Biography:
The Smith Street Band (formerly Wil Wagner and the Smith Street Band) are an Australian rock band based in Melbourne, Victoria, in which the titular Smith Street can be found. The band currently consists of vocalist/guitarist Wil Wagner, lead guitarist/vocalist Lee Hartney, bassist Michael "Fitzy" Fitzgerald, keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist Lucy Wilson, guitarist/vocalist Jess Locke, and drummer Matt Bodiam. Born out of a backing band for the solo
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Other songs:
- 25
- Birthdays
- Calgary Girls Acoustic
- Death To The Lads
- Dont Fuck With Our Dreams
- Dont Mention The War
- Ducks Fly Together
- East London Summer
- Forrest
- Get High See Mice
- Get High See No One
- I Cant Feel My Face
- I Hope I Scare People On Public Transport
- I Hope You Find Your Way Home
- I Love Life
- I Scare Myself Sometimes
- I Want Friends
- It Kills Me To Have To Be Alive
- Its Alright I Understand
- Laughing Or Pretending To Laugh
- My Little Sinking Ship
- My New Dress Up Shoes
- Passiona
- Run Into The World
- Self Control
- Shine
- Sigourney Weaver
- Something I Can Hold In My Hands
- Song For You
- South East Facing Wall
- Suffer
- Surrey Dive
- The Arrogance Of The Drunk Pedestrian
- The Belly Of Your Bedroom
- Throw Me In The River
- Tom Busby
- When I Was A Boy I Thought I Was A Fish
- Why I Cant Draw
- Young Drunk
[Intro]
F Em Dm C G (x4)
[Verse]
F Em Dm C G
Walk past the kids all skipping class, their nervous smiles and too loud laughs
F Em Dm C G
A cigarette gets passed around the boys
F Em Dm C G
Celebrity becomes implied with their whitened teeth, Cheshire cat smiles
F Em Dm C G
As all around me rushes to the noise
F Em Dm C G
Of a holiday I cannot comprehend rolls slowly as the tram tracks bend
F Em Dm C G
Around more choking hazard toys
[Bridge]
F C
And the ocean laps dyed green under the footpath where the shore once stood proud
F C
But nobody's got time for that now
[Chorus]
Am G C
So I ask for directions even though I know exactly where I am
Am G F
Just want someone to talk to
Am G C F
Someone to hold their hand against my hand
Am G
Say, "It's alright, I understand,"
C F
Say, "It's alright, I understand!"
[Instrumental Solo]
F Em Dm C G (x2)
[Verse]
F Em Dm C G
And I cannot judge and I cannot hide my coffee teeth and brand name smile
F Em Dm C G
As I'm suckered in by the blinking lights, happy hours, pointless fights
F Em Dm C G
And the taxes I can't comprehend, I don't know how much to tip
F Em Dm C G
Or where the grand experiment goes to get fucked when it gets dark
F Em Dm C G
And I'm magically made to cooperate and the streets round here don't feel the same
F Em Dm C G
As when I would have wanted to walk down every avenue arm in broken arm with you
[Bridge]
F C
But now my pre-sunrise respite makes me even
F C
less of the right guy
[Chorus]
Am G C
And I'm happy here or I'm comfortable there
Am G F
But I don't get to say that much
Am G C F
Thought it was another thing we gave up
Am G
Yeah, yeah I thought it was another thing we'd given up
[Bridge]
F G Am G
Like having friends, relationships and any chance of stay at home happiness
F G Am G
Remembering dollars and cents and knowing where the fuck I have slept
F G
But I'd give it all up for a shot at this
Am G
I wanna make everything, quit every bad
F G
habit that I'm in, Remember where I'm from and where I'm going
Am G
And find something in me to provide self-esteem
F G
Stop living day-to-day, night-to-night, dream-to-dream
Am G
I don't get anything from anything anymore
F G
I don't love anyone anymore
Am G
I don't love anyone anymore
F G
I don't love anyone anymore
[Chorus]
Am G C
So I ask for directions even though I know exactly where I am
Am G F
Just want someone to talk to
Am G C F
Someone to hold their hand against my hand
Am G
Say, "It's alright, I understand,"
C F
Say, "It's alright, I understand!"
[Outro]
F Em Dm C G (x3)
F Em Dm C
F Em Dm C G (x4)
[Verse]
F Em Dm C G
Walk past the kids all skipping class, their nervous smiles and too loud laughs
F Em Dm C G
A cigarette gets passed around the boys
F Em Dm C G
Celebrity becomes implied with their whitened teeth, Cheshire cat smiles
F Em Dm C G
As all around me rushes to the noise
F Em Dm C G
Of a holiday I cannot comprehend rolls slowly as the tram tracks bend
F Em Dm C G
Around more choking hazard toys
[Bridge]
F C
And the ocean laps dyed green under the footpath where the shore once stood proud
F C
But nobody's got time for that now
[Chorus]
Am G C
So I ask for directions even though I know exactly where I am
Am G F
Just want someone to talk to
Am G C F
Someone to hold their hand against my hand
Am G
Say, "It's alright, I understand,"
C F
Say, "It's alright, I understand!"
[Instrumental Solo]
F Em Dm C G (x2)
[Verse]
F Em Dm C G
And I cannot judge and I cannot hide my coffee teeth and brand name smile
F Em Dm C G
As I'm suckered in by the blinking lights, happy hours, pointless fights
F Em Dm C G
And the taxes I can't comprehend, I don't know how much to tip
F Em Dm C G
Or where the grand experiment goes to get fucked when it gets dark
F Em Dm C G
And I'm magically made to cooperate and the streets round here don't feel the same
F Em Dm C G
As when I would have wanted to walk down every avenue arm in broken arm with you
[Bridge]
F C
But now my pre-sunrise respite makes me even
F C
less of the right guy
[Chorus]
Am G C
And I'm happy here or I'm comfortable there
Am G F
But I don't get to say that much
Am G C F
Thought it was another thing we gave up
Am G
Yeah, yeah I thought it was another thing we'd given up
[Bridge]
F G Am G
Like having friends, relationships and any chance of stay at home happiness
F G Am G
Remembering dollars and cents and knowing where the fuck I have slept
F G
But I'd give it all up for a shot at this
Am G
I wanna make everything, quit every bad
F G
habit that I'm in, Remember where I'm from and where I'm going
Am G
And find something in me to provide self-esteem
F G
Stop living day-to-day, night-to-night, dream-to-dream
Am G
I don't get anything from anything anymore
F G
I don't love anyone anymore
Am G
I don't love anyone anymore
F G
I don't love anyone anymore
[Chorus]
Am G C
So I ask for directions even though I know exactly where I am
Am G F
Just want someone to talk to
Am G C F
Someone to hold their hand against my hand
Am G
Say, "It's alright, I understand,"
C F
Say, "It's alright, I understand!"
[Outro]
F Em Dm C G (x3)
F Em Dm C
The Snowdroppers
The Snuts
The Soaks
The Social Anima (...)
The Social Club (...)
The Sorry Kisses
The Soul Rebels
The Soul Survivo (...)
The Sound
The Sound City P (...)