Writing

[sharplittleteeth]

Still haven't got my soundcard working. Writing lyrics instead. This one slots over a dubby/PWEI groove.

good neighbours

seven days on an overcrowded boat
every day we say a prayer this wreck will stay afloat
dysentery and misery and blisters on our skin
and every day we say a prayer some one will take us in
but we’re greeted with open arms and razor-wire fences
battleships and politics and national pretences
ostracized and demonized and hidden out of view
throw another victim on the barbeque

neighbours
everybody needs good neighbours
to be there as our saviours
that’s when good neighbours become good friends

defending family values with an armed guard on the beach
and concentration camps for kids who make it through the breach
conventions on refugees signed and thrown away
no one tells australians how they should behave
we love a racist country, a land of sweeping plains
and lies of children overboard for governmental gains
we love her far horizons, we love her jewel seas,
her beauty, and her terror and her fear of refugees

neighbours
everybody needs good neighbours
to be there as our saviours
that’s when good neighbours become good friends


(Hm. Probably needs a third verse.)

Comments

[andricongirl.livejournal.com]

nice to see you've been a good little housewife today ;p