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lyrics

The Spitting Image

Your father was a two pack a day man, he was a heart attack waiting to happen.
Your brother was sent off to Vietnam, six months they shipped him home in a bag,
And none of this seemed to touch you,
None of this seemed to matter at all.
Your mama was so close to you, everyone said the spitting image of you,
When your daddy died they found her one night dressed to the nines hanging from that porch light,
And none of this seemed to touch you,
None of this seemed to matter at all.

Everyone was surprised when you decided to stay they thought you’d pack up that house and move away,
But you stayed and you worked your daddy’s garage, your sleeves rolled up, fixing up cars,
And none of this seemed to touch you,
None of this seemed to matter at all.
I met you in June, nineteen seventy four, we started to date but I wanted more,
So Christmas time, nineteen seventy five, I asked you to be my bride,
And none of this seemed to touch you,
None of this seemed to matter at all.

I heard you packed up that house and moved away, living by yourself down on Separation Bay,
One night you took out that Shelby sixty-five, the cops thought you just wanted to go for a ride,
But I know better, you didn’t make a mistake,
When you drove that car off that cliff face,
And I wonder what touched you,
I wonder what mattered at all
And I wonder what touched you,
I wonder what mattered at all

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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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