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Lonely Smiles (2017 remaster)

by music by Tully

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1.
With every single dream I have there always comes the clue What’s a picture of me without a picture of you If I never get to tell you straight You must believe it’s true That while I’m lonely I still smile a lot Distance makes the heart grow fonder so they say But it’s said in hidden yearning But I aint seeing things that way Whilst I cherish our time together I’m just looking for the day While I’m lonely I still smile a lot I know you’re somewhere out there trying to make it in your own way I send you every single blessing that my heart could ever say Then I’ll wear it on my sleeve so you’re never far away And when I’m lonely I’ll still smile a lot Life’s an open road, there’s many things I’ve left behind Many forks I could’ve taken Different ways to share my time But I wouldn’t change a thing So you take yours I’ll take mine And may you always find a smile a lot I know you’re somewhere out there trying to make it in your own way I send you every single blessing that my heart could ever say Then I’ll wear it on my sleeve so you’re never far away And when I’m lone;y I’ll still smile a lot
2.
Since the oceans receded man has aimed for more than needed Then a hand came down, brought our feet back down to earth As pairs they went a’rollin without no fear of fallin Till a hand came down Faster and higher they went than man was intended to get Until a hand came down, brought our feet back down to earth They got so close to the heavens that the gods just couldn’t let ‘em So a hand came down And scattered the halves so far apart that no one had a chance on earth of love to find And so were cursed with a longing for the arms that they belonged in As they fell back down to the Earth Now at first they were all stunned that their fun had been undone Because a hand came down, brought our feet back down to earth They learned to walk and most forgot what they’d lost and just carried on After a hand came down And they thought they lived well, but in their hearts could they tell that half was missing since a time gone by And without longing they lost what is goodness and wronging And crashed their hands deep down into the Earth Whilst the longing still had hold of those romantic souls Who’d search forever in their hearts for the chance to be whole Crying out like a song for a bond of such power that they’d know it in the moment they find Those arms they belong in and fall back into rolling and never come back down to the earth again
3.
I changed my plans, I dropped my hold, I missed my beat I failed your tears, shook your peace and missed my sleep I’m glad you’re here So wash your face, but let your feet keep their dirt my darling There’s no ground on this Earth you could walk I won’t follow I’m glad your here Let’s take this fight back to the world, just like we did Before everything got turned around Unfold to fly If you cry, then cry with me And we’ll look down upon this world as it was in the beginning I told you twice a tale awry from different seas A standing coin that won’t fall down Your woe is me I’m glad you’re here Half in quiet We fill our glass with what we see my darling There’s no tear you could cry that I won’t feel I’m glad you’re here Let’s take this fight back to the world, just like we did Before everything got turned around Unfold to fly Rest your head and fly with me And we’ll look down upon this world as it was in the beginning
4.
Paper 03:13
Well I’m a fool if I moan I’m a wreck if I weep I’m a step if I fall Just a sucker to reach I’m alone if I lie Just a fuck if I preach I’ll be nothing at all Till you’re back here with me It’s a farse if I mourn Or still stand on my feet I’d be heartless at best Just a waste if I dream I’m a colourless tone I’m a shade for no heat I’ll be nothing at all Till you’re back here with me Straight fold, crumpled up in the pages Ruled line, a crooked tear down the paper I’m a comical bore I’m a flame with no teeth I’m a weary old man Not sure which way to lean I’m a wicked respite From that final frontier I’ll be nothing at all Till you’re back here with me Straight fold, crumpled up in the pages Ruled line, a crooked tear down the paper Straight fold, crumpled up in the pages..
5.
Losin my way 04:03
My heart’s been burning to share what I’ve been learning But I can’t find nothing to say My life has been running over these hills Burning my candle at both ends in vain But I don’t know how I’m supposed to find What I see clear in my heart but not mind Still I’ve never felt better since I somehow started losin my way My lover, she tells me that I’m losing my friends see By being true to what I thought was my aim So while I’m making things happen Just a’strumming and tapping I can’t help thinking someone’s cursing my name But I don’t know how I’m supposed to pay My dues if I’m just wasting my days Still I aint never felt better since I somehoow started losing my way But there’ll come those times when I’m not strong enough There’ll come those times when I’m just fake But then there’s times when I’m just wierd enough To paint a new horizon every day When I find a hidden smile It somehow seems all worthwhile And for a minute life be more up than down i won’t be fooled to thinking who I should be Don’t want control over all that happens to me For who knows what I’d be missing if I somehow found it all my own way Who knows what I’d be missing if I somehow found it all my own way
6.
With both our eyes to the ground, we’re walking We keep all that hurts under heel We’ve come just far enough to know There’s somewhere we’re heading that none could conceal Oh but it’s a fine night to just let our glasses fill With both our hearts on a wheel, they’re turning So shyly from darkness to light We both let ourselves be lead to the garden But ignored every star in the night Somewhere across the town our flower had already bloomed in delight I’ve spent all my time, just not quite completing things Over and under and round And I’ve spent all my pennies, not quite feeling things Over and under and round But through it all I found . . . We shared ten years in a song together And paint now as if they were ours With truth, torn jeans and just a little anger at something Oh it’s power, and how sweet be that sound But it’s a fine night to just lay our glasses down I’ve spent all my time, just not quite completing things Over and under and round And I’ve spent all my pennies, not quite feeling things Over and under and round But through it all I won’t let go, as the lonely drummer sings I won’t let go as the midnight bells are ringing I won’t let go as we both start baring skin I won’t let go as we’ve finally made it here But it’s a fine night to just let our glasses fill I’ve spent all my time, just not quite completing things Over and under and round And I’ve spent all my pennies, not quite feeling things Over and under and round But through it all I found you…
7.
Petals 04:54
Held I a rose… it died The petals they fell in the fading light Now I’ve a rose thorn for you Wrote I a soulful line Mournful it sounds, though I mean to smile Now I’ve a tear cried for you Could’ve been fate love… I could’ve been fooled My heart was all for you But my journey it ends as the roses bloom And I fall in air too Heard have I a thousand times A song as a window that gazed for miles Now if I could play these songs for you Could’ve been fate love… I could’ve been fooled My heart was all for you But my journey it ends as the roses bloom And I fall in air too
8.
Walk along toward another day Another day will come Forced along down another way Another day will come Blessed are the ones still meek in love Their guests shall we become Fall alone, down the lonely way Another day will come Torn down, buried and revered inside like countless Jerusalem shrines Every path to home the gods have laid becomes twisted in each mans mind But to say it’s all been said before is to say all that could be is done Forced along down another way Another day will come Don’t you hide the light of the candle It’s who you are, though undefined in will Blessed be the son to some And the moment to others And to force anothers will will bring you nothing
9.
May you see in your reflection a pillow for your head And a bed on which to lay it down May it show you through the window as the sun does fall A star to guide you May it always show a peace for things beyond what you control And the strength to always love just where you are As you both close your eyes and the darkness falls A dream will take you Though you’ll learn that your reflection’s never quite like you But what it shares will be your guide And though there’ll be times you try to fight it Know that when it’s there you’re not alone For in the darkness it’s a light to guide you home again In the quiet it’s a song to lead you home again When you’re weary it’s a dream to fly you home again And you, you’re it’s reflection too May you see in your reflection a sparkle in your eye And a smile for all the joys that yet may come Each day a dawning wonder as the years revolve And weave around you Though you’ll learn that your reflection’s never quite like you But what it shares will be your guide And though there’ll be times you try to fight it Know that when it’s there you’re not alone For in the darkness it’s a light to guide you home again In the quiet it’s a song to lead you home again When you’re weary it’s a dream to fly you home again And you, you’re it’s reflection too And with your family around Who with every waking breath Are singing songs of your name to the wind So you’ll never forget All the love you have around Both near and afar And whenever you feel you’ve lost your direction Remember to breath and hold your reflection in loving arms In loving arms Both you and your brother
10.
They say there’s going to be war now As the roses bloom the sweetest for the year They’re preparing all the town for the razing As they once adorned the streets for seasons cheer Now the men, they quickly learnt how to hurt things With the same hands that built of white stone And the women, they’re digging holes for the their tears wells As they once had planted seeds to be sewn For they say, there’s going to be war now As the roses bloom the sweetest for the year They’re preparing all the town for the razing As they once adorned the streets for seasons cheer Now a boy runs screaming “They’re coming!” As he once complained of wolves among his sheep And the ravens are circling high, in waiting Where yesterday had flown the dove of peace Yeah they say, there’s going to be war now And I fear that life may never again be still They prepare in all the town for surviving And they pray to love that somehow, they will
11.
Been lost for gawkin, now I crave a little contact Been lost for gawkin, now I crave a little contact Was waiting in the wings while my life just slipped on out the back Been the perfect pauper, now I’m working for a quick stack Been the perfect pauper, now I’m working for a quick stack But why go and earn a cent when I’ve got to give a dollar back It’s getting on for getting over me I’d have to say I liked it better The scent is cold that was heading back to me I’ll let you know I liked it better long before the day I became aware of it I’d count my blessings but I’m skipping to the next track I’d count my blessings but I’m skipping to the next track Grasping at straws that I know I’m never gonna catch To hell or heaven and I know I’m never coming back It’s getting on for getting over me I’d have to say I liked it better The scent is cold that was heading back to me I’ll let you know I liked it better long before the day I became aware of it
12.
I stopped my song for the littlest child Who came to me while I played With her own small hands Her own sweet song she played And all my life went flickering by With all up to this day If I were child again Would all this be the same? High up the moon shares its fairest glow Over the moon may your dreaming go How we must seem to those innocent eyes We who fail in age Though the fools we be Her wonder’s left unchanged So a journey smooth I wish thee child As steeper grow the ways May that heart and song Be never led astray High up the moon shares its fairest glow Over the moon may your dreaming go High up the moon shares its fairest glow Your wonder outways all that we may know So over the moon may your dreaming go
13.
You’ve littered every trait a man should learn from his father Trouble is that you’ll get your way You’ve spat on every way a man should deal with another Rolling heads and then turning graves You should be chilled to the bone I’d talk to you of bad karma coming soon but I’d rather Take it into my hands to shake All the heads buried so deep in the pie you shit in and feed us Kissing ass is now all they taste But there’s so much to learn without you to decide Whatever’s on your mind, just keep it out of my garden I will face you anywhere outside Just keep away from my garden The fight is all dead and gone from too many sisters and brothers Cowarding here in your nanny state But there’s something greater than gold in the pot at the end of this rainbow A potion that mind’s awake To discern it with love, and let it rule from inside Whatever’s on your mind, just keep it out of my garden I will face you anywhere outside Just keep away from my garden Today you claim control of it Tomorrow’ll be the end of it Burn away Affairs are but a distraction Breeding of fears in a caption Burn away None of us seeking no trouble Busting up of these bubbles Burn away Smoke will come from your paper Tomorrow’ll be no word of it Burn away Back to a simple life Just a simple life Always unattainable, but no matter, we try For a simple life Just a simple life Reminded of all that we’ve lost in trying Let’s all act . . . For a simple life Just a simple life All for their part with their roles to find In this simple life Just a simple life Just a vanishing dreaming before our eyes The time is coming to deal with the ever steeper decline into madness of this puppet race I’ve never been one to debate what is to each one that should matter But it’s time we put a few things to stake For there’s so much to learn without fear to decide Whatever’s on your mind, just keep it out of my garden I will face you anywhere outside Just keep away from my garden
14.
I’ve had a feeling that it’s time to move on Cause nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer Leave to the birds what don’t cover my bones Cause nothing’s gonna grow in this any longer Wonder’s a train I for some reason stepped off Now nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer The water’s dirty and my tears are lost Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer Nothing’s gonna grow till we lay something down It’s the same ol’ ground under every divide You want a war? Want a fight? Take a look at yourself and remember your mind This land is wild in each heart that’s born Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer We’re taught to be what we were never meant for Now nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer We fight for lines we can tow till torn Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer Here’s to the fallen who just couldn’t go on Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer Who said to make it at any cost? Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer I’ve never hated, but I’ve been where it’s from Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer Just one pill and all this fear would be gone But nothing’s gonna grow in that soil any longer It’s not the trick, but the heart that’s gone Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer I missed the question we’re all answering for Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer How many years just getting along? Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer “Working Class Hero” just never caught on Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer But we’ve sung those visions in so many songs Nothing’s gonna grow in this soil any longer Remember your mind
15.
I’m too patiently waiting For what I’m sure’ll be that sign For the road much less traveled Both worn and divine But distracted I wander With no will to decide Hearing something call me Never turning in time So I vow to journey come morning To seek what it is I should find But I’ve vowed every night, now for half of my life And broken each one, as if nothing The moment I rise.. Fearless and hazed Timid and bright Wishful in dreaming But hopeless in plight I’ve sworn on my family And I’ve sworn on my life To give all I’m worthy to give When it comes to the time So I planned a new journey for morning I’ll travel in love and in light But I’ve planned every night now for most of my life And ignored every one, as if nothing That moment I rise Deep down still awaiting that sign I found every hope under cover of night Just to wish it away in the morning Fantasies under the stars To just towing some line in the light The moon led me home And I anchored in sight Then just turned and set sail in the morning Stubborn and crazed for perfection Though I’m messing it up every time But I’ll linger no more If I fall I’ll be waiting in hell for that sign I promise I’m leaving, with the coming of light That road lies in waiting For me unto find

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First released in 2015, I've since revisited the original mixes and had them remastered.

If you have purchased this record pre- 2018, please contact me through the website below and I'll send you the new version.

www.musicbytully.com/lonelysmiles

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released January 8, 2017

Dedicated to Abaigeal xo

Written, performed and produced by Tully, 2014 - 2015

Album photography (included with download) by Rakuli www.rakuli.com

Features "the Eclipse", my one of a kind instrument designed and built for me by Ken of Whitehouse Guitars, and conjured up by an inspiringly wonderful circle of people.

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