Australian 'One Hit Wonders'
English Poetry Portfolio
Australian 'One Hit Wonders' from each era
'One Hit Wonders' from the 1960's
Chris Andrews - Yesterday Man
I'm her yesterday man
I'm her yesterday man
well my friends that's what i am
that's what i am, her yesterday man
Please tell me something have you met an angel
Someone too lovely to live on earth
Well yesterdeay i thought i met an angel but
she wasn't worth but she seemed to be worth
Oh, what a fool i have been
I was shure taken him
Yeah, i'm her yesterday man
well my friends that's what i am
I'm her yesterday man
well my friends that's what i am
that's what i am, her yesterday man
Get some of the good kind and some of the bad kind
Some of the others or in between
But all that i can say she is the worse kind
Well i think you know what i mean
And yet for all i say
i take the bad anyday
Now i'm her yesterday man
well my friends that's what i am
I'm her yesterday man
well my friends that's what i am
that's what i am, her yesterday man
...oh come a little closer baby don't get tell me
you gonna leave me, you leave me, i know that, i know that...
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/chris+andrews/yesterday+man_20355273.html
Russell Morris -The Real Thing
Come and see the real thing, come and see the real thing, come and see
Theres a meaning there, but the meaning there doesnt really mean a thing
Come and see the real thing, come and see the real thing, come and see
I am the real thing!
Oo mama mow-mow (repeat x 4)
Oo mama mama mama mama mama mama mow
Tryin hard to understand the meaning that youll see in me
Tryin hard to understand the meaning that youll see in me
Theres a meaning there, but the meaning there doesnt really mean a thing
Come and see the real thing, come and see the real thing, come and see
I am the real thing!
Oo mama mow-mow (repeat x 4)
I am not seeing you
I am not seeing you
Ahhhhh!
I am the real thing!
(ad-lib fade-out)
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/r/russell_morris/the_real_thing.html
'One Hit Wonders' from the 1970's
Max Merritt & The Meteors - Slipping Away
Baby i've been watching youWatching everything you doAnd i just can't help the feelingSomeone else's stealing you away from meI see it written in your eyesYou confirm it with your liesThough the web you weave can hold meI would rather that you told meWhere you wanna be
Oooh slipping away from meOooh slipping away from meAnd it's breaking me in twoWatching you slipping away
Baby i've been watching youWatching everything you doAnd i just can't help the feelingSomeone else's stealing you away from meI see it written in your eyesYou confirm it with your liesThough the web you weave can hold meI would rather that you told meWhere you wanna be
Oooh slipping away from meOooh slipping away from meAnd it's breaking me in twoWatching you slipping away
And it's breaking me in twoWatching you slipping away
Baby i've been watching youWatching everything you doAnd i just can't help the feelingSomeone else's stealing you away from meI see it written in your eyesYou confirm it with your liesThough the web you weave can hold meI would rather that you told meWhere you wanna be
Oooh slipping away from meOooh slipping away from meAnd it's breaking me in twoWatching you slipping away
And it's breaking me in twoWatching you slipping away
And it's breaking me in twoWatching you slipping away
http://www.maxilyrics.com/max-merritt-%26-the-meteors-slipping-away-lyrics-8855.html
Spectrum - I’ll be Gone
'One Hit Wonders' from the 1980's
Red Gum - I Was Only Ninteen
It was a long march from cadets.
The sixth battalion was the next to tour, and it was me who drew the card.
We did Canungra, Shoalwater before we left.
And Townsville lined the footpaths as we marched down to the quay
This clipping from the paper shows us young and strong and clean.
And there's me in my slouch hat with my SLR and greens.
God help me, I was only nineteen.
From Vung Tau, riding Chinooks, to the dust at Nui Dat
I'd been in and out of choppers now for months.
But we made our tents a home, VB and pinups on the lockers
And an Asian orange sunset through the scrub.
And can you tell me, doctor, why I stil can't get to sleep?
And night-time's just a jungle dark and a barking M16?
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me, I was only ninteen.
A four week operation when each step could mean your last one on two legs
It was a war within yourself.
But you wouldn't let your mates down til they had you dusted off
So you closed your eyes and thought about something else.
Then someone yelled out "Contact!" and the bloke behind me swore
We hooked in there for hours, then a Godalmighty roar
Frankie kicked a mine the day that mankind kicked the moon,
God help me, he was going home in June.
I can still see Frankie, drinking tinnies in the Grand Hotel
On a thirty-six hour rec leave in Vung Tau
And I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the jungle
Til the morphine came and killed the bloody row.
And the Anzac legends didn't mention mud and blood and tears
And the stories that my father told me never seemed quite real.
I caught some pieces in my back that I didn't even feel
God help me, I was only nineteen.
And can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep?
And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet?
And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?
God help me, I was only nineteen.
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/r/redgum/i_was_only_nineteen.html
Jo Kennedy - Body And Soul
Im torn apart withou-ou-out him
Im gonna trust him with my future
Im gonna keep a tight reign on his heart
Hes one of the few things I feel a part of
I know its true, Ill never leave, Ill never say goodbye-ye
Ill always be a girl of means as long as I'm by his si-ide
(ShesHes) got body, (sheshes) got sou-oul
Im torn apart withou-ou-out (himher)
Im gonna trust (himher) with my future
Im gonna keep a tight reign on (hisher) heart
(HesShes) one of the few things I feel a part of
I learn a lot when hes around, hes got so much to gi-ive
If you can say you live and learn, you're learnin' how to li-ive
(ShesHes) got body, (sheshes) got sou-oul
Im torn apart withou-ou-out (himher)
Im gonna trust (himher) with my future
Im gonna keep a tight reign on (hisher) heart
(HesShes) one of the few things I feel a part of
Nobody told me that a woman, she can lead a man from ruin
Well you pulled me back and Im comin' back for more-ore, for sure
No time to make careful decisions, HeShe might be an apparition
Now the panics on, and Im not an honest man, If I dont say
(ShesHes) got body, (sheshes) got sou-oul
Im torn apart withou-ou-out (himher)
Im gonna trust (himher) with my future
Im gonna keep a tight reign on (hisher) heart
(HesShes) one of the few things I feel a part of
Alright I know its all been said so many times before-ore (before, before, before)
But I dont care Im gonna sing it to you just once more-ore
(once more, once more, once more)
(ShesHes) got body, (sheshes) got sou-oul
Im torn apart withou-ou-out (himher)
Im gonna trust (himher) with my future
Im gonna keep a tight reign on
http://www.lyricstime.com/jo-kennedy-body-and-soul-lyrics.html
'One Hit Wonders' from the 1990's
Marie Wilson - Next Time
I know what you wanted to say.
I found the letter you left lying there
I threw it away.
What do you take me for
Some kind of stupid fool
I never asked for much
I only wanted you.
Now I just wanna say, baby
If this is goodbye
Well, it's your turn to cry
Next time
Things will be different, baby
Next time
Everything is gonna change
Next time
Won't be so easy
I swear to God there will never be a next time
I'm not the person I was yesterday
When I wanted you near
There's a part of me that's gone away
Now I see it so clear
What do you want from me
Do you take me for a fool?
Don't wanna live a lie
I only want the truth
Now it's my turn to say baby
If that's the way you treat a friend
This is the end
Next time
Things will be different, baby
Next time
Everything is gonna change
Next time
Won't be so easy
I swear to God there will never be a next time
I finally figured it out
What you're all about
And I think it's a crime
I was wasting my time
Yeah, yeah, yeah
What do you take me for?
Some kind of stupid fool
There ain't no in between
It's only win or lose
Now I just gotta say baby
I'm gonna find somebody new
And it ain't you
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/marie_wilson/next_time.html
Mark Williams - Show No Mercy
Show no mercy
Let me see all that you've got
You gotta give
Show no mercy
I can take all that you want
It's time to live
I know you've been holding back
But it's time you stopped playing games
I know you've got love to burn
'Cause I feel the flame, feel the flame - Gotta
Show no mercy
Gimmee it!
Straight in the face between the eyes
Show no mercy
Don't wanna get outta this room
this room alive
I know how you face the world
you've got feelings you wanna hide - But I know when I'm clost to you
There's a fire inside,
A fire inside
You gotta
Show no mercy,Show no mercy
Show no mercy, Show no mercy,
Show no mercy, Show no mercy - No mercy! YEH!
Show no mercy
Let it all
Outta the jail go running wild
Show no mercy
Show me the woman you are
Forget the child
I know you've been holding out the real you that I want to see
Come on let me break the chain
And set you free - Liberty
You gotta
Show no mercy, Show no mercy, No mercy, Show no mercy, Show no mercy.
No mercy. It Feel Good.
Show no mercy, Show no mercy,
Show no mercy, Show no mercy - No mercy! YEH!
http://www.lyrics85.com/1406678/mark-williams/show-no-mercy-lyrics.html
'One Hit Wonders' from the 2000's
KISSCHASY - Do-Do's & Whoa-Oh's
I hope it gets stuck in your head
So tap your feet and click, click, click your fingers
Let's make the rest of the world care
I want a song that gets attention
This is the way it goes
So if you'll play it on your station
Do-do's and whoa-oh's, whoa-oh's
So hit the lights and turn the record up now
I hope you hear this in your sleep
Spin off the typical I miss you baby
Who would've thought we were so deep
I want a song that gets attention
This is the way it goes
So if you'll play it on your station (Do-do's and whoa-oh's),
We'll grab a drink and kill our brain cells
Sing all the words we know
We're bringing back the lovers music (Do-do's and whoa-oh's)
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh...
I want a song that gets attention
This is the way it goes
So if you'll play it on your station (Do-do's and whoa-oh's),
We'll grab a drink and kill our brain cells
Sing all the words we know
We're bringing back the lovers music (Do-do's and whoa-oh's)
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh...
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/k/kisschasy/do_dos_and_woah_ohs.html
Sophie Monk - Inside Outside
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/s/sophie_monk/inside_outside.html