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This Highway Is Stained Lyrics
There's a statue of a murderer in our city
Beneath the buildings on Hay Street
Even named the highway after this murderer
I sit in a pub where the students drink
And these cars drive along in the distance
I watch them hurry out of view
Whilst I sit here at this same pub just a little drunken
And wonder what the hell it is
That the horror and the stench of this crimson-lit highway
The crooked colour of these white washed walls
Strangers sat at the pub happily drinking
Don't seem to notice the stains on the floor
Don't seem to be bothered by the disonance
Of the smells of rot at times
Guess it's not so obvious when you find them in the graveyard
The Union Jack inspires the child
But this highway's stained
Yes this highway's stained (with blood)
[Instrumental]
Highway's stained
Yes this highway's stained
Yes this highway's stained
This highway's stained (with blood)
Beneath the buildings on Hay Street
Even named the highway after this murderer
I sit in a pub where the students drink
And these cars drive along in the distance
I watch them hurry out of view
Whilst I sit here at this same pub just a little drunken
And wonder what the hell it is
That the horror and the stench of this crimson-lit highway
The crooked colour of these white washed walls
Strangers sat at the pub happily drinking
Don't seem to notice the stains on the floor
Don't seem to be bothered by the disonance
Of the smells of rot at times
Guess it's not so obvious when you find them in the graveyard
The Union Jack inspires the child
But this highway's stained
Yes this highway's stained (with blood)
Yes this highway's stained
Yes this highway's stained
This highway's stained (with blood)
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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.