Biography:
The Jane Austen Argument are a Melbourne, Australia-based indie cabaret noir duo who combine raw ballads and sharp tongues with chaotic abandon and overtones of anti-folk and punk love.
Brought together through a chance cigarette break encounter (I have a cabaret show and need a pianist. I’m a cabaret pianist in need of a show…), a shared love of Regina Spektor, Nick Cave, dressups and theatrical musical convention, The Jane Austen Argument’s Tom Dickins and Jen Kingwell have been playing together since around September 2009
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Bm
[Verse]
Bm G Bm G
I wake with your hand on my shoulder
Bm G Em
It's colder outside where they don't know we're naked
Bm G Bm G
And all of your friends leave messages
Bm G Em
That suggest we should not be doing what we're doing
Bm G Bm G Bm
But we do not care and where there is air we'll be breathing
G Em
Believe me, where there's warmth we'll share
[Chorus]
D G (or Gmaj7 ) D
And why are you not in Melbourne?
G D
It's colder here, you know
G Em
And the stars are obscured by the sky
D G D
And why are you not in Melbourne?
G D
There's art in the streets
G Em
Put your feet somewhere close to my floor
D
And why
G
Are you
D
Not in Melbourne?
[Verse]
Bm G Bm G
Under the house of someone I once slept with
Bm G Em
We wept on the inside; the outside kept talking
Bm G Bm G
Cos we knew we'd fit together like continents
Bm G Em
In the eyes of children who've just learned geography
Bm G
And you had a lover
Bm G
And I had a ticket
Bm G Em
We wickedly took off with the few hours left to us
[Chorus]
D G D
And still you're not in Melbourne?
G D
It's colder here, you know
G Em
And the stars are obscured by the sky
D G D
And why are you still not in Melbourne?
G D
There's art in the streets
G Em
Put your feet somewhere close to my floor
D
And why
G
Are you still
D
Not in Melbourne?
[Verse]
Bm G
I caught you peeking
Bm G
When you thought I'd be sleeping
Bm G
We caught not a wink
Em
For the heat we were breathing
Bm
No, there was no rest
G
But at least we weren't arrested
Bm G Bm G
For teaching the children of the birds and bees (and the bees and bees)
Bm G Bm G
But I wish you had turned when I had turned back
Bm Em
I'd turn back the clocks if I thought we could stay still for long enough
[Chorus]
D
So maybe it's good
G D
You're not here in Melbourne
G D
It's colder here, you see
G Em
And the stars aren't as bright as you'd like
D G D
But still, there's a place for you in Melbourne
G D
My heart's on my sleeve
G Em
Wish your feet would come darken my door
[Outro]
D G
You
D G
You and me
D G
I mean, we
D G
Could both be
D G
Here in Melbourne
D G
Here in Melbourne
D Gmaj7
Here in Melbourne
Bm
[Verse]
Bm G Bm G
I wake with your hand on my shoulder
Bm G Em
It's colder outside where they don't know we're naked
Bm G Bm G
And all of your friends leave messages
Bm G Em
That suggest we should not be doing what we're doing
Bm G Bm G Bm
But we do not care and where there is air we'll be breathing
G Em
Believe me, where there's warmth we'll share
[Chorus]
D G (or Gmaj7 ) D
And why are you not in Melbourne?
G D
It's colder here, you know
G Em
And the stars are obscured by the sky
D G D
And why are you not in Melbourne?
G D
There's art in the streets
G Em
Put your feet somewhere close to my floor
D
And why
G
Are you
D
Not in Melbourne?
[Verse]
Bm G Bm G
Under the house of someone I once slept with
Bm G Em
We wept on the inside; the outside kept talking
Bm G Bm G
Cos we knew we'd fit together like continents
Bm G Em
In the eyes of children who've just learned geography
Bm G
And you had a lover
Bm G
And I had a ticket
Bm G Em
We wickedly took off with the few hours left to us
[Chorus]
D G D
And still you're not in Melbourne?
G D
It's colder here, you know
G Em
And the stars are obscured by the sky
D G D
And why are you still not in Melbourne?
G D
There's art in the streets
G Em
Put your feet somewhere close to my floor
D
And why
G
Are you still
D
Not in Melbourne?
[Verse]
Bm G
I caught you peeking
Bm G
When you thought I'd be sleeping
Bm G
We caught not a wink
Em
For the heat we were breathing
Bm
No, there was no rest
G
But at least we weren't arrested
Bm G Bm G
For teaching the children of the birds and bees (and the bees and bees)
Bm G Bm G
But I wish you had turned when I had turned back
Bm Em
I'd turn back the clocks if I thought we could stay still for long enough
[Chorus]
D
So maybe it's good
G D
You're not here in Melbourne
G D
It's colder here, you see
G Em
And the stars aren't as bright as you'd like
D G D
But still, there's a place for you in Melbourne
G D
My heart's on my sleeve
G Em
Wish your feet would come darken my door
[Outro]
D G
You
D G
You and me
D G
I mean, we
D G
Could both be
D G
Here in Melbourne
D G
Here in Melbourne
D Gmaj7
Here in Melbourne
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