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Small Towns

by Dave Wright

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A lament about the big scars that small towns can leave on impressionable teenagers

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Small Towns 28/3/2020

There weren’t much to do where I grew up
My parents worked hard but we never had much
Hit the footy club on a Saturday Night
Drink green tins- and learn how to fight.

When you got your Ps you drove out to the Lake
Listening to Chisel with Amy, Sally, or Kate
Parked in the dark with the other desperate kids,
Always telling your mates she went further than se did.

Those small towns leave such big scars now
Where everyone’s fighting to live or they’re dying to get out,
How I hated that small town.

When you left school the options were few
Work at the Abs like your dad or get a job at the Mill
When Johnno knocked up Sally one Friday night
Well we all knew it weren’t love but now they’re hitched
And he say’s it’s all right

But he also says “We’re not like you folks up in the Big Smoke
We know how to laugh and we can take a damn joke
But when the chips are down and you can’t tell the fire from the smoke
Well you know you can rely on a country bloke…”

Those small towns leave such big scars now
Where everyone’s fighting to live or they’re dying to get out,
How I hated that hole in the ground.

They shut Stephen’s Mitre 10 and Mark Sherry’s Records and Tapes and put a Maccas and a Bunnings in their damn place
And the Austral now boasts twelve beers on tap,
Well I know what my old man would have to say about that
(make mine a Melbourne, son)
They say things are looking up coz the kids are coming back
We got sushi in the main drag but the coffee’s still crap
And there’s a boutique distiller next to Holt’s Gun Shack
Well this town’s moving forward
But I ain’t going back.

Those small towns leave such big scars now
Where everyone’s fighting to live or they’re dying to get out,
Toxic, Masculine, Proud.
Once the backbone of this land but now they’re dying out,
God save kids in small towns,
God save our small towns.

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released May 16, 2020
Recorded and mixed 14-15 May 2020 on Boss four track recorder by Dave Wright.
Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin by Dave Wright.

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Dave Wright & The Midnight Ramblers Melbourne, Australia

Formed in 2017, The Midnight Ramblers are Dave Wright's side project and delve deep into his vast catalogue to re- imagine some of his most popular songs into down home country and bluegrass stompers. Heavy on harmonies, with lashing of rolling banjo and soaring fiddle, Dave Wright & the Midnight Ramblers are a rollicking, boot stomping, good time 'ol country hoedown. New album Darkness Calling! ... more

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