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i noticed that she’d thrown out the postcard
the one printed with the same four words she’d held to my blackmail
a kind of ransom note: “wish you were here”

it was a long way to come over from toronto
and the closer we got, the more i thought that
maybe we weren’t so close after all

you say i’m tactless / i’m not the one that’s picking a fight
at stanmore maccas / as old parramatta rd throws
effusions skywards / streetlights scream like ibises
on the bankstown line / i remember waving goodbye to the train
i remember waving goodbye to the train
i remember waving goodbye to the train
i remember waving goodbye to the train

the blue and the grey on the edge of your canvas, dear
i remember we were here, not too long ago
everything points like receipts for your materials
back to a shared meal when we weren’t doing too well

i just can’t kick it / the cold in the living room’s so…
i bought this ticket / it’s not the same as going home
but mountains are mountains / so take a weekend on your own
and yeah, i’m hurting / but i’m waving goodbye to the train
i remember waving goodbye to the train
i remember waving goodbye to the train
i remember waving goodbye to the train

i know that you’ll find this
because i’ve put it between the pages of your copy of les fleurs du mal
i can tell what that book means to you
from just how beaten up and dogeared it is
maybe you think of me that way
warm, used up, weathered by misery and mildew
but no matter how many times we close the book
i know that we’ll leave a corner folded on the page we left off

i hope when you get back we’ll open the cover and find our place again
with spleen and ideals,
TJ

credits

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

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deedee day - drums
damien fitzsimmons, choger renard, the marshall - 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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