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Definitive history
splinters of foundation
Weaving of our horrors into pig silks full of glory holes
And fabrics of contrition.
Curtsey to your betters,
Who picked you for a nothing,
tried to knock out your stuffing,
Bold in their beers,
straw between their ears.
The same smug expression,
same false cheer,
Same air of predation â
Stranger
welcomeâ¦
just not here,
just not here,
just not here.
All men are mice,
all men are mice,
it doesn't pay to be nice,
Take all before you.
Definitive history.
Pay respect to the common folk,
it's an obligation,
Let common sense commandeer you,
Take up all the hard work,
Steer your thoughts in a circle jerk.
Make abominable children,
vicious little animals,
Reared up like pit bull dogs
By the ordinary Australiansâ¦
O one for the mother,
one for the dad,
One for treasurer,
one for the plasma screen,
and don't forget
The developer's dream,
A tumour for them all in the belly of the sprawl â
Definitive history.
Two young men took a Chinese girl
Early one Thursday morning,
Brick to her head
and a cord round her neck,
Hands on her bodyâ¦
Drowned her in a bathtub,
rolled her in a sheet,
Dumped her in the river,
Tragedy crowed the newspaper lettersâ¦
In
our
own
backyard!
In our own backyard,
Oh how could it be with all we've taught them?
O one for the mother,
one for the dad,
One for treasurer,
one for the plasma screen,
and don't forget
The developer's dream
A tumour for them all in the belly of the sprawl
O one for the mother,
one for the dad,
One for treasurer,
one for the plasma screen,
and don't forget
The developer's dream,
A plot to bury them all at the edge of the sprawl â
Definitive history.
- Album:
- Havens Dumb
- Watch Me Disappear
- Strange Bird
- Sunset Studies
- Moo, You Bloody Choir
- Waltz
- Miscellaneous
- Live At The Playroom
- Moo, You Bloody Choir (Deluxe Version)
- Thanks for the Memes
- Havens Dumb (Deluxe Version)
- Havens Dumb (Deluxe)
- The Hangover Cure, Volume 2
- Triple J: Hottest Box
- One Crowded Hour
- Triple JJJ Hottest 100: 2001
- Bootikins
- Bootkins
- When I Am Old
- Little Wonder