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Portraits & Paintings

by Glenn Dixon

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Lay Back 03:13
LAY BACK Lay back, my girl, you’re on fire Lay back, my babe, you’ve got soul Sit back, it’s never been finer This feeling will never get old, yeah we’re gonna Lay back, we could be here for an hour Lay back, could be here until dawn Get back, put the music up louder And take in a glimpse of the sun Lay back, my girl, you’re on fire Lay back, my babe, you’ve got soul Piano Solo Lay back, my girl, you’re on fire Lay back, my babe, you’ve got soul Sit back, it’s never been finer This feeling will never get old, yeah we’re gonna Lay back, we could be here for an hour Lay back, could be here until dawn Get back, put the music up louder And take in a glimpse of the sun Lay back, my girl, you’re on fire Lay back, my babe has got soul words & music by Glenn Dixon
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I'VE GOT A FRIEND I’ve got a friend who would love to be loved by me I’ve got a friend who would love to be loved by me I didn’t really notice, I wasn’t really looking around I must have missed something, I’ve had my head stuck in the ground You know I got a friend who would love to be loved by me A friend can be someone you see but never call And things don’t seem to ever change So when one turns round and says, “Look now I want so much more” I can’t help thinking it’s so strange That I got a friend who would love to be loved by me Piano solo I didn’t really notice, I really wasn’t looking around And I know that you are lovely but you’re not the only one in town You know I got a friend who would love to be loved by me Who would love to be loved by me Who would love to be loved by me words & music by Glenn Dixon
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Stranded 04:02
STRANDED Darling, you’re my angel drama queen You could star for a play or write poetry all day But you’d rather make a scene with me Now darling, you know it’s not for real You have Shakespeare in your head and you want Twilight in your bed So tell me why am I still here? Darling, you drive me up the wall You would walk through muddy ground to find the perfect man in town And then show him to the door Yeah darling, it’s torture what you do When you throw out all my plans ‘n drive your nails into my hand I wish your rules applied to you When everything gets comfortable, you gotta shake things up, cos nothing’s right at all When you get what you wanted you gotta to break things up, cos nothing’s right at all You got to shake things up, cos nothing’s right at all So darling, I sense you’re wrapped in fear If you jumped to the unknown would it rock your little home and leave me stranded with no idea! Solo When everything gets comfortable, you gotta break things up, cos nothing’s right at all When you get what you wanted you gotta to shake things up, cos nothing’s right at all You got to break things up, cos nothing’s right at all So darling, what’s to come of me? You can send me on my way; post my things another day And leave me stranded for another year! words & music by Glenn Dixon
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BROKEN INSIDE Well I’m not that old but my story is as common as day And I’m not just a man who goes to work to pay my way I’ve lost my house, I lost my child, I don’t have much at all But worse is I’m broken inside For I’m now losing my nerve I don’t believe that I get what I deserve I’m good for her no more, I’m only needed child support And I don’t believe that’s fair at all I’ve got feelings just like any woman or girl Sure it may be holed up inside like fire beneath the earth I’ve got my thoughts, I have some rights, I’m capable, I’m here But she’ll never ask what we should do Chorus words & music by Glenn Dixon
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SKIMMING STONES I got this really close friend who´s been kicking me along with 22 recordings of 3 singers singin´ all wrong He´s says, 'I can´t wait for you all day I´m aching for the chance to play and to try my hand at skimming stones' But I´m frightened that something will go wrong I´m living his life 4 years on And I don´t know what to do when he knows I´m too busy to Leave it all and take a ride In the morning there´s a message left sitting by the phone It's the fourteenth call and he won´t leave me alone He´s says, 'I will not be satisfied if I laid on the ground and died without trying my hand at skimming stones' Solo But I´m frightened that something will go wrong I´m living his life 4 years on No, I don´t know what to do when he knows I´m too busy to Leave it all and take a ride Well it’s never been something I’ve wanted on my own And who knows what impression I have shown But now I will not be satisfied if I laid on the ground and died without trying my hand at skimming stones Without trying my hand at skimming stones So I´m gonna try my hand at skimming stones words & music by Glenn Dixon
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A LITTLE LOVING She’d say, ‘find me a man who’ll be gentle and faithful' I say, ‘Arthur’s a man who’d embrace anyone with your potential’ With a laughing smile she gleamed; she was my leading lady Who had grace across the stage She’d say ‘I’m not a girl who’ll be sinful or easy’ I say, ‘Well I’m not a man who would hold anyone who is deceiving’ And there’s the painted scenery; it was not complicated But it’s not always what you say, it’s what you mean You, you know it’s true, you’re my best friend and I love you Forever we will be as one, and you I know that I won’t go back on word But four months on you tell me that You’re a misbehaving Cheshire cat Maneuvering around, and sneaking about And you take me out and say it straight That you never loved me anyway And what’s for dessert, oh I can’t decide Now I, I can’t believe, you’d cut me like I wouldn’t bleed This ain't the place to break our lives, does this dinner come without the play? So all these years I’ve spent with you There was another, you were with two A choice that was made, before the first date And like a boat in violent seas I’m pumping water; facing fear For what should I do, go back to the drought? If I took a chance, how would it turn out And I will always fall for one whose instinct tell them not to run from me Hmmm….hmmmm…. I can still recall our first meeting Common interests running through the ceiling What ya got in store there? What ya hiding from me? And why are your hands shaking? How long have you been watching me? And I remember walking through the city Knocking arms and humming, ‘I Feel Pretty’ Won’t you come and dance please Won’t you come and sing with me What’s that look you giving It says send a little loving to me Send a little loving on this way, baby Send a little loving my way Send a little loving on this way, baby Yeah, let it all come my way Won’t you come and dance please Won’t you come and sing with me What’s that look you giving It says send a little loving to me She’d said, ‘find me a man who’ll be gentle and faithful' I said, ‘Well Arthur’s a man who’d embrace anyone with your potential’ And that’s the painted scenery; it was not complicated But it’s not always what you say, it’s what you mean words & music by Glenn Dixon
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EXCEPT I'M IN LOVE I wake in morning and I step outside, I don’t really want to go It’s just a few years I keep telling myself, so I can keep on moving forward You never understand what it is that I do I’d rather be alone except that I’m in love with you Aargh! I work for the money not so much for pride, but I can’t let it show If I screw up it all will come down on my head, so do not tell me just leave early I don’t bring my troubles home; I don’t whinge on cue I’d rather be alone except I’m in love with you Except I’m in love with you Except I’m in love with you She’s gone away! She’s gone away!... It’s good to see you’re home, I still don’t know what you do I’d rather be alone except I’m in love with you Except I’m in love with you Except I’m in love.. words & music by Glenn Dixon
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PASSION WITHIN There's a place for chance and a place of not Risking everything you've got Living for each second, realising rejection And the way you chose to spend your time Depends on what is down the line Running from the passion within Now, I can't find my way to the purpose of the day And don't you just wonder why? There's a feeling that I find that I notice every time I try When I try And I know now that you may never see Passions as possibilities Fearing mighty failure, indifferent behaviour But if I don't give it a decent shot I'll always get what I never want Running from the passion within Solo And I know now that you may never see Passions as possibilities Fearing mighty failure, indifferent behaviour But if I don't give it a decent shot I'll always get what I never want Running from the passion Hiding from all the action Are you running from the passion within? words & music by Glenn Dixon
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Discreet 03:15
DISCREET You look in my direction and I smile because you don't know what it means And I dream of your perfection, it's so much more than what it really seems I will deny any reason for being discreet I will lie to anybody who puts me under heat You will be surprised when I collide with you So I ponder in confusion, neither of you help me with my cause And I know a solution, but nothing's gonna stop me and my thoughts I will deny any reason for being discreet I will lie to anybody who puts me under heat You will be surprised when I collide with you Solo So I ponder in confusion, neither of you help me with my cause And I dream of my selection, and nothing's gonna stop me and my thoughts Chorus words & music by Glenn Dixon
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GOODBYE, MY FRIEND People move on to life in the sun, and some will never be found And I still believe that no one will leave and all will still be around But all my friends say you're not coming back You'd rather live on an old dirt track With solitary playing all over the room Goodbye my friend, I'll miss you much So long, 'til we say hello again Goodbye my friend, I'll remember the times we shared When we said that we'll never depart Too many years since I saw my peers while rumours fill the air Some getting by ahead of the time but too distant for me to care And so I'm told now you're getting hitched I can't believe how much I have missed When I am just the same guy as when I left school Chorus And I'm excited by my life ahead But how come everyone is leaving instead Of spending our lifetimes with friends already made Chorus words & music by Glenn Dixon
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PORTRAITS & PAINTINGS There’s a place where I live in sorrow for yesterday There’s a place where I live in sorrow for yesterday And I miss those ornaments and portraits and that old phone It’s a place where I’m drenched in sorrow for another day Piano solo And it feels hollow without candles and oil paintings on every wall It’s a place where I’m drenched in sorrow for another day Another day… Another day…. words & music by Glenn Dixon

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Debut album of Australian multi-instrumentalist Glenn Dixon. Melodic rock songs coloured with impressive blues and classical piano playing.

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released May 9, 2017

Glenn Dixon: Vocals, piano, keyboards, Hammond Organ, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drums and percussion.

Produced, recorded & mixed by Michael Carpenter and Glenn Dixon at Love Hz Studios, Sydney Australia
Assistant Engineer: Kylie Whitney
Mastered by Rick O’Neil at Turtlerock Mastering

All songs written by Glenn Dixon
Artwork by Glenn Dixon

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Glenn Dixon Sydney, Australia

Australian singer-songwriter, pianist and composer.

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