1. |
Bushfire
04:02
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2. |
Bass Strait City
02:52
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HERE WE ARE NOW IN BASS STRAIT CITY
HERE WE ARE NOW IN 2050
HERE WE ARE NOW IN BASS STRAIT CITY
HERE WE ARE NOW THE END OF THE WORLD
HOW DO YOU WANT IT TO BE
OUR ISLAND FOR US OR A PRIVATE COMPANY
THEY'RE DRILLING THE OIL ON THE FARMERS LAND
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS BETTER MAKE A STAND
SINGING HERE WE ARE NOW...etc
IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES WE FOUGHT FOR OUR PAY
TWENTY FIRST CENTURY HOWARD TOOK IT AWAY
NO CHEAP AIRLINES NO MORE MOTOR CARS
THE ANTARCTIC OIL ITS RUNNING OUT
HERE WE ARE NOW....
THE FRESH WATER ITS RUNNING OUT
WHAT'D WE DO TO DESERVE THIS DROUGHT
THE FRESH WATER IS RUNNING OUT
WHAT 'D WE DO TO CAUSE THIS DROUGHT
HERE WE ARE NOW...
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3. |
Fisher Widows
03:27
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Pushing fifties and pushing twenty cent pieces into the phone
Wanna tell you that I love you i love the kids but I’m
Five hundred miles from home
Got dolphins squeaking through the hull
Oil platforms and the
Seals sunbake on the kelp
Metal deck is heaving
Night time confused sea
Out here on Bass Strait
I’m Stuck out here behind this rock
Waiting for the wind to stop
His blow
Didn’t want you to be
One of the
Fisherwidows
Got a wave down my neck
Wet salt in the boots
Full load steaming for Lakes.
Trawling the sea bottom
For what life it contains
Blue rings flatheads scallops
A Hundred horsepowers throbbing
The radar beeping
When we ever gonna sleep
On the dock unload
A punch is thrown
Let’s head to the Central for a drink
CHORUS
You say you
Are getting
Used to me
Not being round
And you ask
Where were you?
Hey.
Where were you?
I was Stuck......
CHORUS
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4. |
Power of the Sea
05:03
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WAS FOUR OF US
A SMUGGLING SAILING YACHT
FIFTY GRAND TO DO THE TRIP
I WAS IN I WAS IN
FROM AFRICA CAME THE SUPPLY
T’WAS NIGHT TIME WHEN
A FISHING BOAT
DID GLIDE UP TO OUR SIDE
PASSED THE CARGO IN A SILK BLACK SEA
WE WAS AWAY WAS WE
BATTLING GALES WE MADE IT TO
DELIVERY COORDINATES OFF EIRE
BUT NO PICK UP CREW
AT RENDEVOUS
SO WE CIRCLES OUT TO SEA
THE MAFIA SOOK THAT CONTROLLED THE LOAD
WAS FREAKING AND WETTING HIS PANTS THE TOAD
FIGHTING AND BITCHING SO WAS WE
RUNNING OUT OF WATER AND TAKING ON SEA
I’M RISKING LIFE AND LIMB FOR A TON OF HASH
GOT PLANS FOR MY MONEY BUT I’VE DONE MY DASH
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE SEA
SHE’LL TEACH YOU A LESSON BOTH YOU AND ME
SO OUT TO THE OPEN SEA WE GOES
THE ATLANTIC GALE OH HO SO SHE BLOWS
THE THIRD DAY TOO NO RENDEVOUS
WE WAS ON THE RADIO
FINALLY THEY ANSWER CHANNEL THIRTY TWO
WHERE THE FOOKING BLAZES HAVE YA BEEN
SORRY CHAPS WE HAD A BIT OF STRESS
SO LETS MEET SET YOUR GPS
THROUGH THE FOG AND MIST WE GOES
TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE SCARPA FLOW
AS BIG AS A CLIFF
A FREAKING BATTLESHIP
THE ROYAL NAVY OH SHIT OH SHIT
CHORUS
WE TURNS ABOUT
WITH THE ENGINES ON FULL
LETS OPEN THE SEA COCKS WE’RE DOWN BELOW
THE ZODIAC TROOPERS GIVE US A GO
COME SAMASAULTING OVER THE RAILS
TOOT TOOT TOOT
FIRES THE MACHINE PISTOLS
OUT ON DECK NOW HANDS IN THE AIR
I’M LYING FACE DOWN IN THE FREEZING SPRAY
AND ON THE QUICK CUFFS GO
AND THE WIND SHE BLOWS
BLOW MY DREAMS AWAY
AND OUT TO SEA
ACROSS THE WHITE CAPPED WAVES
THE ATLANTIC SPRAY
I PLEAD GUILTY
TEN YEARS THEY SENTENCED ME
I GOT OUT WITH GOOD BEHAVIOUR IN THREE
I’M WALKING THROUGH DUBLIN
ON WEEKEND RELIEF
WHEN I MEETS A LASSIE JUST LIVING ON THE STREET
HAPPY END TO MY STORY
I’M PLEASED TO ENTREAT
WE FELL IN LOVE AND IT WAS SWEET
BUT I STILL REMEMBER THAT HORRIBLE TRIP
KEEPING MY HEAD DOWN
STAYING CLEAN
DON’T YOU UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE SEA
SHE’LL TEACH YOU A LESSON YEAH YOU AND ME
CHORUS
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James Brook
James Brook plays an alt folk/ folk punk style. Since the 90's he has combined activism and music, travelling the world and releasing multiple albums about his experiences. he has fronted bands Ecowar, Boarding Party and Skreechtramps as well as his solo work. ... more
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