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Stay [Live]
04:26
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Stay
This is the first line of a song about you
It’s kinda simple
but it’s the best that I can do
I don’t want you ...
This is the second part of a song about you
Don’t have much to say
but I suppose there should be two
Hope you hear it
On your radio
Hope you hear it …
Wish I knew
Wish I knew the right words
The right words to say
I don’t want you ...
I don’t want you to go ...
Please stay
This is another verse of a song about you
Probably can’t get much worse
but I’ll see what I can do
Hope you’re listening
To your radio
Hope you’re listening …
Wish I knew
Wish I knew the right words
The right words to say
I don’t want you
I don’t want you to go
Please stay
[Guitar]
Wish I knew
Wish I knew the right words
The right words to say
I don’t want you ...
I don’t want you to go ...
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no
Wish I knew
I wish I knew the right words, the right words,
The right words to say
I don’t want you ...
I don’t want you to go ...
Please stay
This is the last line of a song about you
© Heavy Happy Music 2001/2014
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My Heart [Live]
07:17
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My Heart
Effigy’s just one of
Many places I’ve been burned
I left my love there somewhere
But it never was returned
My heart was on my sleeve
When she took me to the cleaners
They even got the stain out
With some shots of Mr Meanor’s*
But that’s all right
It’s okay
’cos I didn’t really need it anyway
Well that’s all right
It’s okay
’cos I never really used it anyway
My heart
My heart
Once upon another time,
Back when I had my shirt
She rolled my heart in honey
Then she stomped it in the dirt
I asked her why she treated me
So good and then so bad
She smiled and said that
It was just this hobby that she had
But that’s all right
It’s okay
’cos I didn’t really need it anyway
Well that’s all right
It’s okay
’cos I never really used it anyway
My heart
My heart
My heart
My heart
My heart
My heart
Every now and sometimes
When I think I’d like it back
My memory repeats for me
Her signature attack
She’d throw down the gauntlet
And when I bent to retrieve it
Her knee would meet my mouth
Encouraging my teeth to leave it
But that’s all right, it’s okay
’cos I didn’t really need them anyway
Well that’s all right, it’s okay
’cos I never really used them anyway
My heart
My heart …
[Sax]
Effigy’s just one of many places I’ve been burned ...
My heart …
* Mr Meanor’s Patent Tonic and Stain Remover
© Heavy Happy Music 2004
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4. |
Closer To You [Live]
04:05
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Closer To You
Not entirely sure where I am today
Woke up under different sheets again
Have to ask somebody
When I go down for coffee
Live with a little mystery ’till then
It’s red and brown and grey out the window
Could be any city anywhere
And I’m staring at the telephone
But I guess I’d best leave you alone
’Til I figure out what time it is back there
’Cos every moment I’m away takes me closer
Sometimes that’s all that gets me through
And every single step I take is another step
It’s another step closer to you
Had a mismatched conversation with the waitress
Think she said the name of the hotel
but I’m not sure
When I tried to clarify
She said, “On Mercy Street” and I
Didn’t have it in me to pursue it any more
But every moment I’m away takes me closer
Sometimes that’s all that gets me through
And every single step I take is another step
It’s another step closer to you
[Guitar]
Well every moment I’m away takes me closer
Sometimes that’s all that gets me through
And every single step I take is another step
It’s another step closer
Well every moment I’m away takes me closer
Every moment
And every single step I take is another step
It’s another step closer to you
Closer
Closer to you
Closer
© Heavy Happy Music 2002/2003
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Shelley [Live]
05:20
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Shelley
Shelley wasn’t there again today
So once again he didn’t get to say
“I’m sorry” but then just maybe
He wouldn’t anyway
Gathers all his hopes up off the floor
Underestimated how much more
She wanted and took for granted
She’d never choose the door
Would I lie to you?
Would I ever tell you less than half the truth?
Do you really think I could?
Well, yes … yes I guess you would
Sharing his own company again
Doesn’t make for scintillating
Conversation, a situation
That possibly explains
Why Robbie’s sitting outside in the rain
Staring at the window of the plain
White building where Shelley’s sleeping
Or should be anyway
Would I lie to you?
Would I ever tell you less than half the truth?
Do you really think I could?
Well, yes … yes I guess you
Would you ever accept part of the blame?
Would you ever expect me to do the same?
Shelley finds him snoring on the lawn
Running late for work but now she’s torn:
He’s stalking but maybe talking
Could still avoid a war
Leaves a scribbled note there on his chest
Hurries off and hopes it’s for the best:
“6:30 and this time I’ll be …
I promise I’ll be there”
Would I lie to you?
Would I ever tell you less than half the truth?
Do you really think I could?
Well, yes …
Would I lie to you?
Would I ever tell you less than half the truth?
Do you really think I could?
Well, yes …
Yes I guess you would
History says you should
So yes, I guess you ...
Shelley wasn’t there again
She wasn't there again
Shelley wasn't there again today …
© Heavy Happy Music 2004/2012
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7. |
Steal You Back [Live]
04:30
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Steal You Back
I don’t want to cut you with my broken heart
I don’t mean to hurt you with my pain
All I know is I’m aching here without you
And I’m feeling things but I don’t have
the words that can explain
If only I had been there when you chose to leave
If only we had spoken on that night
Because, God knows,
the house is empty here without you
And I’m wishing there was something
I could do to make things right
If only …
If only …
If only these ‘if onlys’ had some power over history
I’d shake the hands of time
Arrange some momentary distraction
and sneak around behind
I’d break into the bank of time
And steal you back
Another day of helpless longing for your touch
Another night spins out of my control
I tell myself I have to start again without you
Should dry my tears
and pray that God has mercy on your soul
A blur of words I retell the story yet again
A blur of friends process in a well-meaning haze
They want to help but I’m resenting the intrusion
As if maybe it might not be true
if they would all just go away
I’d shake the hands of time
Arrange some momentary distraction
and sneak around behind
I’d break into the bank of time
And steal you back
Someday I’ll cherish every moment that we shared
But now I’m wavering somewhere
between acceptance and despair
I understand the theory of losing you very well
But it doesn’t seem so simple
When I explain it to myself
I’d shake the hands of time
Arrange some momentary distraction
and sneak around behind
I’d break into the bank of time
And steal you back
I’d take the hands of time
Engage him in conversation
while planning out my crime
I’d break into the bank of time
And steal you back
[For Bill & Edith. And for Blake.]
© Heavy Happy Music 2000/2015
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9. |
Darling Please [Live]
04:14
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Darling Please
I don’t mind
If the rain falls on my skin
I don’t mind
If the droplets gather underneath my chin
I don’t mind
I don’t mind
But it’s late and I’m tired
So darling, please,
Won’t you let me in?
I don’t mind
If you get angry with me
I don’t mind
’Cos I know that I should have remembered my keys
I don’t mind
I don’t mind
But it’s cold and it’s dark
And it’s late and I’m tired
So darling, please,
Won’t you let me in?
Won’t you let me in?
Hey, honey, are you awake?
Hey, honey, I’m sorry it’s so late
I don’t mind
If I have to sleep on the floor
I don’t mind
Baby, please get up now and unlock the door
I don’t mind
I don’t mind
But it’s wet and it’s cold
And it’s dark and it’s late
And I’m tired and I know you’re tired too
But darling, please,
Darling, please,
Darling, please …
Won’t you let me in?
© Heavy Happy Music 2004
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Fergus Maximus Adelaide, Australia
Fergus Maximus is that guy with his headphones on long after the playlist has finished, completely oblivious because there’s always music in his head anyway. Ferg's unapologetic pop songs encompass all the important things: love, loss, mistakes, surprises and people’s astonishing capacity to miscommunicate. In these songs and stories you'll find some extraordinary snapshots from an ordinary life. ... more
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