1. |
Inequality Boulevard
04:33
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Daquan was just 12 yrs old
Feeling hungry, feeling’ bold
Took the biscuits off the shelf
Stuffed them in his pants
Not a penny to his name
And then the wrong arm of the law
Took him to a cell and a cold steel door
Well his mother was doing time
For a disturbance and unpaid fine
She was all alone
No partner and no home
Two children and a broken heart
How was she to ever make things fit
One day her mind just hit that switch
Down on Inequality Blvd
The doors are always open
Old school tie connections
Of privilege and direction
Real estate portfolios
The poor - fall through the cracks
Some have plenty while others have none
A will to work and to get thing s done
But when all is stacked against you
And the telco disconnects you
And you got nowhere else to turn
And your pensions put on hold
For an appointment you never know’d
He was made a ward of the state
For his mother it was just to late
But a mother’s love is true
She did all that she could do
Bide the time and dot the line
Without a frame how can you ever weave
A simple life that you can perceive
Down on Inequality Blvd
Talkin next vacation
Stock market fluctuation
Watchin sky television
Feelin justified
With Tax evasion
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2. |
Fear and Anxiety
04:48
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It moves like lightning- through every syllable
It falls like rain- on all our hopes and dreams
It weathers time- it’s always been there
Evolution doesn’t lose this thing- it just keeps on keeping on
It never lives in the now- but it’ll be there tomorrow
Every minute every hour- just ghosting your thoughts
Some people use it -as a tool
It can make things happen- nothin’ good ever comes of it
Fear----- and Anxiety
Fear --------
Fear----- and anxiety
Never treat it lightly
Try and find what lies at the source
It’s a driving force- of the stock market
Goes hand in hand- with money and greed
When the shit goes down – there’ll be wolves at the fair
Blue chips –no shit- a company don’t care
It can obscure – any sense of reason
When the truth is silenced- tyranny calls
Stalin and Mao- Bush and Blair
Spartans and Athenians- got cooked in the gear.
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3. |
Rage
04:12
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What do you think - what do you do
What do you say - when you don't really know
What do you feel- not sure if its real
Head in the sand- don't have a plan
Who do you want speakin for you
And do you think is speaking for them
A twist of the truth - a slight of hand
What you once thought - you don't understand
Is there anything left that you would rage to defend #2
You got a safe job – got a nice home
But the world you create- is only on loan
Scared to commit- feelin unsure
Lost in the small print- foot to the floor
Dig up the land- foul up the air
Terminal growth love affair
The world that you get – to the world you pass on
The land that sustains- theres no connection at all
Is there anything left you would rage to defend
A cry in the night - a prison off shore
you once had a heart but you don't anymore
A country divided wrong side of the law
And a patch of ground - do you belong anymore
Is there anything left that you would rage to defend #4
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4. |
Let The Anger Go
04:18
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I know your hurting -but you can't put it into
words
You've got a history-that keeps knockin
at your door
But nothing ever changes, when your
pushin’ against the grain
Don’t you walk away
Take all the love you can find
Reaching deeper into your mind
Let the anger go - just let the anger
go
To be the one you want to be
You gotta live in peace with yourself
Keep pushing away those feelings
That are getting you into strife
Neon city lights - back st alley ways
Deals that go astray - spending another day
Moving deeper into your pain
Let the anger go- Let the anger go
You keep fighting with the ones you love
Pushing them all away
Drinking like there’s no tomorrow
So you don’t have to face today
Don’t you walk away
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5. |
Euphoria
04:19
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Oh Oh Euphoria
Oh Oh Dysphoria
Oh Oh Euphoria are you real or a trick of the light
Oh Oh Dysphoria, a rabbit in the headlights
When the goal is scored on the siren call
When your lovers sighs in the heat of the night
When the true believers win the election
When the rapture comes and your sent to heaven
When you score a deal down at the 7-11
When the Pentecostals start speakin’ in tongues
Chorus
When your shares rocket and there’s money in the pocket
When the country burns out of those returns
And you find that the water around you is slowly rising
When a love, turns into a mania
When the Americans sell, subs to Australia
And the Lady Of The Harbour becomes the jilted lover
Chorus
If your wavin’ a flag or singin’ an anthem
When you find that the truth, Is being held for ransom
When the words and the music and symbols just don’t ring true
When your country is crying for the songs of the dreaming
Where a river and tree hold sacred meaning
Songs that spring from the very ground, you came from
Chorus
Instrumental
What are the forces that drive us to genocide
Greed and denial, the shadows that lurk inside
And the big wheels just keep turning everyday
Oh Oh Euphoria are you real or a trick of the light
Oh Oh Dysphoria, a rabbit in the head lights
Oh Oh Euphoria a head full of dopamine
Oh Oh Dysphoria, a head full of pestacides
Oh Oh Euphoria
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6. |
Golden Moon
04:17
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Hey Golden Moon, the further you rise
I can see you turning silver right before my eyes
Hey Golden Moon , don’t ya leave me behind
Can You give me a box of tricks
For my possible heart
Cause I’m running on empty
And I’m full of doubt
Give me a sign, so I can make up my mind
Where am I meant to be
Do I stay on this land, when I’m missing
The touch of your hand
Chorus
Now your shining your light and I’m in for the ride
Your pullin’ me in like a tide
Old Boab tree do I follow my dream
Or do I follow my heart
The Kimberley desert runs through my veins
The city no place for me
C’mon silvery moon your gonna be my ruin
There’ll be no turning back
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7. |
Paralysis Tango
03:25
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Somewhere beneath the surface
The feeling- is coming on so near
You can't run when your dreamin
But you sure as hell know the fear
And the wind it whispers to ya
Try e figure what it says
The arctic ice is slowly meting
And your heart is cold and dead
All the while the screen is laughing
A shrill of ignorance and hate
A lie is like a poison
When so many take the bait
Chorus
paralysis tango - you cannot- make a move
Although the sky is falling - theres nothing you
can do
There’s a pentacostal calling
From the capital high upon the hill
Nothing down hear is worth saving
And your buck stops at the till
All you love is slowly dying
Rivers are turning into dust
Coral gardens are graveyards
But lets not think about that
And as we all go on dreamin’
Of anywhere but where we are right now
Till the oceans are steamin
And we’ve set fire to the house
Chorus
paralysis tango - you cannot- make a move
BP, Woodside and Chevron
Have been screwing over you oooooo
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8. |
Nauru
04:20
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A living hell - a countries shame
Where a child is deliberately detained
A prison Island – you don’t need no crime
Just be running from a devastating war
A deafening silence – No words can leave
And a scream devoid of any hope
She said, give me to the sea
Let the waves roll over me
There ‘aint nothing here for me
No tomorrow
A currency of cruelty- votes to be bought
And the country sales on amongst the fear and winds of hatred
No rigour in thought – frail arguments
Are washed up in a sea of daily news and empty slogans
So my brother – open your eyes
To a child who’se deliberately detained endlessly
She said , give me to the sea
Let the waves take over me
There aint nothing here for me
She said give me to the sea
Let the waves wash over me
There aint nothing here for me
No tomorrow
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Dave Johnson Fremantle, Australia
Dave is a singer songwriter who has been performing throughout Australia and overseas for the last 20 years. He has performed at most major festivals around Australia and has been billed as one of the headline acts at both Port Fairy and Woodford festivals with his band THE FLING. He has toured extensively through Europe with fellow Australian singer songwriter CARUS. ... more
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