleasure

It was down by old Joe's barroom, on the corner of the square They were serving drinks as usual, and the usual crowd was there On my left stood Big Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were bloodshot red And h

by The Triffids on album Calenture

Well it doesn't look much like we'll see the new year Cos all the bright young faces are here And I can't see us rising to their occasion any more No, not their Christmas cheer Time is against us, ev

by The Triffids on album Calenture

I live under glass in the British museum I am wrinkled and black, I am ten thousand years I once lost in business, I once lost in love I took a hard fall, I couldn't get up I was frozen out in the le

by The Triffids on album Calenture

Holes in my body, holes in my shoes You can put your fingers in me Let the north wind blow straight through When you left I almost disappeared Now you've gone, I'm not quite here My friends say they

by The Triffids on album Calenture

by The Triffids on album Calenture

by The Triffids on album Calenture

by The Triffids on album Calenture

I have a letter. familiar paper I keep a figurine in a locket It's dedicated, engraved initials Yellow photograph in a pocketbook Well the rim of her mouth was golden Her eyes were just desert sands

by The Triffids on album Calenture

by The Triffids on album Calenture

Bury me deep in love, Bury me deep in love Take me in, under your wing Bury me deep in love There's a chapel deep in a valley For travelling strangers in distress It's nestled among the ghosts of the

by The Triffids on album Peel Sessions

I knelt I aimed I missed I ran across the fIeld where our love began The ears of the corn began to melt and swim My 20/20 vision 95% dim I bowed my head to the weight of the sun I saw ribs sticking ou