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Hands On Me
05:05
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let me tell you a story
you don't really want to know
these prison walls are cold & grey
it's to the hangman i must go
i curse this day, i curse this age
i curse this very century
darkness creeping everywhere
now it's got its hands on me
i met a man, i loved his wife
i killed that man, i took his life
i was quick, i left that town
but the lawman came & tracked me down
i rode that mare through sleet & mud
now i'll pay with my blood
i was once young & free
now the law's got its hands on me
i guess there must be a moon outside
shining down on good folk's fears
but i don't need it anymore
i say goodbye to bad ideas
somewhere outside this prison cell
i hear a strange melody
i never heard before
now it's got its hands on me
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2. |
Redskins Revenge
04:20
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(instrumental)
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3. |
Premonition
03:49
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living in the sun, smell & you will find
two legs in front & two behind
breathing through the nose
it’s just a crust of bread you’re crawling over
a perfect evening that’s grey & green
(the colour of gloat) it knows it is
so fabulous, it looks like
a boat i want to get in
i want to get in
the waiters watch the boulevard
from every window ledge of the hotel
cos men cost money
now in her prime she wanders by
a hooded sack, a chin & nose
head bowed & hobbling to
wherever it is she goes after curfew
on the steps to the underground
the new sub-human choir
so cool they’re animals
how fascinating
i want to get in
standing on the corner at the station
five buskers singing like angels
& i want to…
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4. |
Hone Heke
02:24
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(instrumental)
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5. |
Whistling Days
05:56
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in these fields one hundred days
walking the death walk
waiting for those eyes of blue
& if they were green they would do
& if they were red they would do
& if they were grey they will do
& if they are blue i will never miss you
a thousand white folks' pity
hanging in trees
yellow flowers cover me
& hide me in your cellar
dress me in your colours
take away their guns
so they're not pointing at me
curse the dogs that come around
you call this winning?
shattered sons, who will bury you?
& if they were green they would do
& if they were red they would do
& if they were grey they will do
& if they are blue i will never miss you
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Rosie's Song
01:55
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in rosie’s song
the shutter clicks
as least i think it does
the words were so
like cleverese
someone had to dumb them up
e.g. like a bird of the air
a flower in a field
if she were dressed like one of these
or she must have died
when she was young
now she’s just a memory
now who can tell
where rosie’s gone?
she was here, then she left
you never know
there maybe a
method to her madness yet
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Not The Merkins New Zealand
Not The Merkins are Rewi McLay (slide, el. guitar, vocals), Dorland Bray (el. guitar, banjo, vocals), Joss Colling (bass,
vocals),Tim Heraud (vocals, ac. guitar), & Kerry Fraser (drums, vocals).
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