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From my 2001 Laughing Outlaw Records release, "The Ghost of Lost Creek Road" this meditation on domestic violence became somewhat more poignant late last year with the sentencing of the Family Court bomber to which event the "blood on the courthouse steps" refers.

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THE SUNDAY PAPERS BLOW LIKE TUMBLEWEEDS ACROSS TAYLOR SQUARE
THE WIND SHIFTS AND THE AUTUMN LEAVES TURN THE CLOUR OF HER HAIR
SHE BIDES HER TIME AS A PIGEON FLIES ADDING WINGS TO HER DISGUISE
IN DREAMS OF THIS HER EYES MAY MIST BUT SHE’S NOTHING LEFT TO CRY

LEAN ON ME HE WHISPERED SOFTLY TO HER
WE’LL BE FREE I NEED YOU BABY NOW
JUST YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD
LEAN ON ME

A CHINA CUP LIES BROKEN UPON THE KITCHEN FLOOR
SHARDS OF INNOCENCE AGAINST REFLECTIONS OF COLD WAR
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT’S THE WAY IT GOES WHEN LOVE HEADS FOR THE DOOR
ALONE TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN WHERE SILENCE LIKE A CHASM YAWNS

LEAN ON ME ETC

LOST IN THAT MOMENT WHERE THE PAST IS JUST A DREAM
YOU FEEL LIKE PRISONERS NOW WHERE ONCE LOVE SET YOU FREE

READ IT IN THE TABLOIDS AND IT’S ON THE DAILY NEWS
BLOOD ON THE COURTHOUSE STEPS TEARS ON THE FACE OF THE MOON
NOW IT ALL COMES DOWN TO LEGALITIES NOT THE CURRENCY OF LOVE
WHEN TO GIVE A LITTLE HEART WOULD BE A BETTER WAY BY FAR

LEAN ON ME ETC

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from Dead Setters Alive at the Orange Grove Hotel 080906, released January 28, 2021

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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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