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lyrics

Blacktown

I was raging like a tornado, storming out of control,
Waiting for that twister to come along and tear down everything I know.
I was howling like a hurricane, four sheets to the wind,
With banished thoughts and memories blowing back in again.

And there you were.

I was bitter like a lemon left to perish on the vine,
Fun was just a stranger I passed from time to time.
I spent years in the desert, plagued by dust and flies,
While vultures circled overhead, waiting for me to die.

And there you were,
There you were.

You were the sunshine; you chased those storms away,
You took my heart in your hands and you made it beat again.
And there are no dark clouds on my horizon now,
Just a wide-open road leading out of Blacktown.

I was shady like a politician, lyin’ through my teeth,
Wondering how the hell this hole I’d dug had got so deep.
I was a diesel trucker, hurtling down the road,
With four flat tyres and no ropes left to tie down my load,

And there you were,
There you were.

You were the sunshine; you chased those storms away,
You took my heart in your hands and you made it beat again.
And there are no dark clouds on my horizon now,
Just a wide-open road leading out of Blacktown.

When I fall I fall hard, I fall straight down.
When I fall I fall hard, I fall straight down,
And there you were.

I was hurting like a fighter, hanging from the ropes,
My title chances fading with every body blow.
I was helpless as a baby, left on a doorstep,
With the cold and darkness bearing down take pity on me, yeah,

And there you were,
There you were.

You were the sunshine; you chased those storms away,
You took my heart in your hands and you made it beat again.
And there are no dark clouds on my horizon now,
Just a wide-open road leading out of Blacktown.

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from The Lucky Country, released November 1, 2014

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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

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