Cameron Avery

Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams

by Cameron Avery

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1.	A Time and Place 02:18	lyrics	buy track

2.	Do You Know Me By Heart 04:51	lyrics	buy track

3.	Dance With Me 03:44	lyrics	buy track

4.	Wasted On Fidelity 03:51	lyrics	buy track

5.	Big Town Girl 04:04	lyrics	buy track

6.	Disposable 03:37	lyrics	buy track

7.	The Cry Of Captain Hollywood 01:32	lyrics	buy track

8.	Watch Me Take It Away 04:06	lyrics	buy track

9.	An Ever Jarring Moment 05:39	lyrics	buy track

10.	C'est Toi (Extended) 06:07	lyrics	buy track

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released March 10, 2017

All songs written by Cameron Avery except for A Time And Place & Dance With Me,
co-written by Benji Lysaght

All songs produced by Cameron Avery except for C’est Toi, co produced by Jonathan Wilson

Mixed by Adam Round

Special thanks to Jodie Regan, Jackson Browne, Owen Pallet, Jay Bellerose, Henry Kwapis & all the members of The Growl;
Marc Early, Clinton Oliver, James Ireland,
Sam Kuzich & Ben Witt

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Track Name: A Time and Place: A time, a place
your smile, displaced
by passing slurs, and loaded words
those provocateurs, will never learn
but you know, you
have only, to
cast away the things they say
those charlatans will surely bend and break

the proof, my youth
my lies, my truth
and every word, and every way
you try to say, that you’re afraid
of loneliness
i’m prone to this, to
baby you and I have but to realise
our love will get us by
Track Name: Do You Know Me By Heart: You said, I
I wanna know you by heart
I said go, right from the start
tell me all, the gory details
then i’ll know, if plan A should fail
to take you away from it all
and show you how tall, you can be

Oh it was fun while it lasted
but know you’ve, gotten past it
all the lies, you recited
and my love, unrequited
at least you could have waited
till our lust started fading
but your trust isn’t all that it seems

You said I,
I wanna know you by heart
I said it’s you and me babe
let’s never be apart
but the story you sold
really showed how cold you could be
Track Name: Dance With Me: Dance with me, Answer me
with a sonnet of your sorrows
take my hand, coz ill be your man
we’ll never have to borrow

Or steal or starve
no it’s not that hard
if you’ll just dance with me

walk with me, talk with me
I’m only flesh and marrow

I’m just a call away
I’m just a plane by day
if you’ll just dance with me
these lips aint just for talking
and these boots aint just for walking
wont you dance with me

Walk me round the room
it’s a way to do away with all
tomorrows pending doom
I’m not half as drunk as you first thought
so hold me close and i’ll just rock you
back, and forth
if you’d just dance with me

Oh dance with me, answer me
take a fleeting chance on me

We aint getting any younger
so let me dip and spin ya
wont you dance with me
aren’t you tired of my gawking
i’ve not the time for talking
wont you dance with me
these lips aint just for talking
and these boots aint just for walking
wont you dance with me
sure I’m a lonely fool
and i aint that cool
but i’ll walk you though it
dance with me
Track Name: Wasted On Fidelity: She’s got her mother’s pride but not her strength
and the length she’ll go to win an argument
is long enough but not strong enough for me

there’s no easing into these things
you know the hurt that loss brings

So I, gave myself, to the sure things
the simple and the bored things
And my, wasted wealth, on the bought things
those entertaining mornings when I

Can’t see past the door
where my tie is hung above my trousers balled up on the floor
and she’s, rifling through her drawers
for a pretty little under-thing that’ll make me beg for more
You know she’s got a busy day and I’d really love to stay
but i got shows to stop and pills to pop
so i really must be going babe

Well I’m wasted on fidelity, as i edge upon insanity
but its just beer batter and rhapsody for me
I’ll take lacy covered solace
in the hope that she might promise
all the things that she had mentioned
you can imagine the potential

So I, gave myself, to the sure things
the simple and the bored things
And my, wasted wealth, on the bought things
those entertaining mornings when I
Cant see past the door
where my tie is hung above my trousers balled up on the floor
and she’s, rifling through her drawers
for a pretty little under-thing that’ll make me beg for more
You know she’s got a busy day and I’d really love to stay
but i got shows to stop and rolls to rock
so i really must be going babe

on the bored things, the simple and the sure things
and my, wasted wealth on the bought things
I’ve drowned myself, in the sure thing, the simple and the bored things
and my, wasted wealth on the bought things
Those entertaining mornings with what’s her face
I’ve drowned myself, in the sure things
I’ve drowned myself, in the sure things
Track Name: Big Town Girl: Jane walks back and forth from all the biggest parts of town
She’s got a longer stride than many but she’s always looking down
because her gaze is such,
that it weighs too much
on the passers by

She like’s em tall and matte, with at least half a brain
and her barren chat keeps them coming back again
but her long stride
and her leopard hide
is all i ever see

There she goes in her trade mark clothes
away again on her private plane
baby stay with me put on those dungarees
and if you’re going out to smoke save one for me
my big town girl
oh my big town girl

she’s forever in a rush between no and maybe
one time i think i tried it on but you know she’s a lady
oh she’s got her way
and thinks I’m ok
to be her pal

You know I’ve never had the time to wait around for a dame
but if i knew that we could make it I’d wait around for jane
could i suit her better
than that dark blue sweater?
probably not

But here she goes in her trademark clothes
away again on her private plane
baby stay with me put on those dungarees
and if you’re going out to smoke save one for me

bright lights, big city
i’ve got the top down
so do your hair up pretty babe
Big Town Girl (cont.)
desert palms and the silver screen
i’ve got a valet ticket so wont you ride with me?
and if it’s all the same babe lets get outta the game
give me half a chance because your due for some romancing neath the

bright lights, big city
i’ve got the top down
so do your hair up pretty babe

bright lights, big city
i’ve got the top down
so do your hair up pretty babe

my big town girl, oh my big town girl
Track Name: Disposable: Well you can use me up and throw me out
coz i won’t keep and there’s no doubt
the momentary images, you can get from other cartridges
The empty shell around my core
is all you need and nothing more
because I’m not the kind you need to keep
my boyish charms are just skin deep

you can get me in a pack of two
if you even care, and don’t wait up coz i was there
for nothing more thanks to give to you
the lasting thought, the only truth
that I am just a passer through
so throw me out as the others do
i’m useful
but I’m disposable
I’m disposable

See I am just a vessel for
the real thing, the better score
the piece that you’ll take home with you
and tell your friends about the fool
who talks about the love he has
for falling hard and holding hands
but that’s ok, it’s like i said
I’ve played my cards, I’ve made may bed

So pick me up, I’m on the shelf
I’m pretty cheap, i tell myself
It’ll be ok, I have my health
I’ve kicked the fags and I’m gaining wealth

You’ll be done with me before you know
and I’ll be gone, my laces tie my flash is on
I’m ready for that lonely knock
I’ll hold them close I’ll be their rock
but when they’re done they wont forget
don’t take away the special bits
to roll them up and take them down
to your local man, yeah he’s around

He’ll develop me in just one hour
and that’ll be the last you ever see of me
so throw me on the finished heap
because I’m not the kind you need to keep
see I am just a passer through
so throw me out as the others do
i’m useful
but I’m disposable
I’m disposable

So don’t stop doing what you’re doing
because you can get a new one
and I’m getting pretty fluent
at being temporary, I’m sure I’m one of many
and I’m just as shit as any other brand

And I’m Disposable
I’m disposable
I’m disposable
Track Name: The Cry Of Captain Hollywood: (Instrumental)
Track Name: Watch Me Take It Away: You know I’m only getting stronger by the minute baby
I’m just a sonnet away from the day when I’m standing at your door
You know I’m only gonna stop you for a minute babe
So watch me take it away

I’ve got a bonafide leopard hide jacket baby
I’l let you wear it all day if you say that you’ll be mine
This aint a take your time, sip your lime soda kind of offer baby
so try it on, Or watch me take it away

Or watch me take it away
now watch me take it away
now watch me take it away
now watch me take it

I aint got time for your perversions
I spend my time transcribing versions of the truth
and don’t you blame it on my youth
coz tomorrows sons and daughters could teach you and me a thing or two
and who, are to evade, the plans that i paved, with my young and vulgar mind
just gimme the time
just gimme the time

Honey I’m certified, and I’m qualified
so stand by my side

Baby baby watch me take it away
now watch me take it away
or watch me take it away
or watch me take it away
now watch me take it away
now watch me take it away
or watch me take it away
now watch me take it away
now watch me take it away
Track Name: An Ever Jarring Moment: And though i tried to reason, with my bottle and my mind
only to feel my will sink lower and to partly pass the time thinking of you
and that bear trap it grew heavy on my will and ever thinned
I felt like half a man with half a breath
and i knew i couldn’t win weren’t it for you

but I don’t know if i can stand by
and hear you tell me it’d be nice to see you
am I the only one that knows why
and I don’t know if i can stand by
and hear you tell me it’d be nice to see you
am I the only one that knows why

but who am I to question, Who am I to ask
it isn’t fair i gave you all of it
and told you it would last, it wasn’t true
and i pleaded with my morals
and i begged that they’d subside
for you drew from me what i know
that i could only hide from you

but I don’t know if i can stand by
and hear you tell me it’d be nice to see you
am I the only one that knows why
and I don’t know if i can stand by
and hear you tell me it’d be nice to see you
am I the only one that knows why

but you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
you and I we’re
we’ve only got love to wait for
you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
you and I we’re
we’re holding on but what for?
Track Name: C'est Toi (Extended): Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you

You’re all there is,
all that there was and all there’ll ever be
Baby it’s you, so tell me that I’ll do

I’m only half as good as the sum of my mistakes
the cut of my tuxedo and the icing on my cake
now i’ll hang up my sharking shoes on the arrow through my heart
for your archers aim is straight and true
wont you let me play the part
and if you play yours to and wear my ring for the time being
sure it’s shy a couple diamonds but you know what it means

That you’re all there is
all that there was and all there’ll ever be
Baby it’s you, so tell me that I’ll do

Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you

and i wear my confession on the inside of my arm
it reads of total, tender and tragic capitulation to your charms
oh my waining drinking problem, is nearly gone but not forgotten
but you don’t seem to mind, because I sing to you more often
and it goes..

You’re all there is,
all that there was and all there’ll ever be
Baby it’s you, so tell me that I’ll do
Baby it’s you, so tell me that I’ll do

Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you
Baby it’s you

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