Music / Discography

1. Goddess Love

[S.Wilson]

When I’m sad, dreaming about how everything goes bad
I turn to you, and in a moment I know just what I should do
goddess love from above, cooler than the moon
hot as the sun, darling one, just don’t take off too soon
dare I say it, you have won my heart
there I said it, you have won my heart
falling in with you has been the best thing that I ever got to do
and to my shame I can’t smile until I speak your name
goddess love from above, landed in my room
Anamorata, I see the stars in your eyes
like no other when you come it comes as no surprise
Like a bird at the start of Spring, waiting for his chance to sing
and tell his girl “fly to my tree and welcome to my world”

Dan Sultan- vocals, vibrato guitar
Scott Wilson- electric guitar
Peter Marin- drums, percussion
Gina Woods- organ
Josh Jones- bass guitar

2. Sorrowbound

[D.Sultan & S.Wilson]

Don’t you wonder why, don’t you worry anymore
I’m not running around beating down on your door
your thinking about tomorrow, but you know that our lovin’s sorrowbound

You’ve been taking too long wasting to much time
worrying about me, about me and mine
your thinking about tomorrow, but you know that our lovin’s sorrowbound
your thinking about the future, but you know that our lovin’s sorrowbound

don’t you wait on me, as blind as blind can be
far too blind to see that lovin’s sorrowbound
I took your picture off the wall to soften the fall of my heart that night you left
because I needed to know just how far I would go to get you back in my arms again

Dan Sultan- vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Scott Wilson- electric guitar
Gina Woods- organ
Josh Jones- bass guitar
Peter Marin- drums

3. Dingo

[S.Wilson]

This life is bringing me down
I think you only live to see the lights uptown
you got the face for it, you got a taste for it, oh you hurt my soul
don’t really know what you are, all I know is you stole my guitar
I paid a grand for it, you got two grams for it, oh you hurt my soul
you get through life living off your charms
you take my money put it in your arms, oh you hurt my soul

I won’t be paying your bail
I wonder how that smile is gonna help you in jail
you got the lips for it, you got the hips for it, oh you hurt my soul
now you’re down in the alley tryin to strike a deal
you’re a dingo looking for a chicken to steal, oh you hurt my soul.

Dan Sultan- vocals
Scott Wilson- acoustic guitar, electric guitars
Chris Neave- double bass
Peter Marin- drums

4. Never Let you down

[S.Wilson]

I’ve paid the cost for my way of living
and I have lost what I held so dear
my dear the years have been unkind
only for you, does time stand still
I made a vow that no one would hurt you
and that somehow I’d look after you
but it’s true I can’t look after nothing
and in the end you’ve done more for me
when you ask me how I’m doing these days
I find it easier to lie, than to tell you about what I feel inside
but I wasn’t lying when I said that I would never let you down
I’m out of time to put things back together
I left behind the life that I knew
but I remember you dancing and laughing
and that alone will help to get me through
when I see you coming down the street these days,
I think it might be better if I hide
but I know you’re gonna find me when you try
when you ask where I’ve been well you know I’m gonna lie
but I wasn’t lying when I said that I will never let you down.

Dan Sultan- vocals, electric guitar, slide guitar
Scott Wilson- acoustic guitar, vibrato guitar
Peter Marin- drums, percussion
Josh Jones- bass guitar
Gina Woods- piano, organ
Steve Veale- trombone, Ben Veale - trumpet

5. Old Fitzroy

[D.Sultan & S.Wilson]

I walked in here off the dirty mile
swaggered in with a prison style
aching bones and dirty feet
needing a bed and something to eat
I played for you and I played it right
I sang in tune and I danced all night
I looked at you as the only one
I didn’t know it could come undone

I hit the road when I was fifteen
when my mother died and my dad got mean
I’ve been locked up since twenty one
I was my mothers only son
forgotten most from the early days
but I remember what she used to say
little boy you’re my pride and joy
the only good thing about old Fitzroy

I feel the walls are falling down around
it makes me loathe that town somehow
I’ve been drinking all the wrong things all night
I’ve been thinking about what I’ve got to do to survive this life

Dan Sultan- vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitars
Ella Hooper- vocals
Peter Marin- drums, percussion
Josh Jones- bass guitar
Gina Woods- organ

6. Get out while you can

[S.Wilson]

Get out while you can
it’s not too late to start again
for you know what you have known
nothing here can ever grow
wedding rings are broken wings
you won’t need these things you’ll find
sail on my love and leave this place behind

Leave before the tide
let the moonlight be your guide
I want for nothing more than for you to find a better shore
wedding rings are broken wings
you won’t need these things you’ll find
sail on my love and leave this place behind

Dan Sultan- vocals
Scott Wilson- acoustic guitar

7. Walk through my Dream

[D.Sultan]

I feel like I’ve wasted all your precious time
Now your gone and I’m left here dying
I played it out like a fool would do
But you know that my heart is true
Theres no denying that I won’t stop lying to myself
and tonight I’m alright
I cut myself because it eases the pain
thoughts of you, it helps me to restrain
when you see me smiling and you walk on by
and I know that you love me
I know your thinking of me my baby
honey strange as it may seem
I’ve seen it all before
when you walk through my dream

Dan Sultan- vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, synth
Gina Woods- organ
Josh Jones- bass guitar
Peter Marin- drums, percussion
Steve Veale- trombone
Ben Veale- trumpet
Piers Gooding- tenor saxophone

8. Crazy

[D.Sultan & S.Wilson]

A man he went crazy and hurt my baby
now she ain’t no ones baby no more
I wish I could go back and stop him in his tracks
but that man is too crazy for me
Had him in my sights rabbit in my lights
wanna send him to his maker tonight
This monkey up upon my back is bigger than a Cadillac
but I can’t be that wrong, it don’t belong in my life
and I’m gonna make you mine
I’m talking to you, you’re on your knees
just know that your silence condones violence, I’m waiting
brothers don’t raise your fist in anger
no it ain’t right she’s my sister, my brother
you know whats wrong
take her in your arms and don’t bring her no
harm with your hands
take a stand, you got to be a man
I’m walking away I got to make it right
Is there more than just sex and drugs and violence in your life

Dan Sultan- vocals, electric guitars
Josh Jones- bass guitar
Peter Marin- drums, percussion
Steve Veale- trombone
Ben Veale- trumpet

9. Letter

[D.Sultan & S.Wilson]

Looking for my baby on the outside
these people think I’m gonna run and hide, is it right baby
I’m heading up north, I’m giving up the chase
no sucker up there knows my face, is it right

Pack up the car and we’re ready to go
put on the plates that the cops don’t know, is it right baby
I said baby I know you got my letter
I said darling I wont ever forget you
baby I would put myself up for tender
to a back street money lender
just to buy you that fender

Barrel up the Hume in an XA ford
the way you look at me oh my lord
1700k’s away we won’t be stopping till Byron Bay
hate to see my women out there turning tricks
no dirty fuckers gonna get his kicks off of mine, it ain’t right
I said baby pack all your shit together
we gonna head for nicer weather
and we shall never surrender
In Melbourne I fear a shitfight coming
you gotta get that motor humming
then its time for some lovin
baby you got to steal a car on Sunday
be at the gate on Monday
I’ll be out by mid-day

Dan Sultan- vocals, piano, electric guitar, moog synthesiser
Scott Wilson- electric guitar
Vicka Bull-vocals
Linda Bull- vocals
Josh Jones- bass guitar
Peter Marin- drums, percussion
Steve Veale- trombone
Ben Veale- trumpet

10. Fear of Flying

[S.Wilson]

I could never learn to fly by jumping out of aeroplanes
for all of those who wanna try I empathise with your pain
but I’m staying here
cause it’s a long way from the ground
and it’s a feeling rarely found
but I could never find peace that way
I find it hard enough to survive without falling from the sky
I could never find peace that way

Sunday morning it was fine 25 and sunny
I’ve still got time to change my mind
give me back my money
I’m gonna stay here
I still recall that fateful day
the wind was whipping madly
found her in a pile of hay
hurt but not too badly

Dan Sultan- vocals
Scott Wilson- vocals, acoustic, baritone & bass guitar
Peter Marin- drums, percussion.

11. I like it

[S.Wilson]

I like what my baby’s puttin’ down
a little love it’s true
you ask me if I’m stickin’ round
I’m gonna stick like glue
ain’t nobody’s business what we do

I like what my baby’s got to say
says I’m her lovin’ man
you wonder if I’m gonna stay
I’m staying where I am
what you think don’t really mean a damn

I like what my baby wants to do
that be to love me right
I don’t answer to a fool like you
there gonna be a fight
she comes home with me every night
alright.

Dan Sultan-vocals, electric guitar, chains
Scott Wilson- electric guitar
Gina Woods- wurlitzer organ
Josh Jones- bass guitar
Peter Marin- drums, percussion
Steve Veale- trombone
Ben Veale- trumpet
Piers Gooding- tenor saxophone

12. Come Home tonight

[D.Sultan & S.Wilson]

You’ve been crying too many nights
and I’ve been lying too many times
no use trying to make it right
but if you still love me, I’ll come home tonight
I’ve been rambling sleeping under stars above
and I’ve been gambling away all of your love
shakes in the morning snakes in the night
but you know I don’t bite can I come home tonight

Blue blue hearted girl I know that you’ve been down
and it all started about the time I started comin round
But I can make you happy
you wont have to ask twice
if you still love me I’ll come home tonight

Dan Sultan- vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin.
Ella Hooper- vocals
Scott Wilson- table steel guitar
Chris Neave- double bass

13. Cadillac & a Mustang

[S.Wilson]

I was sitting on the corner of Mission and 20
waiting for my super burrito to cool down
when I could see two cars sitting side by side
and I could hear that rumbling sound
there was a Cadillac and a Mustang
I’m talkin’ Cadillac and a Mustang

I don’t know which one you like, depends on your taste
but it looks like we got ourselves a road race
He said “Now hey there you in that pimpy lookin’ suit
did you buy that Caddy new in 1972 ?”
Because the way that the tail is saggin’
won’t help you when it comes to draggin’
and I’ve got $200 US that says the Mustang goes the best
I said a Mustang can beat a Cadillac

Now wait just a minute potato head Mustang driving man of ACTION
just because this Caddy sits low in the chassis that don’t
mean I don’t get no traction
It was made to get down,uptown custom shop, all to my
specifications
so if I get tired of your ass gonna put my foot on the gas and
thats the end of our conversation.

Dan Sultan- vocals, electric guitar
Scott Wilson- electric guitar
Vicka Bull- vocals
Linda Bull- vocals
Gina Woods- organ
Josh Jones- bass guitar
Peter Marin- drums
Steve Veale- trombone
Ben Veale- trumpet
Piers Gooding- saxaphone

1. Your love is like a song

[D.Sultan & S.Wilson]

Rain is falling down on the steps of Flinders Street
I gravitate towards the place where you and I would meet
Remember back when we were always together
It takes me back there to somewhere I need to go.

Looking in my mirror and I don't like what I see
Who could ever want a broken man such as me ?
But I've been thinking clearer since you turned my head around
The closer to your heart the sweeter is the sound

Your love is like a song to ease my mind
as time just lingers on and on I think we'll find
Now that we've only just begun to realise
we're gonna be alright.

Everybody needs that affection
and everyone needs some place to hide
If I can deal with my imperfections
That's when I make a connection

2. Enemy

[S.Wilson]

I never know which way to go
I was hoping for somebody who might
now I can't tell whether we've been driving forever
sniffing up every white line
I need to I don't know about you
I gotta stop and shake my head for a while
zombies on the road and an overweight load
stop me making up a mile

Enemy I've been told that you won't let me live till I grow old misery

I’m eating roadkill roast most every nightI eat it while seated at the bar
carrots and corn and homemade porn where everybody gets to be a star

Enemy, your poison love it wont help me decide when it's enough misery.

Now there's some hellbound clowns on the way into town
they're looking for a fuck or a fight
But if you're running out of lovin' stick your head in the oven
she ain't coming back this time
gun totin' freaks have been here all week camping on my new front lawn
one day I'm gonna say kindly move it all awaydon't come round here no more

Enemy your poison love won't help me decide when its enough misery

Enemy of the soul you won't let me live till I grow old misery

3. Forever

[S.Wilson]

Once again, I find myself around my friends
but once with you, can I have a moment of truth with you ?
and I've been wondering what I gotta do to get through in these disheartening times
In all this suffering, tell me what it takes to get through in these disheartening times
so if I stare too long it's just that I never had a good measure of time, or space and the like

So won't you stay a while my lonely child I've been waiting forever to say
that I love you every day.
so won't you stay a while my lonely child I've been waiting forever to say
that I love you every day, day.

4. Caroline

[D.Sultan & S.Wilson]

Waiting for the sun to rise
as I get smoke in my eyes
Yarra underneath got a joint in my teeth
and everything here is right
but I don't really want to cry Caroline
no I don't really want to cry not tonight

When I drink too much wine
and you look deep in eyes
it's hard to believe with all the beauty I see
that I know it's crying time

But I don't really want to cry Caroline
no I don't really want to cry not tonight
you will only make me cry Caroline
I'll only make you cry now I can't lie
I don't want to see you cry not tonight

5. The door is still open (to my heart)

[C.Willis]

I must confess that I cry from loneliness
and the door is still open to my heart
you are as close to me as the two is to the three
and the door is still open to my heart

And I'm not ashamed to cry its better than to hold it inside
and I won't be satisfied until you're here by my side
you are to me like the honey is to the bee
and the door is still open to my heart

And I'm not ashamed to cry it's better than to hold it inside
and I, I won't be satisfied until you're here by my side
and you, you are as close to me as two is to three
and the door is still open to my heart.

6. Miss Linda

[S.Wilson]

How could I be so wrong so often?
They're fittin me for a coffin maybe
wish I had never seen this town.
and where's my kindest angel?
can hear her from my jail cell
I know she'll never let me down.
I thought I had some kind of faint hope
now they won't let me find my way home.

Miss Linda won't you help me?
I can't get up by myself
and why's the room keep spinning around?
I had a realisation, I'm in a police station
and nothing I say won't calm them down
I thought we had some kind of faint hope
now you won't drive me all the way home
now I'm alone and there's nothing left to say
I just wanted luck to come my way

I thought I had some kind of faint hope
now you wont let me find my way home
now I'm alone and there's nothing left to say
I just wanted love to come my way

Did you think that love would come your way?
well you were wrong
did you think that love was here to stay?
well you were wrong.

7. Whip on hide

[D.Sultan & S.Wilson]

Oh now darling I've tried pretty mamma
just to keep your lovin' on side
but you always got to keep that whip on my hide
are you forgetting my rights?

Oh now darling you flipped pretty baby
when you heard that I started to Slip
now pretty mamma and I know you didn't
come here for this oh darling alright

I said hey though we're a million miles away
you always know what to say
and when I feel uptight
she lets me know its gonna be alright
baby you are so fine
so you and I, we're gonna touch the sky

Oh now darling I've tried pretty mamma
just to keep your lovin on side pretty baby
but your keeping that whip on my hide
you ain't taking my bribes now.

I said hey though we're a million miles away
you always know what to say
and when I feel uptight
she lets me know its gonna be alright
baby you are sublime, you're too damn fine not to be mine

How do I know what I know ? well I know because she tells me so
baby you are sublime you're too damn fine not to be mine

8. Fool

[S.Wilson]

If I could just remember how I got here would you let me stay?
coz you know it's true baby I'm a fool for you
let me count you the ways

But I can't stop it if I can't start it maybe somehow
what could I do and what can I do for you?
let me show you right now.
alright.

But don't love me like that
don't you love me like that
If it was true then I would always be your fool
if you love me like that

So if I keep on turning up on your doorstep like a lost cat
just don't be cruel and I will always be your fool
if you love me like that.

9. Lonesome Tears

[D.Sultan]

Out here the days are long and the river is dry
I'm sitting here singing my song
watching the shadows pass by
see I done my baby wrong,
Lord I made her cry, made her cry
I saw her daddy standing on the river bed
He had a gun in his hand pointed at my head
He said you best come with me son
and to the town he led, town he led

You never understood my fears
and I never made them quite clear
so tell me who's to blame at the end of the line
when I'm crying my lonesome tears

When they dragged me in it was a dusty old day
as I walked passed the folks I heard what they'd say
string him up shoot him down
and then piss on his grave, on his grave
when they let me hang the sun was going down
before I died some people gathered around
your eyes where the last I saw
in that hatefilled crowd hatefilled crowd

You never understood my fears
and I never made them quite clear
so tell me who's to blame at the end of the line
when I'm crying my lonesome tears

After all these years I'm still crying my lonesome tears

10. Money

[S.Wilson]

oh now people let me tell you where the money is

Oh now people let me tell you where the money is

It's in lying and cheating and thieving and dealing.

11. Voices

[D.Sultan & S.Wilson]

Hearing voices in my head
painful memories of what she said
I would aspire to more than those
but I'm still haunted by her ghost
sitting in silence never bothered me before
I could always just turn and close the door
sitting in silence never bothered me at all
I could always face the wall

I'm hearing voices in my head
painful memories of what she said
I'm resigned to more of those
I still walk beside your ghost

It took all my strength and it broke my heart
to see you lose yourself
and watch you fall apart
now I can't find a reason
so I keep on grieving to this day

I can't let you go.

12. Roslyn

[D.Sultan]

Roslyn angel child, I said Roslyn angel child
when the white man came and he took you all away
I said Roslyn it's not right
You're my angel child

Well they took you from my arms
they took you from my arms
with the lord and a gun they'll keep you safe from harm
if only they knew what they'd done
when they took you they took you from my arms

Now they said that I didn't love you
and they said that I didn't care
when you asked where I was they told you I was dead
they said that I didn't care
they told my babies I was dead.