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Life In A Northern Town

from The Lucky Country by Dave Wright & The Midnight Electric

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lyrics

Life In A Northern Town.

We got married straight out of school, I didn’t have much choice, I knew the rules,
That’s right, son, you gotta do what’s right.
So I got us a car and headed it north, chasing the sun and looking for work,
That’s right, I did what’s right.
So I settled us down in this mining town, now I spend all my days under the ground,
That’s right, I did what’s right.
And I come home at night so damn tired, and I don’t want to talk because all we do is fight,
That’s right, all we do is fight.

Such a lonely sound,
Breaking ground in this dirty old town.
But I will stick it out,
We’re going down, down.

So she’s sitting all alone, thinking all day and I want to be the one to tell her it’s ok,
But I can’t, no I can’t.
I watch a lot of people just throwing it down and I want to be a light in this lonely town
But I can’t, no I can’t.

Such a lonely sound,
Breaking ground in this dirty old town.
But I will stick it out,
We’re going down, down.

That’s life in a northern town.

I’m watching all the people pass my window, where do they come from, where do they go
I don’t know, I don’t know.
I spend all my time trying to get by, what do I do to keep life alive?
I don’t know, I don’t know.

Such a lonely sound,
Breaking ground in this dirty old town.
But I will stick it out,
We’re going down, down.

That’s life in a northern town.

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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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