We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Avenues Of Honour (Featuring Mick Thomas)

from HWY by Dave Wright & The Midnight Electric

/

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited to 150 copies worldwide. Includes download card.

    Includes unlimited streaming of HWY via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days
    edition of 150 

      $30 AUD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Includes unlimited streaming of HWY via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days

      $20 AUD or more 

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited Edition copy of HWY on 180 gram Headlight Yellow Vinyl plus the DWME Car Tee.

    Includes unlimited streaming of HWY via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days
    edition of 150 

      $50 AUD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Copy of HWY on CD plus DWME HWY Car Tee

    Includes unlimited streaming of HWY via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days

      $35 AUD or more 

     

lyrics

Avenues Of Honour
Lyrics and Music by Dave Wright
©2016

I walk alone in the darkness, pale moon through the trees,
Avenues of Honour bring me to my knees.
I was once a young man, bold and brave and strong
I heard the call to duty to right all that was wrong.
They sent us to Gallipoli, to Gaza and The Front,
And as our boys were butchered they simply sent another one.
When the War was over, those that lived returned
And another battle started to remember what they fought for.

So they planted all these trees to honour those that fell,
The pride of a nation torn apart by bullet, gas, and shell.
They were our mates, our fathers and our sons,
Men who lived and men who died, their memories linger on.

A soldier settlement block, twenty acres wide,
I cleared the land and made a home, payment for sacrifice.
I met me a fine girl, we were wed and had two boys,
But our peaceful lives were shattered as war clouds gathered in the North.

So they planted all these trees to honour those that fell,
The pride of a nation torn apart by bullet, gas, and shell.
When you drive through my town and marvel at the trees,
The sun going down setting fire to the leaves.

Our boys went and they did their bit but neither made it home,
Mary died of a broken heart and I was left alone.
Now the trees have shed their leaves, winter’s drawing nigh,
Accusatory fingers reaching for the sky.

So they planted all these trees to honour those that fell,
The pride of a nation torn apart by bullet, gas, and shell.
They were our mates, our fathers and our sons,
Men who lived and men who died, their memories linger on.
So when you drive through my town and marvel at the trees,
The sun going down setting fire to the leaves,
Ask yourself one question; has anything really changed,
Our boys still die on foreign soils, our trees stand proud in shame.

So when you drive through my town and marvel at the trees,
The sun going down setting fire to the leaves,
Ask yourself one question; has anything really changed,
Our boys still die on foreign soils, our trees stand proud in shame.

credits

from HWY, released April 20, 2017
Dave Wright- Vocals, Gibson J45, Martin D35.
Robert Barber- Fender Telecaster.
Tim Cavanagh- Bass, Backing Vocals.
Neil Salmon- Yamaha Studio Pro Drumset, Percussion, Military Snare.
Daryl Johnson- Piano, Hammond Organ. John Bryant- The Trombone.
Anthony Foon- The Trumpet. Mick Thomas- Mandolin, Bouzouki, Harmony Vocal
Mark Wallace- Accordion, Harmony Vocal. Mike Burke- Pedal Steel.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Dave Wright & The Midnight Electric image

Dave Wright & The Midnight Electric Melbourne, Australia

Singer/songwriter/bandleader Dave Wright is after one thing: A perfect 4-minute pop song.
When he puts pen to paper and pick to guitar strings, however, the Melburnian-by-way-of-Colac knocks out epics and ravers and boozers about girls, cars, Australia, mariticide, Diggers, truckers, sadness, sickness, drunks, heartbroken mothers, angry fathers, desperate sons … and death. Lots of death. ... more

contact / help

Contact Dave Wright & The Midnight Electric

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Dave Wright & The Midnight Electric, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now