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Whitewall Tyres

from Prisoners of the Heart by Mark Lucas

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the perils of drag-racing the Great Western Highway

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Danny’s got a new girlfriend
She sings in the Hills church choir
She comes on sweet and innocent
But she loves his whitewall tyres
She loves his whitewall tyres

Danny Brown was a Joey’s boy
But those days are good and gone
He lives for his footy and his old red Ford
And he loves his Bundy rum
He loves his Bundy rum

It’s a dark and humid Saturday night
Out on the Great Western Road
Danny’s got the hammer down
He’s shouldering the load
He’s shouldering the load

Now Danny’s got a mongrel streak
He’s no stranger to the law
And when he fishtails past that unmarked car
He’s got his foot flat to the floor
He’s got his foot flat to the floor

Oh there’s now escape from the hand of fate
And it’s catch as catch can
And Danny lost the race of life
Running from the man
Running from the man boys
Running from the man

It’s a dark and humid Saturday night etc

Young Danny never amounted to much
Just like they said he never would
But I’m inclined to think that given a chance
Danny could’ve been good
Danny could’ve been good

Now he’s lying in the cold cold ground
And he drives on the other side
His girl still sings in the Hills church choir
But she dreams of whitewall tyres

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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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