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I Heard Sally Singing. 28/3/20
I Heard Sally Singing on a long gone Friday night
For an hour and a quarter then the world was put to right
There was no piper to be paid there were no tributes left to bring
We were standing in the shadows when we heard Sally sing
(Chorus)
Long ago and far away
Where we are bound it’s hard to say
Far away and long ago
So long ago
So long ago
I Heard Sally Singing I heard Sally laugh
Down on the 86 a wounded city’s autograph
And it never felt momentous but we sensed something wrong
There was something in the air that night when we heard Sally’s song
(Chorus)
I heard that woman singing it sounded sweet and low
Was it the last hurrah my friend then how were we to know
When we heard Sally singing a solo built for two
In retrospect then every single word she sang rang true
She sang of rivers she sang of trains
And we may never meet again
And what it is, is what it is
Is what it is, is what it is
(Chorus)
Far away and long ago
So long ago
So long ago
And what it is, is what it is, And what it is, is what it is…)
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At the Corner
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At the Corner
Heard Rebecca Barnard playing Boots of Spanish Leather
Heard The Fish John West Reject down there when they were still together
We were booked to play Grand Final night we thought we had it made
Until they took that cup and sent it off to Adelaide
(Chorus)
At the, in the, down the, round the
Meet you at the corner
By the, near the, on the, in the
Meet you at the Corner
Meet you at the Corner
Meet you at the Corner
Never saved the ticket stub I don’t have any proof
Of the night that Teenage Fan Club nearly lifted off the roof
But if I had a buck for every show I’d seen or played
I’d trade it for that cup that we sent off to Adelaide
Here’s an observation you might find tricky to believe
It’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
Than get a cab on Swan St
On NewYear’s Eve
Before the show gets started I could meet you on the sly
And we can sit up on the roof and watch the trains go by
And talk of all the shows we’ve seen such stories we might trade
Like they night they stole the cup and took it back to Adelaide
Those feckless fucking bastards took that cup to Adelaide
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Mick Thomas Melbourne, Australia
“Mick Thomas has some secret magic to his writing… he surely can write great songs that make you say “Why didn’t I think of
that?” He writes about mates, ratbags, races, places, weddings, parties, funny stuff – anything – but they are really good stories and great songs.
Mick Thomas and his bands, notably ‘The Weddos’ or ‘The Sure Thing’ or MT himself are all something to behold
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