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It's never Halloween in Snowtown


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Bit of a dark song based on dark subject matter.Can't say I love it but at least I finished it.Cheers

 

 

its never Halloween in Snowtown

plain wrapped darkness all the time

there’s a barrel with your name on

and a bank vault full of crying

 

wasteland, waste not,

red rain, cold shot

 

smells like voodoo out on main street

bad ju-ju rolling down the drain

Big Wolf wants to kick some doors in

Shark is on the prowl again

 

All around the kitchen courtroom

Revenge is bragged and tagged and stained

on the fingers of the players

With their skin pressed in the game

 

and talk is cheap between

the wheatbelt and the wire

suburbs sliding off the map

sleep now kid tomorrow’s

coming quickly

clear those bottles off of mummy’s lap

 

You play nature I’ll raise you nuture

You throw down evil I’ll raise you good

Can I see the deck your holding

Was it marked since childhood?

 

Bad seeds plant deep

We sow, they creep

 

Dia de los meurtos

Doesn’t translate all too well

No carnival in Snowtown

Just bog ordinary hell

 

Waste land, waste not

Red rain, cold shot

 

Never Halloween in Snowtown

Plain wrapped darkness evermore

And somewhere too far in the distance

Some creator’s keeping score

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Yikes FB! Sterling effort on such a subject. Can't say that I love it but I'd say this proves that

you're the real deal when it comes to being a song writer.

For our non Oz members Snowtown is infamous

for several bodies found in barrels in an old bank vault

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Thanks boys.Was a strange subject.Not sure how I started writing that one.I really only put it on youtube cause my daughter passed through there on a road trip to Coober Pedy on the weekend...so i uploaded it for her to see.Probably could have been left in the drawer....bit too much of a downer.

EA I knew you were an Adelaide lad but didn't realise you were not far from those goings on!

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Thanks boys.Was a strange subject.Not sure how I started writing that one.I really only put it on youtube cause my daughter passed through there on a road trip to Coober Pedy on the weekend...so i uploaded it for her to see.Probably could have been left in the drawer....bit too much of a downer.

EA I knew you were an Adelaide lad but didn't realise you were not far from those goings on!

 

About 2.5km away .. !

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Cheers KB, thanks for listening.

And Mojo appreciate your erudite observation.I knew a man who lives his life as a deep dark metaphor would have no trouble spotting that one [biggrin]

-at least you didn't call me a joker!

 

Having now read up on the background to this song, I can see why you might avoid reference to spades at this point. Not exactly Neighbours or Home and Away.

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Cheers KB, thanks for listening.

And Mojo appreciate your erudite observation.I knew a man who lives his life as a deep dark metaphor would have no trouble spotting that one [biggrin]

-at least you didn't call me a joker!

 

Having now read up on the background to this song, I can see why you might avoid reference to spades at this point. Not exactly Neighbours or Home and Away.

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