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Lockdown
03:02
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She’s in isolation
Government is paying
She's sipping her shiraz from a cask
Netflix / could be more exciting
With / slightly better writing
But it’s improving with every empty glass
She's on...
Lockdown
Fifty weeks to go
He’s in solitary
It’s getting very scary
The countless days he's gone without a shower
Although the world’s gone crazy
It still is quite amazing
How many bags of chips he can devour
He's on...
Lockdown
Fifty weeks to go
Gardening, Knitting
Taking up the banjo
Sweeping the already swept floor
Fooding, Boozing
Our sanity, we're losing
Losing it, a little bit more
A little more
We're in
Lockdown
Fifty weeks to go
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Hotel Quarantine
02:44
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Have you been In Hotel Quarantine
It's not a place that you want to be seen
Gloves on the carpet
Guards snoring loudly in the hall
If you've seen inside Hotel Quarantine
You've seen it all
Hey, ho, Hotel Quarantine
14 days in here
Makes me want to scream
Hey, ho, Hotel Quarantine
Hey ho, Hotel Quarantine
It's not very clean, in Hotel Quarantine
I made a dirty deal, if you know what I mean
Asked a guard if she wanted
to take me for a ride
If she was keen
In Hotel Quarantine
I'd trade her for some iso days outside
She threw off his/her belt and uniform
Undies, gloves and PPE
She broke every regulation
With the unhygienic things she did with me
I got upgraded to the penthouse
I spent 6 hours outside every day
But I think I mighta given him/her something
Cause since that day, COVID's really got away, hey?
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Time Time Time
02:55
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I woke up this morning
Had everything all planned
I knew I had to tidy up,
cause my mamma was due to land
Time time time It’s chasing me
Better get a movin movin movin on the count of 3
Time time time it’s chasing me
better get a movin movin movin before it catches me
I’ve got a mop and bucket
And some disinfectant too.
The phone keeps ringing
Mamma's gonna be here soon.
I'll sweep away my stress
When I hide all the mess
I'm not cleaning up today
Bring a broom round mamma,
Do you wanna get paid?
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Growing Food is Hard
02:59
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We’re apocalypse-ready
Fridge is stocked, pantry full of tins
There’s only one thing missing
That very soon may do us in
We got matches, wood, Nigella
Salt and pepper too
But we’ll still end up starving
If we can’t grow any food
Growing food is hard
Growing food is hard
It hurts to see the deathly naked
Dirt in our backyard
We try and try
But plants just die
It’s tearing us apart
Growing food is hard
Growing food is hard
We’re crying tears at Costa
His garden show this week is on a farm
5th generation growers
Chest hair and mighty rippling arms
They grow herbs as tall as houses
They pick veggies by the tonne
We watch and learn, but still have no
Idea how this is done
At the nursery, when we come by
The plants all whisper, point and hide
Reputation follows us around
We always do our very best
But incompetence, and weeds and pests
Grind our little plants into the ground
credits
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Howard Springs
03:51
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H4 2B
It's not a pencil
It's the little cell we're in
We're in quarantine
In Howard Springs, NT
Days end with crimson sunsets
Birds call all around
Police up here are so polite
They practically apologise
As they disperse the crowd
In Howard Springs,
Howard Springs NT
We'll play music every night
It's relatively free
But you gotta keep on walking round
Don't stop, or the cops will shut us down again
It's a covid thing, you'll see
In Howard Springs, NT
700 neighbours
Jog up the stony path, some do stretches on the deck
They're nice as nice can be
In Howard Springs, NT
Children draw in chalk on concrete
Flowers and hopscotch
Crossed out numbers counting down the days
Someone's built a wall of juice boxes
They come with every meal
Of soggy veggies mashed in foil trays
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Finally, you and me, standing here
It's been an unprecedented year
Shut the door, draw the blinds so they can't see
That you're not social distancing from me
Let me take off your mask
How long I've dreamed of kissing you
Let me take off your mask
Whatever you've got, I want it too
My heart is beating so fast
And now you're with me at last
Let me take off your mask
That Tuesday, you waved at me on Zoom
I prayed one day we'd be in the same room
Now both our summer jobs have fallen through
But I know what we're supposed to do
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Generation covid
That's what they'll call us
I've been safe and sensible
But you make me dangerous
Fumbling at your straps
Untying the knot
Each breath is uncertain
But I'm sure about you
You're the only future I've got
credits
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Everything is Cancelled
03:19
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Stuck in this dusty hotel room
Waiting for the gig
The call just came through
This call is big
Everything is Cancelled
Everything is Cancelled
Everything is Cancelled
No singing or dancing
No flights back home
This lockdown's got me
I'm stuck here on my own
Everything is Cancelled
Everything is Cancelled
Everything is Cancelled
So Happy Birthday little man
Blowing out candles through a screen
I'm doing all that I can
Your smile is the greatest smile that I've ever seen...
Everything is Cancelled
Everything is Cancelled
Everything is Cancelled
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Gold Standard
03:01
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Gold standard
Checking every place
Was the removalist breathing on your pillowcase?
Gold standard
Found the body of his mum
Now they're sealing off the house with the yellow tape
We let it run
At what cost
Spraying down the tables
Late, it's too late
We have lost
Wasn't meant to go like this
Gold standard
Didn't go the way we planned it
Gold standard
Didn't go the way we planned it to
Gold standard
Media hyenas
With their masks, microphones and booby traps
Gold standard
Sleepless and composed
But I'm making it up as I go
Common sense
Isn't common
Confidence sneezes in your face,
You do what it takes, free the horse and shut the gates
I'm gonna start making
Smarter mistakes
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Waiting at the Top
02:48
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On my way
To Hobart, via Darwin
Waiting at the top
To get to the bottom
Dad's not well
Anyone who asks
That's what I tell them
It's short, polite, wrapped in cotton
Waiting at the top
To get to the bottom
He has up days
When the nicer drugs kick in
Waiting at the top
To get to the bottom
Little pills of Endone, Deximethasone
He's 21 till they wear off
Then he's tired, sick and rotten
Waiting at the top
To get to the bottom
Charming all the Burnie nurses
Talking 'bout his 20 year plans
But the doctor talks in weeks
And I'm stuck at the top
While he's headed for the bottom
Some things are out of our hands
Dad's a dreamer
And he's filled my head with dreams
Waiting at the top
To get to the bottom
He's filled canvasses with paint
Cassette tapes with music
Endless cryptic texts
And in the op shop in the sky
He'll never be forgotten
Waiting at the top
I'll be looking up to him
From the bottom
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Covid Christmas
02:46
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Have a merry COVID Christmas
Santa Claus is masking up
Scans for signs of the disease
Throws kids back before they sneeze
Have a merry COVID Christmas
Run from carollers when they near
Fa la las will knock you dead with their
infectious droplet spread
Let us toast
With cheap champagne
Our piggy
bank is empty
I lost my job, My cafe closed
We both got swab-raped up the nose
But I suppose we lived through 2020
Have a merry COVID Christmas
Wash your hands and social distance
At least it's not a glitchy video call, hallelujah
I’m wishin for a fairly merry
COVID
Christmas
to all
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Sarah & Silas Melbourne, Australia
Sarah & Silas
Festival sweethearts Sarah & Silas play world-folk music. Their love, skill and
connection shine through exciting dualling fiddles and catchy original songs & tunes. As seen in The Royal High Jinx and The Bushwackers, don't miss their duo debut at a festival near you!
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