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The Art of Love

by Ryan Morrison

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1.
Art of Love 03:21
The first stroke in the art of love Is find yourself a lover And take the palette of the moment And paint her with the colours I want your soft breath To weave in and out of mine Dance upon this open page Completely intertwined The second lesson in this art of love Is how to keep your lover You take your palette and with each moment Remind her there’s none other Tell her: you are the highlights of my life From the black you carve out the white Splashing your vibrancy across my canvas The incomplete masterpiece of life Oh this art of love
2.
I’m telling you it really don’t matter What kind of clothes you wear To me, the item of beauty Is nicely framed by your hair Yeah hey! I like your face Come to me in day time Or come to me at night Well come to me whenever baby But don’t forget to turn on the light Yeah hey! I like your face
3.
I don’t know where to begin she’s got me torn I try to keep my distance but it’s hard to say no This may end in tears but I prefer to feel than not Warm, soft and silky smooth on my ears With stuff to make me go mmm She is as soft as the ‘s’ in kiss Like the addiction that everyone needs This will end in tears but I’m not afraid anymore Moments in time go awry She whispers infatuations She is the one you want to know But when you do it just hurts And I try to forget the things she does But then you know it gets worse Yeah she is the one you want to know But when you do it just hurts So bad she’s in my dreams Soft as the ‘s’ in kiss Whisper infatuations With stuff to make me go mmm
4.
Don’t get too close or I’ll fall in love The fragile moments between us I saw the spark in your sweet eyes And the inevitable end, disaster But the bits in between would be sublime Would you pass up pleasure to avoid regret? You know snowflakes fall upon barren soil Cos I felt something when our skin touched But you smiled, turned your head and walked away Mmm not today How can we sit here and ignore The fragile moments between us both? Cos what we both need could make this work Should we get closer and fall in love? We can sleep on it if you don’t go home We can sleep on it if you don’t go home We’ll sleep on it if you don’t go home
5.
Devil Woman 03:10
Mate I’ll tell you from the start The Devil Woman stained my heart But you’ll be safe during the day Cos after nightfall is when she plays And oh how she plays Don’t give it away Don’t give it away to her Like a moth to the flame She will draw you in to her game With a spark you’ll catch ablaze When the Devil Woman wants to dance Can you see her watch with glee? Don’t be the fool she thinks you’ll be Listen to me Don’t give it away Don’t give it away to her Like a moth to the flame She will draw you in to her game With a spark you’ll catch ablaze When the Devil Woman wants to dance She’s gonna put you in a trance Make you hop and skip and prance And buy her a plane ticket to France Oh when the Devil Woman wants to dance And as you somehow lose your pants You realise you had no chance So under no no circumstance Never ever watch the Devil Woman dance
6.
Holy Wine (free) 03:35
Holy wine Holy wine let us sing Holy wine let us drink and sing For what we believe in The matters of our skin The matters of our kin Holy wine Holy wine let us pray Holy wine let us pray through the night Pray for the ghosts That haunt our coast Release them back to the sea Holy wine Holy wine let us weep Holy wine let us weep I weep for the part of me That once was lost Upon your coast Now I’m free Holy wine Holy wine let us in Holy wine let us pray and sing For what we believe in The matters of our skin And what we could have been
7.
Softly she whispers through the dark Is she dreaming, or is this real? She calls me to her side Or so it seems Through the underwater light of the street Her figure lightly outlined by sheets A whisper again draws me near I feel the warmth of her on my ear Her eyes are closed, breathing like the breeze I’ll let her sleep and leave her to dream Just let her dream
8.
You are the moon You are the rose You are the wine In which I drown my sorrows You are the sky You are the bird You are the silence After every word You are the ocean You are the tear You are more beautiful than my wanting to be close to you my dear You are more beautiful
9.
I woke up this morning Feeling pretty good I woke up this morning Feeling much better than I thought I would I woke up this morning, feeling alright Cos I only got a little bit of blues, this time
10.
Caress Me 03:52
Brother come play with me In the sands where time stands still The water is our toy and the waves our joy As we swim with the dolphins Friends gather round come play with me And build castles made of sand Our treasures are all rocks And the shells our crowns As we play like kings Caress me Protect me Save me from this world
11.
Hold my heart while I jump into the sea To cleanse my soul and regain purity Look after my heart just don’t fix it for me Cos I need my woes for this simple melody Lord I’ve prayed to the gods of the seas And I’ve asked the wood nymphs and the trees They seem to care and listen to my pleas And quietly whisper simple melodies If I walk your path and let you choose my destiny If I take those vows and sign the holy treaty If I lay down my arms and bend down to my knees Would you bless me with your simple melody? And as the rain wept down I still waited by the sea For a sign or the words to come to me The sun it went home and all the birds went to sleep And what remained was this simple melody Well you can take my clothes and hang them at my feet And cut my skin cos I know I don’t bleed easily But open your eyes and you’ll see that I’m still free Yeah I’m free to search for this simple melody I’ve been in the line for misery Removed my armour and copped a few hits and debris So take my hands and hold them delicately And mend my wounds with your simple melody There’s this girl with eyes you wouldn’t believe She’s a soul that I’d truly like to meet I’d give her it all if she’d only speak to me With a broken heart and a simple melody I know you don’t know me intimately Cos I’m not one who gives my heart out freely But I’ll lay you down on my clean white linen sheets And I’ll kiss your lips with my simple melody

credits

released May 27, 2011

Ryan Morrison: Vocals, Guitar, Tambourine (that’s right, it was me)
Pete Jeavons: Double Bass
Chris Tarr: Drums
Tal Cohen: Grand Piano
Jennifer Tingley: Cello
Craig Sinclair: Slide Guitar, Left-handed Banjo in F#
Lara Norman: Violin
Kate Rowe: Harmony, Whistle

The Beautiful Choir are: Brenda Foster, Genevieve Lacey, Monica Lacey, Clive Lacey, Jocelyn Milward, Christine Morrison, Lara Norman, Laura Rice, Kate Rowe

All choral arrangements by Ryan, except Holy Wine by Ryan, Monica, Clive, Christine and Kate

All songs written by Ryan Morrison

Recorded by Lee Buddle at Crank Studios, Perth, Australia
Assisted by Blair Simmons, Anthony Cormican and Troy Nababan
Craig, Lara and Laura recorded in Albany
Mixed and Mastered by Lee Buddle
www.crankrecording.com

Produced by Ryan Morrison

Cover photo by Tony Morrison
Artwork by Kate Gillett www.kategillett.com.au
Design by Ryan Morrison

www.ryanmorrison.com.au

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