Motherland – Julia Jacklin


Letras da musica:Motherland – Julia Jacklin
These new lines on my face
Spell out “girl pick up your pace
If you want to stay true
to what your younger self would do”

And this kink in my walk
Makes me focus when I talk
If I can’t trust my feet
Then it’s my tongue I choose to keep

And I walk slow so I can read
Let my head fall, my hips lead
Why’d you write the words so small?
Did you fool me, are they words at all?

Or are you pulling down the veil
Keeping grounded as you set my sail?
By the time I pull it off
All my innocence is lost

And oh I’m good, I think I’m good
Will I be great, will I be great?
Is it money I wanna make or is it sweet love
For his sake?

And this new parts I now need
To help me function, help me feed
They are beyond my modest earnings
Oh the girls they keep turning up the heat
As if it’s cold
But I’m hot, too hot to hold
I’ll burn a hole right through the hull

When will I
Ever see the land?
Will I ever see the land?
Oh water can’t revive me
I need dirt in my hand
Will I ever see the land?
Will I ever see the land?
Oh the ground will give me something
I know that it can

See I have charm and I have sight
And I always try and do what’s right
But I have faults you know it’s true
Especially when it comes to treating you well

I will work when all my thoughts are mine again
See I was sure at the start, turns out I tried too hard
And oh I’m good, I think I’m good
Will I be great, will I be great?
Is it money I wanna make or is it sweet love
For his sake?

When will I
Ever see the land?
Will I ever see the land?
Oh water can’t revive me
I need dirt in my hand
Will I ever see the land?
Will I ever see the land?
Oh the ground will give me something
I know that it can

Elizabeth – Julia Jacklin


Letras da musica: Elizabeth – Julia Jacklin
So shaky
So fine
Standing up there, baby oh you look so divine
So harsh
That bright stage light
Showing the first four rows
that you don’t wanna play tonight

But you know I want you to
You know I need you to
And I’ll be there for you darling
Even if it all falls through

So steady
So calm
Standing up there darling
with the front row in the heel of your palm
So good
That bright stage light
Showing the back four rows
that you got it made here tonight

But you know I want you to
You know I need you to
And I’ll be there for you darling
When it all starts to come true

You stepped down off our home ground, said
“Good friend I am done”
So I left the game as they yelled my name, said
“Girl you’re my number one”

So shaky
So fine
Standing up there baby, oh you look so divine

L.A. Dream – Julia Jacklin


Letras da musica: L.A. Dream – Julia Jacklin
Why’d you go to the grocery store
On the day you planned to leave
Left me here with all this food
My body does not need
And now I’m lying listless like a dog after a feed
Thinking about the life that you’ll now lead
Why’d you go and push in
When you saw my face in the line
Said if I just focus I could get laid anytime
But now I’m lying broken like a dog after a fight
Guess I was not made for your life
Guess I was not made for your life
There on central station
You forced my lips to scream
Loving you aint easy babe
Its just a La dream
And I’ll be lying happy knowing
We still spent the time
Guess you were not meant to be mine
Guess you were not meant to be mine

Small Talk – Julia Jacklin


Letras da musica: Small Talk – Julia Jacklin
Zach Braff you look just like my dad
Back when I thought I had the best one
Oh what a life it could have been
Me in the cradle you on the screen
But you’re too young to be
A Father to me
You’re too young to be
A Father to me
Catherine Denevue
You look just like my mother used to
When she loved me, oh when she loved me
Oh what a life just you and I
Learning to walk whilst you read your lines
But you’re too old to be
A Mother to me
You’re too old to be
A mother to me
Surely you’re not saying
The Tv lied
I truly believe
That they would love me back in real life
Hey kid at the bar you
Know who you are I’ve been
Staring you down as I play this out of tune guitar
Oh just think what we could be
I swear I’ll dress cooler if you just go home with me
But you’re too young to be
A lover to me
I’m getting older and I forget sometime you see
Surely you’re not saying
The Tv lied
I truly believe that I will have it all in my life
So don’t you waste my time
Don’t you waste my time
On small talk and cheap wine

Don’t Let The Kids Win – Julia Jacklin


Letras da musica: Don’t Let The Kids Win – Julia Jacklin
Don’t let the kids win
Just let them lose
They’re not gonna learn anything
If that’s the way you choose to play
Don’t let the kids win
Just let them fall
You don’t want them growing up thinking
Three year olds are good at playing basketball
Don’t let your grandmother die
While you’re away
A cheap trip to Thailand’s not gonna make up
For never getting to say goodbye
And don’t let your brother
Stop thinking you’re cool
I know he’s got a girlfriend now
And he’s taller
But that don’t mean
He’s stopped looking up to you
I’ve got a feeling
That this won’t ever change
We’re gonna keep on getting older
It’s gonna keep on feeling strange
Don’t let your friends turn cold
While you burn to green
When they walk off the stage embrace them
And say that’s the best shit I’ve ever seen
And don’t let your sister
Walk down the aisle
Without pulling her close saying I love you and it’s okay
If I don’t see you for a while
I’ve got a feeling
That this won’t ever change
We’re gonna keep on getting older
It’s gonna keep on feeling strange
Don’t let the time go by
Without sitting your mother down
And asking what, life was like for her before you came
To be around and tell her it’s okay
If she puts herself first
Us kids will be alright
if we’re not the centre of her universe
I’ve got a feeling
That this won’t ever change
We’re gonna keep on getting older
It’s gonna keep on feeling strange and
After a late one, I don’t know anything
Except the more I keep on talking
The less breath I got left to sing

Same Airport, Different Man – Julia Jacklin


Letras da musica: Same Airport, Different Man – Julia Jacklin
Same airport, different man
I’m starting to think that I don’t know quite who I am
Same airport, different man
He’s circling the carpark waiting for me to land
Same airport, different dress
This one is blue and it is longer than the rest
Same airport different dress
Last one was short and red
and too tight for my growing chest
Same airport, different life
At 16 lost my first love to a one way flight
Same airport, different life
Sat down by the carousel looking old enough
to make a wife now
Same airport, different ride home
Last time I went to my mothers, this time to my own
Same airport, different ride home
Riding shot gun to my baby, next time I’ll get the train alone
Same airport, different man
He looks happy, he looks happy
Same airport, different man

Sweet Step – Julia Jacklin


Letras da musica: Sweet Step – Julia Jacklin
I was dancing for a while
See I was trying to perfect a style
Out on that dance floor oh boy did I sweat
Shaking to get noticed has not worked for me yet
But I’ll keep trying
I was swinging my blonde hair round
See I was trying to get my feet off the ground
And I rose steady to the roof of my room
I may not be a great dancer but I might be a good one soon
But I’ll keep trying
Dancing for yourself aint bad when you’re dying to find
That sweet step that will help to free your mind