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Beads on a String

by Kooii

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coolum 07:14
by the sea falling sand in hand you and me in a talking land to the sea step by step we take you and me let's go make and break how you feeling once you're swimming dolphin playing your water crashing sat in weight of breathless beauty don't be late for a fruitful duty here we go though i'm stunned by all your touch and go stand me up and fall how you felling once you're swimming dolphin playing your water crashing
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one day i'm gonna give you beads on a string cause that's how we impress me one time to another and let's see around your neck it could make a ring and if it happens to suit your dress you can wear it if you wanna we get together in passing when our travels are crossing we tell each other our stories we laugh and frown at our worries we seem to start a lot in silence then words are coming up to find us we pry, we shy and let it linger to form a crystal on your finger, so one day i'm gonna give you beads on a string cause that's how we impress me one time to another and let's see around your neck it could make a ring and if it happens to suit your dress you can wear it if you wanna and every time we are meeting, we're coming up with something it don't have to mean much but it's got that certain touch what's this that's got us caught inside it and what does it tell that smile, that sigh, i think i saw it in patterns on a shell one day i'm gonna give you beads on a string cause that's how we impress me one time to another and let's see around your neck it could make a ring and if it happens to suit your dress you can wear it if you wanna we come into an understanding and the beads get fuller we come into an understanding, wear it if you wanna
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see you soon 04:41
i hope to see you soon it's said what goes around comes around enough said cause it's working me to the ground but in the dirt i'm gonna write a message to you no wind or rain is gonna stop the message getting through i hope to see you soon i believe there's good to come of us the gravity of this i've just got to trust cause touching you is touching me in long awaited ways i sing a song and let it be known that i want you in this and future days i hope to see you soon
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we all come from far away places seeing some of this in our faces here we've got groove to gather up dance in the one move, floating stance you may listen and letting go a lot make a decision with the rhythm that we've got around a fire burning old wood getting higher when we hear that cracking good you can feed it or show it where's your steel here receive it, we're warming up the feel here we start it with the sparking of a thought here we have it and to it we are taught with the music as a meeting place for all to come for all to be
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here friend drifting like smoke, moved by our feet where this takes us god only knows but i know for sure that for now i'm here with you when i look away you maybe sway and fall from my side gotta walk the way you have to and you're moving right (swinging, it's a good sight) but i know for now the way we go, we're both going to so come now here with me so come now swing with me so come now sing with me cause i know for now the way we go we're both going to sometimes when i think we have lost it and the wind swept away well i'm not sure i see you, where are you? and then i recall i can hear you if i listen i hear your voice and i know i'm here with you searching on, searching for a harmony so come now...
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if i could contain you in your freedom i would be satisfied holding as though i am not there if i could contain you in your freedom i would be satisfied you who's reflecting my own care well up from the ocean vast floating on the rise carry daylight that is cast to cloudy coloured skies when rain hits the hard soil a river to your sea i'd be we'll have the waves in turmoil rushing and gushing they'll be if i could contain you in your freedom i would be satisfied holding as though i am not there if i could contain you in your freedom i would be satisfied you who's reflecting my own care i want to hold you tightly now and know that you are mine and gather up your love somehow and laugh away at time but i know that you can't sing caught in a cage and can't dance and fire needs air for its breathing so how i will breath to entrance
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where you go for this to be kissing and kiss i get around the city frown then coming back to you i got you this what a beaut day to be able to play mixing up with the sound the faces i am found they come and say through the up and the down bearing a smile or a frown we get a bit we lose a bit viva la musica is coming on through and this highness has got me now i'm shaking it loose somehow we get around we get around through the up and the down bearing a smile or a frown we shuffle round the lost and found viva la musica is coming on through well all i've got for your troubles is a song to sing it may just tell you to get up off your thing i got to rise up when my ride has come and this highness has got me now i'm shaking it loose somehow we get around we get around
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can't stop 05:20
i can't stop playing music can't stop i can't stop playing music gonna have to give it to you mightier, i know it is mightier mightier, i know it is mightier than me feel with all this shuffling the joker's got the time judging all my doings is messing up my mind for a thousand reasons i stand again to play and i can't help the music playing me so i'm going to say i can't stop playing music can't stop i can't stop playing music gonna have to give it to you mightier, i know it is mightier mightier, i know it is mightier than me makes me want to fell good makes me want to stand moving like my body could a river in the band when we can play to the chord in accordance with the loving of the rhythm in the knowing then we can play on the sound of the rock on the ground i can't stop playing music can't stop i can't stop playing music gonna have to give it to you
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chime 11:14
chime, chime, chime let me brake that spell whose been whistling witchcraft calling up the phantom's rules shadows in the cool draft they've been creeping for the jewels with a cloud over my head it's getting me gaze but how do you make it spread once your fingers are part of the haze chime, chime, chime let me brake that spell cause I've been under it for too long waiting for ways to cheat it when silent to the love song is there a stick to beat it? and ring out a bell in the belly of rumbling let it ring and let it ring well to tell them know we're coming chime, chime, chime let me brake that spell I'm gonna get there i'm on a seam losing my care for what, fearing does deem i got to listen for that said bell ringing to hear me a story to tell chime, chime, chime let me brake that spell looking solely at controlling a rationalized vibe for confusion adds elusion to the old that i've tried keep a cool head amongst all the mist communicating to solve the problem no need to resist chime, chime, chime let me brake that spell

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A landmark debut, ‘Beads On A String’ (2005) set a new benchmark for Australian reggae upon its release. It perfectly portrays the signature style and sound that set Kooii apart from any other in the contemporary music scene. The album effortlessly marries reggae, jazz and latin influences in comforting and familiar music that resonates with music lovers of all ages, genres and backgrounds.

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released July 1, 2005

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Kooii Brisbane, Australia

KOOII ride a river of driving groove, where soulful melodies, conscious lyrics and stirring harmonies of horn and vocal encircle each other, dancing within the push and pull of the current, momentarily suspended before gathering volume, momentum and voice as they plunge into a vast expanse of ocean. ... more

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