We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

long way home

by Kenna & Cox

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €5 EUR  or more

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 3 Kenna & Cox releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Shipwrecked, long way home, and One night in Paris. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      €12.75 EUR or more (25% OFF)

     

1.
Do you want me to run? Do you want me to fly away? Leave the deal never done And come back another day. Take a step back, don't give yourself a heart attack; Walk a straighter line everything will be fine. You can live to see another day, Everything is gonna be okay, Do what you choose Now you're on your way. Do you want me to lie so you can break down and cry? Do you want me to steal? Will you be my alibi?
2.
picture girl 03:37
Your mama was a picture girl in a ten dollar magazine; she's been all around the world in a long black limousine. She got a house in New York City, she got a mansion by the sea. Everybody tells her she's still pretty, and she will always be. Oh, picture girl just what happened to your world? Did you lose your place to another face or did someone come and steal your pearls? Your mama was a picture girl. Everybody's seen your face on that TV, everybody's seen you on that screen; now someone's making up stories just to sell their magazine. Oh picture girl...
3.
People are standing all over the hill; dark clouds are forming, but the rain stood still. I watched you from across the river, I was sitting underneath a tree. I didn't want to go over, it was close enough for me. They bury your body in a hole, pray to God for your soul. You've got a long way to go. She brings you flowers in the morning, lays them down by your grave; go to the church in the evening, Lord your soul to save. You've got a long way, long way to get back home. Water keeps rising, the darkness sets in. When this day is over we're all gonna pay for our sins. You've got a long way to get back home. Ain't no one gonna help you - you've just got to walk it all alone.
4.
Drive to Adelaide in the pouring rain, it's good to see those lights again. You sit up all night long in a motel room with a view. On your way to never-never land just to touch that desert sand, and no one knows the reason why you do. You broke anchor in the night - slipped away without a fight. You never know how far you'll go without her. Throw your wedding ring in the rubbish bin, pack your bags and walk away. Will she ever learn? Make your way from Hargreave Street To the Icebergs for a treat, you watch the riders carving up the waves on loan. Neon sign red and blue, from the Junction on the New - it's the road I used to take to get back home. You broke anchor... Will she ever learn? You can never return.
5.
Cigarette burns in an ashtray but there's no one in the room. I hang around even though I can't stay; they're gonna pull that lever soon. Doing time again, waiting for the end. Well it's a no-win situation: nothing's gonna save me this time. I guess I know my destination; I'm at the end of the line. Doing time again, waiting for the end.
6.
When I whisper in your ear will you hear me? When I call you in the phone are you alone? When I reach out for your hand will you hold me? When I tell you that I'm lonely will you come home? Same old story, same old heavy load, same old lies, same old broken road. Well you walk that walk and you talk that talk, you make me feel just like a fool. Strut your stuff for all to see - am I really just your mule? Same old story... Stolen fruit is sweet enough but sooner or later you've got to pay the price. No direction, lost at sea, any port in a storm will rescue me. Same old story...
7.
Shine a light on my evil baby, shine a light on my sin; When you're dancing with the devil baby that line is very thin. Give up everything, everything I ever had for you baby; I'd give up everything, everything I ever had for you baby. Show me the danger baby, show me the thrill; don't be a stranger baby, let me swallow your pill. Give up everything... Take away my money babe, take away my soul; you suck the life right of me babe, you suck it. Give up everything...
8.
home to me 03:17
Church bells are ringing, Choir girls are singing, somebody's bringing you home to me. Church bells are ringing, angels are singing, somebody's bringing you home to me. Somebody's bringing you home to me. Somebody talked to much, somebody lied. Somebody tried to cut you down to size. Take it or leave it baby, some day you will realise.
9.
say goodbye 05:21
I never had the chance to tell you how much I love you. I never had the chance to tell you why. Never had the chance to tell you how much I miss you darling; I never had the chance to say goodbye. I never had the chance to tell you how much I love you. I never had the chance to tell you why. Never had the chance to tell you how much I miss you darling; I never had the chance to say goodbye. When I held you, when I held you in my arms for the first time baby, I didn't know what I should do. But I knew that it would last, last forever darling; If I could just hold you in my arms one more time baby That would make all of my dreams come true.
10.
tuscan fire 03:57

credits

released May 21, 2016

Chris Kenna—vocals, guitar
Melissa Cox—violin, backing vocals

All songs by Chris Kenna.
Produced by Kenna & Cox.
Recorded and mixed by Nicolas Roy at DGD Music Studios, Paris.
Mastered at ColorSound Mastering, Paris.
Cover photo by Chris Kenna. Cover layout by Melissa Cox.

Chris Kenna would like to dedicate this album to the memory of Marie-Odile Brochet, whose support has always been, and continues to be, invaluable.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Kenna & Cox Paris, France

A chance encounter in a Paris bar in 2008 launched a serendipitous collaboration between two Australian musicians: Chris Kenna and Melissa Cox ("he with the voice and soul to raise the dead and she with the melody to make them glad to be alive"). Together, Kenna and Cox have played at festivals around Europe, including in the Netherlands and Ireland, and supported Alabama 3 at Tripod in Dublin. ... more

contact / help

Contact Kenna & Cox

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Kenna & Cox, you may also like: