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December 1981. Exams were over, so I had a lot of free time on my hands. I juggled my job at the abattoir and the pile of books I’d found at the garage sale when Carl Jaspers died a few months earlier. Among other things I bought were a ’57 squier strat which lay under my bed until I heard Chonga bashing the drums through my bedroom wall. We started talking and pretty soon were writing songs and rehearsing in the car hold of the Queenslander on Stott Street. I’d just saved up enough to buy a panelbeater second hand, and we used to cart the gear around Lismore playing weddings, parties, anything. “Nut it Out” was recorded just after Christmas; I was on the ropes with Michelle and almost ready to hotfoot down to Sydney. When the stations got hold of the track we started to get a little notice. The boys were keen as I to get out of Lismore after the Staffy farm went under. We took the van down the coastal route and found ourselves without a clue on the mean streets of Tempe.

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have you forgotten when we took the blanket down to double bay
kris and johnny had called to tell us that they were getting engaged
and i looked in your eyes to find you staring back into my face
but then the winds of fate
soaked our dreams in local chardonnay

do you remember going to down to leichardt every friday night
to watch the boys and let the kids run feral underneath bright lights
back then it felt as if we were playing for the winning side
but even better teams can crack under the weight of little lies

(chorus)
we can work it out
we can nut it out x2

i remember the last time that i thought we might be okay
sat outside the oval watching boats and talking about the game
i was a younger man still hungry for the series and for change
but ive grown up since then and all i want is for things to stay the same

(chorus)

is there a better way to say that i’m not ready for the end
than standing underneath your window with my pockets full of sand
we can beat this thing into shape just like the bonnet of my van
we can even nut it out tonight, or leave here just as friends

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from All Tip, No Iceberg, released October 8, 2014

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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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