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The Place Beyond the Pynes

from East of Eastlakes by The Southend Rainbows

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lyrics

was it herod or agrippa
who carpe'd the first diem?
are we living in a nation
or the walls of a museum
those pissants murdered murdoch
and they packed it in for packer
and the band around my country's arm
is getting tighter, getting blacker
but this one wouldn't take it
i won't sit down any longer
justice is a contest
it always serves the stronger
i'll mind my Ps on Q and A
and across the 14 stations
i might never conquer carthage
but i'll conquer education

i never quite grew into my suit and tie
the red white and blue is flying and i
i've got a vision and a plan
i'm a well-connected man
when they finally understand
before we slip into the sand
they'll put up statues in the park
where me and caz, we used to walk
and when the day is finally mine
they'll call this the place beyond the pynes

there's no two ways around it
i'm from a finer stock
the kind that built this country
my roots are set in solid rock
you can ask the madame speaker
i've never had the punt
while the members standing opposite
they aren't fit to call them "grubs"
i'll take the bolder measures
to keep the country floating
they won't pay for education
so they're free to keep free-loading

you'll get no blood from this old stone
i'll fill the coffers of the banks with student loans
we'll give those working kids a chance
for their supply to meet our demand
pay the toll or get in line
for the place beyond the pynes

they say that contacts beget contracts
and hell, i've had a few of each
through the years the offers trickled down
a chance to practice what i've preached
and as i sink beneath the waves of change
i set my course without repentance
politics may be a discipline
but it's never a life sentence

you couldn't kill me with the sharpest axe
they read out my rites but i kept coming back
there's no getting rid of me (i'm the fixer)
i'm the end of history (i'm the fixer)
i'm the barker of the bight (i'm the fixer)
adelaide's homegrown antichrist (i'm the fixer)
the prow has now become the stern (i'm the fixer)
i'm fiddling while my country burns (i'm the fixer)
so let the message ring through time
there's no place beyond the pynes

credits

from East of Eastlakes, released April 1, 2021
chooka buckley - lead vocals, guitars, accordion, drums, programming
thomas "tj" cheen - backing vocals
damien fitzsimmons - piano, synths
hans "hands" hansen - akai electronic wind instrument

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choger renard, deedee day, 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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