Marlborough Blues

from East of Eastlakes by The Southend Rainbows

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lyrics

put down the window and watch the sun
dropping out of the sky
community radio 104.1
too loud to hear the rattle of mum's hyundai
and i can't hear you scream about your favourite team
even though it might seem like i'm trying
but i know it's true that i'll listen to you
smoking marlborough blues under the floodlights

they don't sell marlborough blues anymore
unless you go the store on the corner of ross st
and i haven't been there since we stopped talking
but if you want to talk then i guess i'm happy to meet

we turned up 20 minutes late
even though going out was your idea
and i watch the icecubes in your chardonnay
as they grow further apart and disappear
and i'm clutching my beer, i don't know anyone here
and i'm starting to feel uninvited
but i know we'll leave soon and hell
i know you
at least i thought i did
'til the night

but your bed is a mattress on milk crates
and i can't say it felt great when you fell straight to sleep
i'll leave you the last of the pack
as i walk out the back and onto the street

love is steep
love is falling
from the street to below
love is steep
love is falling
from the street to below

credits

from East of Eastlakes, released April 1, 2021
thomas "tj" cheen - lead vocals
damien fitzsimmons - piano
chooka buckley - guitars, bass, backing vocals
hans "hands" hansen - saxophones, backing vocals

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deedee day - drums
the marshall - basso profundo
choger renard - energies

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The Southend Rainbows Brighton Le Sands, Australia

Australia’s first Communist band since Men At Work, the Southend Rainbows have taken the barren Urals of Australian music and reforested them into a blooming pleasure garden.

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