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JOE DOLCE
LYRIC PAGE
Lyrics Published as Stand-alone Poetry
Lyrics that an eminent poet would be proud to have written. Chris Boyd, Herald-Sun
CORETTA
DEAD CAT BOUNCE
DEATH OF BACH
DOMINIQUE
ELI_WHITNEY AND THE COTTON GIN
GIDEON BIBLE
GIVE ME LITTLE SUGAR WITH MY BEER SYLVIE
JACK_JOHNSON AND THE MANN ACT
LAFAYETTES MIXTURE
LEAD
LULLABY REDUX
MARIE LAVEAU LA BELLE VOODOOIENNE
MR CRITICAL
MR Q
ORPHEO DONT LOOK BACK
OUT OF BOOK
STARVATION BOX BLUES
THE AWFUL FLANDERS AND WALLONIA TRAIN WRECK
THE GREEN EYED BOY OF THE RAIN
THE HAPPIEST TIMES I EVER HAD
HARRY POWER: THE LAST BUSHRANGER
TRANSPORTATION TO AMERICA
BLACK CAESAR - THE FIRST BUSHRANGER
DRY WHISKY TONGUE
EVERYTHING IS FIXED
I NEVER FOUND THOSE LIPS AGAIN
JELLY WITH MY CAKE
PIGTAILS IN GRAVY
RED VELVET CAKE
THE BALLAD OF THE GANGSTER PAUL KELLY
By Album
ST VALENTINE'S
DAY
LYNETTA
COCAINE LIL
ROCKS OF
BAWN
DRAGON LADY
DEATH OF BACH
IT WAS ONLY A DREAM
SMOKIN'
HILL OF DEATH
GIFT (FROM ONE IRAQI
CHILD)
SEPTEMBER 11th
MARCHING WITH MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR
FREE LOVE DAYS
JACK OF
DIAMONDS (JACK OF SPADES)
FLOWERS
SHE'S A WRITER
SIMPLER LIFE
SLEEP ON THE
FERRY BOAT
IN THE GARDEN
WITH MONET
GIRL IS BORN
IN BETHLEHEM
SAPPHO:
Fragment 64 (Evocation of Sappho)
CROP CIRCLES
IN MY MARIJUANA
MEMOIRS
OF A MOUTH ORGAN
UN HOMME
JALOUX (JEALOUS GUY)
FATHER
ODE TO DIANA
LICKITY
SPLIT
VAFACULO POLKA
STILLBORN
EDGE OF A MIRACLE
MILE'S DELIGHT
NUCLEAR JUNKMAN
BLACK
PEPPER WITH A HINT OF VIOLETS DifficultWomen
SLAVEWOMAN
WOMEN OF THE
CHAIN
VIVA LA VIDA
A QUE VER SALE
LULLABYE
FOR A BATTERED CHILD (Precious Darling)
SHADDAP
YOU FACE
STEAL
AWAY HOME (songs
co-written with Phil Motherwell)
The music in the play [Fitzroy Crossing] is by Joe Dolce, who’s a genius…
I’d bring him a bunch of lyrics and a day later, he’s have all these songs ready for me.
Phil Motherwell, playwright
DRAGON LADY
LICKITY
SPLIT
JACK OF
DIAMONDS (JACK OF SPADES)
FEELING WEARY
MORNING STAR
NOTHING WAS REVEALED
GIVE
BLACK JACK BLUES
WHO GOES THERE?
PUNDULUMURA
WHEN THE OLD
PEOPLE GO
ABORIGINAL/ABORIGINE
BLACK AND WHITE
PUNDULUMURA
Miscellaneous Recordings
TWELVE DAYS
OF CHRISTMAS (Italian Style)
PIZZA PIZZA
DID YOU GET STUPID
FROM BEING UGLY (Or Ugly From Being Stupid?)
INTIMACY
NOTHING WAS REVEALED
TONIGHT I AM NOT YOUR CHILD (I AM YOUR LOVER)
Librettos for Larger Works
JOAN ON FIRE
(Oratorio)
ECSTASY OF
NARCISSUS
PERFUME
FLOWER
Writtten and Unrecorded by Joe Dolce but Recorded by Other Artists
KING OF
HEARTS
MY HOME AINT
IN THE HALL OF FAME (aka HALL OF FAME)
ROLLING ALONG
UPSY DAISY
ATHENS COUNTY
ANGEL DOVE