without warning, by trio of misfortune

without warning

by trio of misfortune

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1.	steady rollers 04:09	lyrics	buy track
Here now beyond the seas, there’s a faded ruler with a first class dream in the sun Bake him in denim jeans for a first class ruler of a second class scene just for fun Deep and wide the fingerprints come Ringing bells and firing guns Step inside and return to your home Chances are your future is blown Rest him before he bleeds it’s a senseless move to a desperate scheme, he’s the one Midnight hanging over my shoulder Date night with a steady roller Look out for the steady rollers In time, yeah, all these deeds, well they certainly found me cutting down trees just for fun Next please the roller decreed now we’ve lost our patience with this tumbling weed, move him on Just when you’d thought you’ve got it made Just when you thought you’d won Let me have all these things, I’m a cool hand mover not a second rate thief I’m the one Midnight hanging over my shoulder Date night with a steady roller Late night with a steady roller Hanging out with a steady roller Looking everywhere the waves will find you Get inside with the steady rollers
2.	that cat 03:48	lyrics	buy track
It’s a little known and barely spoken of fact That when it comes to this the dog is ruled by cats The dog he wishes well to all that are within his reach share a kennel, share a basket, share a lead Until the cat gets stroppy and teeth get choppy We are looking like I’m Mickey and he’s goofy Strutting down the street all swagger and loopy cats are viewing us as risky and precocious Super frisky, super risky and explosive cats get stroppy and teeth get choppy one fine day it was cats by two One had syphilis and one the flu So beware, hiss, spit, lickspittle Morons incorporated call on you A bunch of solicitors and you are through So beware, JAWS ARE COMING That cat will put you in your place my friend You’ve heard it before I’ll say it again So much for your gin and tonic friends / So much for your dim angelic friends They legged it before they’ll do it again These feline parasites are hell bent on a ruckus Meting out their brand of derelicted justice Picking on a dog who only wanted walk time Slap his face with their regurgitated slime That’s when the cats get stroppy and teeth get choppy One was ignorant and neither was right Both were indifferent to doggy’s plight So beware Doggy had to sign his rights away Nothing he could do about the tourniquet On his head CLAWS ARE COMING That cat will put you in your place my friend You’ve heard it before I’ll say it again So much for your supersonic friends / So much for your sweet empathic friends They legged it before they’ll do it again
3.	holiday in strathfield (friends and foes) 04:41	lyrics	buy track
It’s time to leave, clear your desk, the hammer fell on your head The walk of shame, out to the street, will haunt long after you’ve left The subway leads to Xmas lights, no one helping their friends tonight The busker plays for passers-by, his melodies are so resigned And that’s how it ends With foes and friends Getting blurred by the threats of human kind It's a complicated game They pinned on the blame Coz they don’t want you anymore Get on the train, find a safe place, stop and find some thinking space The things they say, just can’t be right, no one else recalls the scenes from that night There’s no way out, they’ve stacked the decks, witnesses gagged no means to defence Its fight or flight, they started that, you can’t beat a SAO for a snack that’s a fact And that’s how it ends With foes and friends Getting blurred by the threats of human kind It's a complicated game They pinned on the blame Coz they don’t want you anymore And that’s how it ends With foes and friends Getting blurred by threats And that’s how it goes When friends and foes Tell lies who knows Tell lies under oath Till the lies overflow And that’s how it goes You can’t go back coz they don’t want you anymore.
4.	without prejudice 04:04	lyrics	buy track
We wallowed in mud You liked the taste and so did I But you found my weakness You said it’s a shame Lying on my back with nobody else to blame But you wounded deepest You could say no one was right naming names under the light the end game in black and white but you can say what you want to we hereby do claim these are the words that nobody else could hear but you heard distinctly reputation maimed you write the deed that I’ll never breathe again so you remain the victim You could say no one was right naming names under the light the end game in black and white but you can say what you want to you can say what you want to with protection.
5.	handful of lunatics 03:48	lyrics	buy track
Call me call me you didn’t call me you just stood there false allegations you did stalk me Red 37 Painted hussy blue fingernails I was caught out stupidly male Faded starshine Cheque’s in the mail You better do right It’s now one week since the betrayal You just wilted coming unstable Midget’s call sign dancing with Davo Caustic toxic under the table Call me call me you didn’t call me It’s now over here comes insanity You better do right It’s just me and a handful of lunatics Are rolling in with the waves It’s just me and I’m so close to losing it I want to hear what you say Up a blind alleyway With a loose midget in tow Fill up a vengeful bogan from the south at the Doobie Brothers show Hang on! Mercy, sweet mercy, sweet mercy will come.
6.	without warning 04:20	lyrics	buy track
There are things that you have in your life You never want to lose That’s what you tell your friends at the bar While your sucking down booze In between the thought and the deed There’s a line to choose Roll your way into paradise In another man’s shows Without warning the blues came to play Without warning the defeat came today Make your way on judgment day Try to roll right through The time has come we move tonight It’s gonna choose for you There’s no time, you’ve have to leave Don’t stop at the gate You didn’t see the warning signs You’re already too late Without warning the blues came to play Without warning the door shut today.
7.	ride it to rozelle 03:51	lyrics	buy track
Manly, Bondi, Coogee, Bedlam Bay. Captain! The sun is out the air is sweet, the road is quiet the cities asleep Past the cross and Mal’s old digs, leafy Woolhara it’s a big lib jig Find a park with no pay, hello Ramsgate, good day Hit the sand the swell is alive, Bondi beach is looking devine Inside, outside tumble around but it’s you I love Inside, outside push to the floor but it’s you I love Such a beautiful place, what a beautiful place to be with a troubled mind Rest your head and settle in so anxious times left behind Wednesday hicks backward flips matinee versions of Saturday tricks Simple Simon got hell to pay, roll on a wave for the rest of the day Manly, Bondi, Coogee, Bedlam Bay. Captain! here’s what you got to say here’s what you got to do just say hey hey I’m a survivor and I’m through messed up the middle age and thrown into a charade fingers were burning but the fires out and we’re good and find your new appointed captain smiles at you Inside, outside tumble around but it’s you I love Inside, outside push to the floor but it’s you I love Inside, outside rolling on the ground but it’s you I love The boys are getting jumpy must be something in the swell I hear Robby say ride it to Rozelle! Manly, Bondi, Coogee, Bedlam Bay. Captain! and now my mind goes back to where I started before it blew out at the infinite game is that a smirk or a smile when looking to blame took the wrong side of a very fine line of you too me too man with two faces formed a hate hate relationship at the point of rejection just another white middle aged male but there’s victims and survivors at the bottom of the ninth so having pushed through the current and the forces of tide if you rely on good intentions the world gets in the way but rest assured, there will be no next time it’s a very fine line and like the chef said, fingers are for burning. So are people. But not me.
8.	brain recovery unit 05:07	lyrics	buy track
Inside my dark eyes Never asked to die It started with a pig and we brought it back to life It moved onto the people and created lots of strife But play on. We’re doing you a favour. Just because you’re dead doesn’t mean you’re out of luck We fire up the brain but your bodies kinda stuck in the ground. To be recycled. Form a queue at the BRU Through this line we’ll connect your mind Will this next phase bring better days? Fuck me I’m a brain in a box will you think about me now I’m gone And contemplate this long dark life Blame me for the brain cell in a jail cell do you think about me now I’m gone And isolated for all time Well they brought me back to life to show it can be done Now I’m kind of over it can’t speak to anyone So ironic. But peaceful.. How to describe this calm and empty life? Steady as she goes but the charmer wants a wife Anyone? A conjical visit? We’ll plug you in to the wifi tap Friends can chat BRU app So much to say bring them my way See me I’m the brain cell in a jail cell did you think about me now I’m gone And contemplate this long dark life Save me I’m a rock star not a pop star did you think about me when once I’ve gone And isolated for all time It’s your lucky day we’ve now found a new body A little bit old but still kind of warm and floppy Sign a new deed and bury your story Take a new name, maybe John maybe Tory But get out of here before we change our decision Free me I’m a brain cell and I’m out now did you think about me now I’m here And contemplate that long dark ride See me I’m a film star not a dead star did you see me fall down from the heights And bring me back to extra time.
9.	sad but true 03:33	lyrics	buy track
Never thought it’d come down to this The choice of me and you To abandon all we knew Sad but true Would you ever take a bullet for a man Who insulted all he knew The midget danced right through Sad but true All over the town there are beautiful words Sometimes we need to share But then The good guys never win And this is how you found me on the skids Alone and out of view Shaken by me too Sad but true There is only one way to survive Love the things you do Know what gets you through Sad but true All over the town there are beautiful words Sometimes we need to share But then The good guys never win All around us now there are beautiful words The times we all must care And then The good guys might win
10.	slow down 03:41	lyrics	buy track
For all the noise, for all the care in the world A simple choice you don’t foresee in your prime A warning sign a calling card that says no next time So hold me close and let the moment decide Slow down with me Slow down with me As I come to say goodbye Slow down with me Don’t go back to all this pain Without love you’ve nothing to gain Slow down don’t burn your feet in the fire Slow down don’t burn your feet in the fire Slow down with me Slow down with me

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It's about those things that happen to you without warning that really knock you sideways; a shock announcement, a job loss, a betrayal by a friend, the diagnosis of cancer. Friends and foes; cats and dogs; lunatics and lawyers. You take refuge at the beach and try to slow down to steady yourself for the next bout. The peace is temporary, the dancing midget returns. Sad but true.

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released October 11, 2019

all songs written and performed by michael woods
all songs recorded and mixed at home by mw
mastered at zen by geoff lee
coffee by nescafe

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trio of misfortune Sydney, Australia

For 34 years, I have been recording music. Not every year, but usually the years that follow on from a major life event (1995-97,2000-02, 2011-13, 2019). The music presents itself at these times and I use it to find a way to make sense of things. Post 2020, I'm writing and recording just for the love of it. I hope you enjoy these collections of my music. Michael. ... more