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My friends in Footscray, my darling in Hurstville

from Sydney, Sydney by Bud Petal

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Weeping on a bird wire in an alleyway,
There’s an old saw in such a cliché.
Staring at your back-gate, no more a gauche intruder.
Oh, the whisper wakes. Oh, the shudder plays.

By a mighty effort of will unto the last.
Feet of brass and sand in the soul.
Running the gauntlet of a thickened face
Against whom my lot was cast, a real and silver-toned voice:

“I’ve got some friends in Footscray, and a job from Deakin U.
I must nod, make nice, and move on.”

More than a whiff of the wages of guilt.
Soon she’ll be gone, she’ll be solid gone.
Who said that leaving will clip the wings of age?
’Tis an old wine in a broken bottle.

Let the debate come down as it will.
Listen to my sense, dear, in and of itself.
It’s not only you who has irons in this fire.
Oh, why must you give me pause?

“For I’ve got some friends in Footscray,
And a job from Deakin U.
I must nod, make nice, and move on.

Oh, from Sydney, why would you want to leave?
I’ve just broken your heart, dear, don’t let me break your bank.

Oh, for your friends, you’ve always had so much time,
So much, so much the merrier.

Oh, they say, we must decide, where must we shine
And to whom is our sunshine needed?

For I’ve got some friends in Footscray, and a job from Deakin U.
I must nod, make nice, and move on.“

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from Sydney, Sydney, released February 2, 2019

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Bud Petal Sydney, Australia

Bud Petal’s music has been described as “cerebral art-folk”, “a true outsider, a freak-folk wunderkind”.

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