| Jack Davies and the Bush Chooks – This Highway Is Stained Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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The Stirling Highway, linking Jack Davies' home town of Walyalup (Fremantle) with Boorloo (Perth), is the subject of this song. It is named after Sir James Stirling, who as Governor in 1834 led a detachment of soldiers, police and settlers in an attack against defenseless Binjareb people in what is now known as the Pinjarra Massacre. |
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| Jack Davies and the Bush Chooks – Penguin Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| A middle-aged person ("the glistening mid-life") is sad ("To dry my tears") at being suddenly & unexpectedly alone in life again ("I'm all alone, I'm all alone again"), and comes to terms with their sorrow through an escape to nature, and without resorting to alcohol ("My sober face suddenly comes staring back") or self-blame ("Tonight I've decided to treat myself right"). | |
| Blind Pilot – Oviedo Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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Such a magical song. Can't believe I only recently found it. I think this is about young adventure & the magic of travel to a foreign culture, but also of the risks. The lure of fast love, new experiences, all swirling around in crazy mayhem. And then being taken advantage of, let down, disappointed. Having to look back with nostalgia and regret at one's young naivete. Two minor but fairly obvious corrections to the lyrics, I think: 1. "But if you wanted to test that out, well, yeah, I guess, you could've said" 2. "Through every shade of brown and green" |
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