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Between the Ditches

from Prisoners of the Heart by Mark Lucas

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In '83, after returning from a stint working on a banana farm in FNQ, I landed a job at an oil refinery in Casula & learned about smoko & Kwiksnacks trucks etc.

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Cherry drove a Kwiksnacks truck by day
Serving hot meat pies to hungry eyes, for the minimum wage
She laughed at all their dirty jokes and dodged their roving hands
Then climbed back into her Ford, her own no-man’s land

There are no street signs
‘Tween rags and riches
And it’s a long road home
Between the ditches

Cherry worked the Kings Cross bars at night
Still catering to the little boys moods in the dim red light
She made the best of what she had, though you wouldn’t call it art
Said she kept a little back for self respect- you might call that street smart

There are no street signs etc..

Cherry put her money into arms
The arms of the man she loved but he loved more than her charms
She bought him all the need she had and he paid her back with pain
When he beat her with his hunger or lost her in his veins

There are no street signs etc..

Cherry finally wound up home in Lockhart
She always said she was a country girl at heart
But you won’t see her at the B&S because she could not beat the odds
Now she’s finally found some common ground at rest in the family plot.

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from Prisoners of the Heart, released January 22, 2019

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Mark Lucas Sydney, Australia

Australian roots music – it’s a sense of place. In singer-songwriter Mark Lucas' word picture world you’ll encounter ghosts of the past & yearning spirits of the present, making themselves known in a variety of familiar locales, together with a motley cast of misfits & dreamers who could fit in just about anywhere there’s people & stories to tell. ... more

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