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Settling

by The Finks

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1.
going places 04:11
The shape of an hour Summer’s first shower You said you’d never let me go you’d take me with you Old celebrity news Your grandmother’s shoes But you didn’t really mean it that way did you You got a ticket for a song I got the picture The cut to the chase The length of a face I said why don’t you stay a while or maybe longer The weekend that ends The backslapping friends You said you’d bring me something where you’re coming from you Went one better wrote a letter well good on you So if you’re looking for some kind of inspiration They’ve got every kind of bus you could ever need at the station I’ll write books I’ll name names Cut the ribbon smash a bottle of sweet wine Babies in prams Rich ladies hands I’ll kiss them all I’ll keep in good health and good time I’ll kiss them all but first I’m taking my sweet time Growing and changing I’ll be going places
2.
If you’re thinking of leaving why aren’t you going to Sydney If you’re thinking of swimming why not get salt in your hair It’s not my kind of place it’s a city just like any other But maybe we could be happier there I’m a fun-loving man I’m a regular ham up in Sydney That it’s not where I am is something I’ve learned to forget I’m no sucker for truth I’m not looking for proof that you’re with me If I was I wouldn’t have found it yet
3.
adrienne 03:45
I’m not your standard-issue moneymaker I met a man with a wife and kids I bought a second-hand refrigerator And everything else that you see is his I’m not the sequel to a broken family I’m not the fence on a highway bridge I’m not the reason that you’re so unhappy But I’ve got a good idea who is Adrienne l’autre femme Adrienne It happened on an escalator In those shoes I wouldn’t take the stairs It wasn’t love then he told me later But when you’re down on your luck who cares I said here’s a pen and a piece of paper That picture’s me on the other side I’ve got your number so I’ll call you later Before you have a chance to change your mind Adrienne l’autre femme Adrienne I’m not the fix to your problem Something you’ve got in common
4.
Pass me a Panadol and a Gatorade Am I looking old is it just my age I was clever once Until I spent the night with the neighbour’s wife He just up and left her in the drive They’re a lovely bunch She’s got a mortgage and an overjet I’ve got a notebook and a novel I haven’t finished yet She needs a lot of love I’ve a lot to give Do we get along is it relative To how long we get We’ve got the whole afternoon To think of ways to make money If it had happened to you I’d have probably thought it was funny Now there’s a sign up on our new front lawn Take your shoes off in the corridor I don’t read it much It takes a cigarette and a drink or two It takes a complete utter talking to Before I’ll talk as such What with part-time work and the neighbour’s wife I just get so tired it’s a pauper’s life But an honest one I’m not dreaming I’m nobody’s fool I’m not sleeping well there’s so much to do That I haven’t done Loose lips loose lips loose lips loose lips

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four leftovers from 'middling'
played on a borrowed piano

all songs by oliver
some vocals by sarah

thank you to cassels road
for the piano and patience

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released October 11, 2015

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The Finks Melbourne, Australia

The Finks play the songs of Oliver Mestitz. They are sincere but flippant, intimate but aloof, subtle but unpolished.

The Finks have released a steady stream of quietly uncompromising music via Milk! Records since 2012 – three EPs, two cassettes, four LPs and a handful of singles. Critics have described The Finks as “crushingly beautiful” and “perhaps the most underrated act in Australian music”.
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