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© Penelope Swales 
 1998

Talk to me
My awkwardness is beyond belief
I ring you up, I don't know what to say.
Listen to me
You could bring me such relief
When I hang up, I curse my foolish ways.

Desire is born when romance dies
In my dissatisfaction, I cast about my eyes.
Is it a genuine attraction, or does my own heart lie?
I hunger for you
And your image does not fade
Your image does not fade
Your image does not fade
Your image does not fade

To your mind
I am as one taken
But to mine, I'm oh, so available.
How do I convey this information
When your behaviour's so goddam respectable?

I never signed away my life
As far as I'm concerned, I belong very much to myself
This restlessness cannot be denied
Don't you go thinkin'
That I'm up on that shelf
Don't you dare go think it,
No don't you dare go think it,
No don't you dare go think it.

Come,
My body's ripe and reckless
My mind barely more sensible
Let your mouth devour my senses
Lay with me
Don't talk to me of abstinence
But I am caught within your chains
Conventional conceptions of conventional ways
Now, how are you to know
I was never properly trained?
I tell you darlin'
I don't live beneath those reins
How are you to know I don't
How are you to know I don't
How are you to know I don't

Love needs nourishment
But lust can feed on itself
For sure, it feeds on me.
I try and I strive
But something has gone missing
My hunger turns inwards, that's where you'll find me

Desire is born when romance dies
In my dissatisfaction, I cast about my eyes.
Is it a genuine attraction, or does my own heart lie?
I hunger for you
And your image does not fade
Your image does not fade
Your image does not fade
Your image does not fade

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from Justifying your Longings to the Doctor, released January 7, 1998
Penelope Swales - vocals, guitar, stomp box

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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