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Tones of Dirt & Bone

by The Tearaways

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1.
Blew into town on the northern wind a simple place but a pit of sin I met a man he said he’d be my friend with steely eyes and a shark toothed grin He set me up and tried to bring me down I called him out then people gathered round then what they saw made them lose their minds I left that town as it burnt behind and I… Set my sights on a new horizon across the sea so black I set my sights on a new horizon never looking back Down n out at a seaside port a troubled place where jacks n gypsies fought The night was hot hypnotic music played across the sky the lunar minstrels blazed The liquor flowed and the tempers flared set down my glass and I left them there A mighty swell then brewed out at sea it’s crushing waves set that whole place clean and I… When you’re stagnant for too long you’ll see nothing but the wrong When you play the hangman it’s your noose you’re swingin from
2.
Her Town 03:58
She’s on the street at just fourteen she’s sellin’ art she’s sellin’ poetry Got her dad’s leather jacket got a goon bag a bottle of pills It’s not the life she sought more of a last resort but since those bastards kicked her out Well this is all she’s got Give her some time, she’ll tell her stories but there aint one of tears to glory A new born sister she’s never laid eyes upon born with the same affliction – her mother’s addiction This is her town tonight from the courthouse steps to the casino light This is her town tonight street smart sister’s gonna make it alright She hopes the time will come where she will find someone To take her out of this hole to a little place in the sun She’s gonna change her ways lay off the booze and haze Take the next job she can get and find somewhere to stay Then came a boy who said his heart was true we’ll take this world baby just me ‘n’ you He took her and her money for a ride and left her with a broken heart again she took the next lift outta town on the northbound train She never settled down, no she moves from town to town She like a ghost now, might’ve seen her but you’d never know She’s in a squat in London town, roaming the hill tops of Chile She’s in a valiant coupe with the windows down on the Gunbarrel Highway She is freedom, the night sky her only friend She is freedom, a soul rebel until the end
3.
I don’t waste my time building fences I’d rather tear them down and by the river that runs so deep through every town I’m diplomatic, free range cultivator with a system sustained by PMA generator and in the oceans of those who doubt swims the school of those who shout Let freedom reign over fields of the fallen be the change in the pocket of the poor I presume all you consume is an afterthought in the lives you wrought but if you put back as much as you’ve taken you’ll bring home more than the bacon see them dance in the flames of the riot act and revel in the madness of the next trade pact we’re frequency jamming to say we’re frequency jamming to say
4.
Rags to Rags 04:53
I’m not free, I never was Hangin’ out with societies failures, all I got Don’ t know what you want but I know what you need Hard lessons learnt wear ‘em on your sleeve step out of the cold and move to this beat If the fight gets hot, the songs get hotter still If the going gets tough, the songs get tougher still In your darkest day there to guide your way to your day in the sun to give thanks and praise Stand up, stay true, stay strong it’s the only way From rags to rags I’ve spent every shell When you’re stuck in third gear it’s like there’s no way out All I wanted and all I got comes from these three chords don’t break my heart Give me strength, turn up the stereo Give me a voice, give me somewhere to go I’ve come to far, I can’t back down I've come too far I can't back down keep on keeping it on ‘til the music shuts down My wage is gone it was too hard to keep but singing from the heart seems to shed some light in the dark So I'll sing out sing loud at the crowd about glory days
5.
Cold Light 05:00
I remember the cold light on her face just as I realized it was not my place Lost to the chaos of the night I sat alone under the street light Pick up my feet and take me far away from here time to forget, time to make it all disappear That never works, cos once you’ve had it in your sights images burn, etched forever in your mind So I’ll hold them close for now cos this heart may not burn that bright again So many nights I’ve lied awake in thought of words that I’d never say I could count the stars as chances lost but now I know the final cost Like when you said, every path must meet its end like when you said; the next stops mine my friend
6.
Brothers 02:01
My father left my mother when i was only four he left us all behind and slammed the fucking door I could not understand he left us all alone my brothers raised me to a sound track of rock n roll Times got hard and times got tough but if one would fall the other would pick them up We shared some tears and some fist fights but all in all we stood side by side Now in my bedroom at twelve years old I'd sit and listen to records my brothers would bring home thosw songs would hit me like a bullet to the chest Drew bought me my first guitar i guess you know the rest Turn up the volume light up the stage who would've thought things would turn out this way Strike a chord to the drums and bass if not for my brothers I’d not be here today
7.
Sleep well tonight your bed the bodies of the slain Blood coats the walls your lullaby their screams of pain No roof, night sky their eyes the stars that never fade There’s no escape from this fate which you have made Sleep well tonight No you aint dreaming There’s no retreat, no end in sight
8.
Looking Out 04:24
Looking out over the sunrise skyline where do I begin to tell you what I saw last night Like a cannonball of flame we shot across the stratosphere together all as one never knowing fear With a big boom crash a collision of worlds At first there seemed nothing left but a new galaxy was birthed As sure the light brings the day even the brightest star will fade This you know…but in the darkness it will always glow If you break it all down you’ll have nothing left, try to put it back together but the pieces won’t fit It’s the mystery, it’s the side unseen Looking out over the smoke stack skyline where the pistons pump and the gears keep crunching The engine floods with blue collar blood while the battery is charged and drained again and again like our humanity If the flames rise in the east and the rain falls in the west Will the whole thing run as hot and clean as the heart in this man’s chest We’re burning up in the heat and the haze enslaved…automatons in a mecha-maze Looking out over the sunset skyline I hear their primal calls I see them swinging from the tree vine It’s feeding time in the maniacal crackpots menagerie We break the chains that bind…and we’re running free…
9.
It’s like chasing a rat with infectious disease crossing the land with insidious ease Chasing a rat with its black heart burning fueled by the blood of the starlit millions Chasing a rat in the digital meltdown a toxic soup bubbling over flames of the boomtown Chasing a rat of black death and white lies a cancerous filth forever clouding your eyes Chasing a rat through a Perspex maze under constant inspection from the hand that feeds Chasing a rat in this white wash variegation it’s the blood of your lover dripping off the hands of the nation Chasing a rat and when you look at its eye it’s a total enigma the anxiety will paralyze Chasing a rat it’ll steal away your trust come from below to scurry with the filth on the upper crust Chasing a rat through our humble beginnings as you get deeper down the hole the pickings get slimmer Chasing a rat but this snake has fangs you’ll feel the venom rush to your heart then you’ll be cleansed. They’ll dig so low… there’ll be no underground They’ll dig so low… there’ll be no underground They’ll dig so low… it’s gonna breakdown They’ll dig so low… it’s gonna shutdown
10.
3am she wakes again, in a cold sweat terrified from a nightmare torn from pages of a life she can’t leave behind A picture painted with the brush of anger and distrust could never really capture, the gold beneath the crus Had I known when I last looked in your eyes could we have set things straight, made everything alright? In moments fleeting, I was dreaming of images in faded tones, of dirt and bone Never a misfit you just didn’t belong with those small town minds and their same sad song What was the pledge that we made? the will of the few will never be outweighed It was time to set out the new century called but on that tight rope walk you were bound to fall Always with hope, without guidance into the days of blindness Galvanized by the pulse of the city heat trying so hard but sometimes young hearts skip a beat The more that you struggle, the further you sink it's at times like this I can't help but think
11.
Silent World 01:12
A high school dropout, said his head couldn’t cope so he took to the streets and started sellin’ dope Two years later he was in the can four years more left him a hardened man You’d hear him screamin’ in a silent world Judgin’ judges, fuckin’ suicide girls Sometime later he was on parole this Don Juan devil found himself a girl He had her wrapped around his finger with her heart and soul he said stick with me baby and we’ll take the world He’s got a new girl now she’s seen it all before Is this his next big hit? now watch his heart explode!
12.
Igorance is bliss? Was there an exit sign I missed? I’ve seen so much trouble on this road I travel I carry it with me over dirt and gravel you take the overnight express, or the back road travelled less I say it aint so much about where you’re going but where you came from is just as well worth knowing You gotta listen before you sing aloud it’s not in scripture, you can’t read about it and when you taste it, you gotta savor that before Armageddon’s at your door When the clouds roll in so black, creep in the thoughts you should turn back but this is how you’ve been torn since the day you were born Just know the night is darkest before the dawn When that sky has fallen down, and only baron waste surrounds just scratch the surface ‘cos here what grows Is worth so much more than you’ll ever know
13.
Born to dwell in the stagnated hell of a third generation family Dad says this land is all he’s had and all you’ll have to remember him but free markets weren’t in place when they built your future and your livelihood not expendable So with your taxes you’ll pay them to take it away Blood from a stone? That’s incredible! He lived a life in the shadows of plight No future in sight so he’s leaving Leaving tonight the season is right There’s nothing to gain when each new seed’s washed out with the rain What can you do when you gotta start anew you gotta take what you can get I guess but when the factories are closing and the army’s for fools you’ve never known any more than this Well come in son the parties just begun but never turn your back Once bitten twice shy but on the second time you best be prepared to bite back

credits

released January 6, 2012

Bradley Matthews - Vocals / Bass
Mat Tong - Guitars / Vocals
Bartek Slaby- Drums / Percussion
Bernard Young - Guitars / Vocals

Additional Vocals - Pete Armstrong, Wes Coleman & Bartek Slaby
Paul Giddy - Organ / Piano
Annie Pfeiffer - Additional Percussion
Steve Williams - Harmonica

Recorded at and Head Gap and New Noise Recording Studios by Jim White
Mixed at Sing Sing Recording Studios by Jim White
Mastered at Stepford Audio by David Walker
Produced by The Tearaways and Jim White

All songs written by Bradley Matthews and The Tearaways except;
Track4 by Bradley Matthews, Mat Tong, Pete Armstrong & Wes Coleman,
Track 6 by Mat Tong, Track 9 by Bradley Matthews & Mat Tong

Cover and Disc Art by Sento – Puros Tatuajes
Layout and Design by Rohan Reynders

Thanks to:
Jim White for all his hard work and tolerance, Jay Tettamanti for his encouragement and pre-production work, Drew for his Tele, Dale, Monica, Bosma, Jonno, Sean, Emma, Marty R, Marty G, Rachel K, Rachel S, Nicola, Brad, Alex, Kristina, Josh, The Quarry rats, Nick and Renae, Rosie, Shooter and Ween, Smokin' Dave, Leon, Tommy, Doc White, Basil and Evan, Grayza and Nat, Serpent 54, The boys at The Tote for the late night lock-ins, Dave Collins and The Arthouse (R.I.P.), The Union Club Hotel crew, Cam at Blue Tile Lounge, Katie and Lucy at Chicks that Scream, The MurderChord, The Ramshackle Army, King Cannons, The Bennies, The Ska Vendors, The Thirdgear Burnouts, The Disables, S.C. Trash, Paddy McHugh and the Goldminers, I Exist, Foxtrot, The Outsiders, Not OK, The Rumjacks, Last Call, Cabin Fever, Graft vs Host, Degenerates, A-Bomb Whores, The Lost Cause, D.R.S.S., Dixon Cider, The Yard Apes, D Rouser, Aprocessof, Road Ratz, The Smith Street Band, TANKS

To anyone we may have missed, I’m sure we’ve thanked you in person along the way.

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