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Recorded live on a Tascam 234 with 2 microphones in the kitchen of Rowan the Drummers house - leaving 2 tracks for overdubs.

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No Way, Love
© Penelope Swales 1989

No way love,
I said no way, no, no, no
I said no way, love
I said no way, no, no, no

Now he’s got every reason
He’s got unanswerable logic
He’s got watertight excuses
He shows typical thinking
He’s showing all the symptoms
He’s showing all the signs
I didn’t see the traces
Coz I blocked them from my mind
I said no way, love
I said no way, no, no, no
I said no way, love
I said no way, no, no, no

He says he’d got a hold
Yeah, now he says he’s I control
But there’s nowhere you can go
There’s just no way that you can know
He’s showing all the symptoms
He’s showing all the signs
He’s become so very clever
About how to spend his time
I said no way, love
I said no way, no, no, no
I said no way, love
I said no way, no, no, no


He says “Though I’ve betrayed you
You shouldn’t feel betrayed”
He says “Thought I’ve deceived you
You shouldn’t feel dismayed
And he says that I don’t love him
He says that I’m unkind
He says I’ve let him down
And if I really cared, I wouldn’t mind
And I said no way, love
I said no way

I said no way, love
I said no way, no, no, no
I said no way, love
I said no way, no, no, no
He tells me it was worth it
He says there’s no regrets
He tells me he feels justified
No way that he’d ever get
Sucked into the whirlpool
Sucked down the metal tube
He tells em he was perfectly safe
He says it’s true
And I said no way, love
I said no way, no, no, no
I said no way, love
I said no way, no, no, no

Now he’s got every reason
He’s got unanswerable logic
He’s got watertight excuses
He shows typical thinking
The man’s a walking cliché
He says he’s in control
He knows that’s what they all say
But he’s sure he’s got a hold
He says no way, love
He says no way, love

No way, love
I said no way, no, no, no
I said no way, love
I said no way, no, no, no
But he’s such a sorry creature
He’d just beggin’ for attention
Flirting with disaster
Waiting for my intervention
And he tells me he can blame me
He says it’s all my fault
And because I won’t accept it
He’s winning by default
And I said no way, love
I said no way
I said no way, love
I said no way

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from Archive Vol. 2: Songs from the Borderline 1989​-​1992, released July 1, 2005

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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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