Gangajang – Sounds of Then

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I think I hear the sounds of then, And people talking, The scenes recalled, by minute movement, And songs they fall, from the backing tape. That certain texture,that certain smell, To lie in sweat, on familiar sheets, In brick veneer on financed beds. In a room, of silent hardiflex That certain texture, that certain smell, Brings home the heavy days, Brings home the the night time swell, Out on the patio we'd sit, And the humidity we'd breathe, We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields Laugh and think, this is Australia. The block is awkward - it faces west, With long diagonals, sloping too. And in the distance, through the heat haze, In convoys of silence the cattle graze. That certain texture, that certain beat, Brings forth the night time heat. Out on the patio we'd sit, And the humidity we'd breathe, We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields Laugh and think that this is Australia. To lie in sweat, on familiar sheets, In brick veneer on financed beds. In a room of silent hardiflex That certain texture, that certain smell, Brings forth the heavy days, Brings forth the night time sweat Out on the patio we'd sit, And the humidity we'd breathe, We'd watch the lightning crack over canefields Laugh and think, this is Australia. This is Australia etc..

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"Sounds of Then (This Is Australia)" as written by Mark Callaghan, Graham Bidstrup, Chris Bailey, Geoff Stapleton, Robert James, Kay Bee

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    General Comment:Reg Mombassa, former Guitarist for Mental As Anything and Australian artist, played the guitar solo on this song
    Flag JasperBon July 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Apparently the backdrop/setting for this song is Bundaberg in south east Queensland. Its funny though, the setting appears to be more applicable to a cane town further north of Townsville, eg Innisfail where the climate is more characteristic of the climate described in this song.
    Flag Ishmalon May 12, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:A classic Australian Song, This one is easily their best.
    Flag J0K3Ron April 05, 2005   Link

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