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Hello Me To You

by Victor Stranges

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1.
Morning Star 05:13
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Life gets in the way of a perfect day Seems like we’ve been on the shelf for way too long This is your song coming fast No time to dwell in the past Oh, I didn’t mean to spoil your perfect dream That’s no reason for you to kiss it goodbye Don’t you cry, take my hand Your every wish is my command Do do do do Do do do do Do do do do do do do do do oo oo Let me tell you now and let me show you how What we have cannot be confined to this verse So let’s reverse this reckoning ‘Cause eternity is beckoning When the Morning Star Rises in your heart as the day dawns You will know for certain You will know for sure You will sing this song…
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Hello Me To You 03:30
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I was walking by the record store It was by the stairs on the second floor By chance you were serving a customer With your gothic dress and your long dark hair With vinyl well and truly gone No one could make me sing this song Just like you did Just like you did When you looked my way and you said Hello me Hello me Hello me to you Well I got a job in the record shop And the visiting reps became non stop On Fridays we were rigging the charts My contribution to modern arts I was an accomplice I admit But that music sent me in a fit Just like you did Just like you did When you said Hello! I thought you liked The Replacements But Bon Jovi was what you meant That’s what you meant That’s what you meant Doesn’t make a difference anyway ‘Cause you said Hello me Hello me Hello me to you © 2009 Victor Stranges
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When The Morning Comes 04:05
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In the stillness of the night The city forges you a dream Hey hey there little darling Things may not be what they seem We will see how this life unfolds When the morning comes There’s a flower of regret That’s planted somewhere in the soul A picture perfect moment dies I guess we’ll need to improvise There is nowhere else I’d rather be When the morning comes Ooh, when the morning comes I want to be ‘round When the morning comes I will stand by your side When the morning comes As cold as the winter gets There’s still washing to be done When the stench of regrets fade We will see the rising sun That dries the clothes of our imagination When the morning comes I say when the morning comes Ooh, when the morning comes Ooh, when the morning comes I will stand by your side When the morning comes And we’re still one Still one throughout it So let’s be glad Let’s be glad about it When the morning comes When the morning comes I want to be ‘round in your arms I will stand by your side I will stand by your side You know I will stand by your side When the morning comes When the morning comes © 2009 Victor Stranges
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Memories 04:22
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I went outside To see if I could see your face in the clouds above I spent all day just wondering What would have become if I could keep our love Why do the birds still sing Above the traffic jams in the morning I guess I’ll wait and see What will become of Memories that fill my mind Are slowly fading with the passing time But every now and then The scent of your clothes will take me back again This satellite That circles your top drawer Why do you follow me This fading memory Memories, sweet memories I breathe out every breath when you breathe in Memories, oh memories You are the next best thing Just like a dream You slowly disappear Without goodbyes And leave me without memories Just like a dream Oh you slowly disappear Without goodbyes And leave me without Memories, oh memories I breathe out every breath when you breathe in Memories, oh memories Who is your next of kin Just like a dream I awake to find you’re gone Without goodbyes And leave me without memories Just like a dream I awake to find you’re gone Without goodbyes And leave me without memories © 2009 Victor Stranges
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Not That Bad At All 06:35
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I’ve been stuck in the middle of a moment Between a job and a passionate design It’s one long drawn out battle that’s been going on I’ve been stuck in a room of mediocrity My expectations are coming to a close The door is locked and the keys are lost, I suppose But I’ve got to give it over, now… It’s not that bad, not that bad It’s not that bad at all It’s not that bad, not that bad It’s not that bad at all Got to loose the things of this world I got to loose the plans I’m holding too dear One part says stop, one says go without the fear A change is gonna come, oh yes it is! But the voices keep whispering in my ear It’s one long drawn out death that’s been going on For the sake of the Living God It’s not that bad, not that bad It’s not that bad at all It’s not that bad, not that bad It’s not that bad at all First there came the engagement ring The wedding ring then the suffer-ring! I never planned to give it all to You But the walls came crashing down Gonna walk right into this day today Gonna walk up to the troubles in my life Gonna take them head on, cuts and bruises will appear Gonna take up the slack in my relationships Gonna practise what’s coming from my lips Gonna fly a kite with my kids, take hands off my hips There’s a prayer that is bona fide It’s as sweet as a lullaby Things they change before your very eyes It’s not that bad, not that bad It’s not that bad at all It’s not that bad, not that bad It’s not that bad at all It’s not that bad, well in fact It’s not that bad at all It’s not that bad, not that bad It’s not that bad at all © 2009 Victor Stranges
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Restoration Blues 04:47
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You can restore an antique But you can’t restore your mind You can restore an old transistor radio But you can’t restore your heart I can restore anything But you’re not listening What good is it to gain the whole world Yet forfeit your soul? You can deny your need for salvation But I’m here to wake up the dead Come on back, come on back Come on back to live I know you can’t ignore me anymore I know you can’t ignore me Why do you bother trying to ignore me You can’t ignore me anymore Be careful of the thorns in your heart That are choking up all your dreams You can buy yourself a rope, if you wish But you can’t avert an eternal anguish You can’t ignore a promise Don’t let it get stolen from you Come and cast on me your burdens Your burdens All your burdens now All your burdens now All your burdens now Let me show you how © 2009 Victor Stranges
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Is There Someone To Thank For All Of This? 04:15
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So here I lie at the bottom of the garden Can I say something, well I beg your pardon If there was a chance I could get myself out of here If there was a chance could you lend me your ear You know I was the man with a penchant For the brutalist melody and things I won’t begin to mention Clothed in purple and finest attire Now my body is thrown in the fire Is there someone to thank Is there someone to thank for all of this Is there someone to thank for all of this Oh please tell my brothers about me so At my father’s house I really want them to know You say they have the prophets and Moses But is a dead man’s account really so worthless Now I’m crushed under the heel of the enemy And I’m cursed and separated by this enmity I know my mistake I should have heard the cries Of the broken hearted that I did despise Is there someone to thank Is there someone to thank for all of this Is there someone to thank for all of this Is there someone to thank for all of this Look at the truth I denied The chasm is long and it’s wide and The distance is burning me up inside Is there someone to thank Is there someone to thank for all of this Is there someone to thank Is there someone to thank for all of this Is there someone to thank for all of this, yeah yeah Is there someone to thank Is there someone to thank for all of this Is there someone to thank for all of this © 2009 Victor Stranges
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Nineteen Years Ago 05:01
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It was only nineteen years ago Sitting in the car with the radio Crying to an AM station That song was my salvation, yes Something in the music spoke my pain Something in the words I can’t explain It was only nineteen years ago It was only nineteen years ago I remember walking out the door I would see your face no more It was only nineteen years ago It was only nineteen sixty one You were dreaming of your bride to come And working in a foreign land Though the words you would not understand Must have been the strangest dream to dream To live in a life of such extremes It was only nineteen sixty one It was only six years later on You would hold her in your arms Someone you could call your own You’d no longer be alone Just like the wind that sways the trees When winter’s stealing every leaf It was only nineteen years ago When I had to let you go © 2009 Victor Stranges
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Tonight 04:26
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You were the One when I first met You You were the One that blessed my heart You spoke the earth into existence Like a flame from a spark There are mountains in the way How I’ve seen better days But I will run to You Tonight, tonight, tonight, to You tonight The world has hypnotized the morning Why’s it an automatic drag Why do I look back to yesteryear To see my hopes and dreams rolled in a tear? O Holy Spirit, find the truth in me Tonight, tonight, tonight But when it’s all been said and done I want to stand before the Lord Who can deny the power of His love? This stunning promise from above Tonight I’ll look to You Tonight You’re gonna be there too Tonight, tonight Tonight I want to lay it on the floor for You And start again again Come wipe the tears Tonight’s a very special night O Tonight © 2009 Victor Stranges
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The Colour Of Your Street Is Gold 04:43
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This is the time to put away all these childish deeds This is the time to stop all this make-believe The dogs of sin are barking outside your door I guess it’s something that I can’t ignore Lost in a head full of lies that I believed And I’ll never take offence if You Make me be what You want me to be And I’ll lift You up so high Your name behold ‘Cause the colour of Your street is gold In love You came to stand as a witness at my trial And in love You did burn every impurity You took the shame, You did set the prisoner free And nailed it on the cross at Calvary I was dressed up in scarlet But You made me as white as snow And I’ll wear it on my chest Won’t You make me be what You want me to be Right now, ‘cause I can’t think it for myself Why do I fall asleep when I’m counting lost sheep? Consider the options ‘cause I’ve got to know That the colour of your street is The colour of Your street is Colour of Your street is gold © 2009 Victor Stranges
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You Can't Buy Happiness 07:31
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You can’t buy happiness You can’t buy happiness You can’t buy happiness ‘Cause it’s not for sale You can’t buy happiness You can’t buy happiness You can’t buy happiness ‘Cause it’s not for sale You can sure as hell buy sadness I see it in every shop window But when does it turn to gladness Or joy or peace? You know you can’t buy happiness You can’t buy happiness You can’t buy happiness ‘Cause it’s not for sale I tried to ignore it And I tried to restore it And there are moments of pleasure Moments that I want to treasure But I can’t buy much happiness You can sure as hell buy sadness At any old record store They call it blues You could call it country You could call it dance But it sure ain’t happiness Where is my Lord? Where are you now? Where is my Lord today? Where is my Lord? Come by here now! Where is my Lord today? Just close your eyes And I will come to you Don’t ever think that I’d leave you hanging by a thread This is my gift to you You know you can’t buy happiness You can’t buy happiness You can sure as hell buy the sadness But you can’t buy a friend I said, where is my Lord today? Where are you now? Where is my Lord today? Where is my Lord? Come by here now! Where is my Lord today? © 2009 Victor Stranges

about

After a hiatus of building a new recording studio and working as producer and musician on other people’s recordings, “Hello Me To You” was recorded, engineered and produced at Stranges' home studio in Melbourne, Australia. It was subsequently released in September 2009.

The first single (Hello Me To You) from the album was released to radio in Australia on September 4th 2009. Nearly 100 stations nationally added the song including the Home Brew Network covering 60 stations alone. The single was released to Australian commercial radio in early March 2010 and had a release in the United States and Europe (July 2010).

The single has gained traction from various industry types including Charles Foskett (producer for Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Richard Thompson, Elvis Costello) and Edwyn Collins (U.K. singer songwriter), who are both fans of the track. In addition, “Hello Me To You” was named as one of the Best Albums of 2009 by Pop Underground. A distribution deal in March 2010 with Bruce Brodeen’s Not Lame Recordings ensured the album received exposure to the worldwide powerpop community.

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released September 4, 2009

All songs written by Victor Stranges except Morning Star (written by Victor Stranges and Matt Swanton)

© 2009 Victor Stranges

All songs recorded, performed and produced by Victor Stranges except Restoration Blues (recorded, performed and produced by Victor Stranges and Matt Swanton).

Mastered by Paul Fox at Indie Masters Melbourne.

Sleeve Design: Marc Bobolakis

This album is dedicated to the memory of Rosario Stranges…it was only nineteen years ago.

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