AUSSIE VS AMERICAN

CV or resume?
flatmate or roommate?
biscuits or cookies?
bloody or damn?
cheers or thank you?
unit or apartment?
gearbox or transmission?
give way or yield?
acelerator or gas?
after or dessert?
arse or ass?
hire or rent?
holiday or vacation?
lift or elevator?
mate or buddy?
mobile or cell?
tea break or coffee break?
tomato sauce or ketchup?
PA or secretary?
trousers or pants?
petrol or gas?
pub or bar?
ring or call?
rubbish or trash?
toilet or restroom?
pram or baby carriage?
trolley or cart?

seems like at the end, we need to learn two languages insted of one.

ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY

I've been sittin' here
Tryin' to find myself
I get behind myself
I need to rewind myself
Lookin' for the payback
Listen for the playback
They say that every man bleeds just like me
And now I feel like number one
Yet I'm last in life
I watch my younger son
And it helps to pass the time
I take too many pills to help to ease the pain
I made a couple of dollar bills still I feel the same
Everybody knows my name
They say it way out loud
A lot of folks fuck me
It's hard to hang out in crowds
I guess that's the price you pay
To be some big shot like I am
Outskirt stands and one night stands
Still I can't find love

And when your walls come tumbling down
I will always be around
And when your walls come tumbling down
I will always be around

People don't know about the things I say and do
They don't understand about the shit that I've been through
It's been so long since I've been home
I've been gone, I've been gone for way too long
Maybe I forgot all things I miss
Oh somehow I know there's more to life than this
I said it too many times
And I still stand firm
You get what you put in
And people get what they deserve
Still I ain't seen mine
No I ain't seen mine
I've been giving just ain't been gettin'
I've been walking down that line
So I think I'll keep on walking
With my head held high
I'll keep moving on and only God knows why

GRANJAS DE SAN PABLO

Se llamaba Cecilia, y todas esas mañanas llenas de viento, la veía al salir y observaba como se bendecía a si misma, talvez esperaba que pudiera volver a su casa y ver a su mama, aquella señora tenia cara de águila, al menos tenia siete años y eso era lo que veía en ella, la cuadra transversal que cortaba la cuadra no estaba pavimentada, en las noches se sentaba en sus piernas, y en su Renault 4 conducía por media hora durante esa cuadra, lloraba por el viento, no sabia que no veía, había una anciana vendiendo mamoncillos, un día supo que se murió y empezó a comprar helados en otra ruta, los caminos eran magníficos, tomaba media hora subir todas esas escaleras, las cuáles tenían pintados mensajes de navidad de hacia tres años, ir a donde el señor Luis López de Mesa por ese camino de miedo, pero que no sentía en ese entonces, encontró un hombre destrozado en su frente por un hacha, todos los niños miraban, nada cambio, es solo otro muerto, los niños corren con una llanta de bicicleta y un pedazo de madera, la envidia lo abrazaba, el no podía hacer lo mismo, los viernes a las 430 eran momentos felices, sucios hasta las 8, tirados en el piso con caminos imaginarios llenos de ríos y montañas. Vuelve 15 años después y la policía lo detiene, fotografiar para asesinar presumen.

CHEERS DARLIN'

cheers darlin'
here's to you and your lover boy
cheers darlin'
i got years to wait around for you
cheers darlin'
i’ve got your wedding bells in my ear
cheers darlin'
you give me three cigarettes to smoke my tears away
and i die when you mention his name
and i lie i should have kissed you
when we were running in the rain
what am i darlin'?
a whisper in your ear?
a piece of your cake?
what am i darlin?
the boy you can fear?
or your biggest mistake?
cheers darlin'
here's to you and your lover man
cheers darlin'
i’ll just hang around and eat from a can
cheers darlin'
i got a ribbon of green on my guitar
cheers darlin'
i got a beauty queen
to sit not very far from me
i die when he comes around to take you home
i'm too shy I should have kissed you
when we were alone