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"i can tell where we're going by the stink of all the places that we've been"

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WE’RE STANDING ON A BRIDGE
WAITING FOR THE WATER TO FLOW
WE’RE STANDING ON A BRIDGE
WAITING FOR THE WATER TO FLOW
WE AIN’T GOT NO WATER
AND MAN WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO

HEARD A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT THE RISING TIDE x 2
CAN’T SEE NOTHING
AIN’T NO REASON TO CRY

WE’RE STANDING ON A BRIDGE
WAITING FOR THE WATER TO FLOW x 2
BUT YOU KNOW THERE AIN’T NO WATER
‘COS WE SOLD IT ALL TO MAKE THE COTTON GROW

GIMME ALL MY WINNINGS
AND GIMME MY WELFARE CHEQUE TOO x 2
I GOT EVERYTHING I NEED
BUT THERE’S STILL A WHOLE LOT MORE THAT I COULD USE

WE’RE STANDING ON A BRIDGE
WAITING FOR THE WATER TO FLOW x 2
GOT MY IRON-CLAB ALIBI
BUT THE TRUTH IS YOU JUST NEVER KNOW

WELL YOU CAN’T EAT MONEY
AND YOU CAN’T DRINK GASOLINE
I CAN TELL YOU WHERE WE’RE GOING
BY THE STINK OF ALL THE PLACES THAT WE BEEN

WE’RE STANDING ON A BRIDGE
WAITING FOR THE WATER TO FLOW x 2
BUT THE WATER AIN’T COMIN’
‘TILL THE DAMS THEY ALL GET BROKE

WELL I LOVE YOUR DIRTY MOUTH
AND THAT TATTOO OF THE DEVIL ON YOUR THIGH x 2
I CAN HEAR THE MONEY TALKING
AND I CAN TASTE THE JET-TRAILS DRIFTIN’ ‘CROSS THE SKY

WE’RE STANDING ON A BRIDGE
WAITING FOR THE WATER TO FLOW x 2
WE AIN’T GOT NO WATER
AND MAN WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO

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from Putting on the Dog (2011), released March 31, 2011

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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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