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standing outside northies screaming at the sky

trapped

the world is closing in on you

the stubby falls from your numb fingers

smashes on the tiles

powerful images of rick springfield and mel gibson strobe beneath your clenched eyelids

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woke up in a town
where the trains come to rest
last night was a nightmare
i put myself to the test
in the southern heart of sydney
i’m australia’s gun for hire
but i pick my weapons up
for the glory of the shire

baby put your hands in mine
baby put your hands in mine
baby put your hands in mine
put your hands in my hand baby, baby

the papers they lie through their teeth
they don’t want to tell the whole story
of how we fought for cronulla
til the blind hours of the morning
from sharkies up to northies
we spilled out into the sea
and walked as one human body
marched, hand in hand

baby put your hands in mine
baby put your hands in mine
baby put your hands in mine
put your hands in my hand baby, baby

i did what alan told me
i did what i thought was right
with my fists and a chunk of cinderblock
i carried on the fight
reeling in a drunken stupor
trying to fight my way out of my mind
where in a haze of racist paranoia
my demons and i reside

baby put your hands in mine
baby put your hands in mine
baby put your hands in mine
put your hands in my hand baby, baby

i towards one i hate
ready in my madness to knife him
i ascend from the moon
i ascend from the night
of the moon that descends
the sowing twilight

i did what i thought was right
hand in hand
i did what i thought was right
hand in hand

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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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