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I Will Not Give Up

from Putting Back Chairs by Mick Hazelman

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lyrics

Our next stop is announced
as North Geelong
The conductor’s on the mic and now she sings us her song
Concrete sleepers settle in my soul
And the railway runs parallel like a long twin gun barrel
And the muffled horn booms
dull in the distance
Sunlight and soft noise
They define my existence
at this point in time
So maybe I’ll just sit here
til the end of the line
But I will not give up
And I bought some ruby grapefruit from the Footscray market
They’re three for just two dollars
if anybody’s asking
This afternoon I might pick up
a vegetable or two
I’ll jam them in my backpack
and I’ll bring them back to you
And the carriage it is silent
til Werribee
Then the school kids pile on
and pop goes serenity
But this morning they are quiet
as the air
And I lean back and I clap
for the design of this blue chair
They have thought about it
But I will not give up
And the sleepers and the dark rocks keep racing on past
I follow with my eyes
but they’re all moving so fast
And the dusty brown rain
upon the windowpane is dry
Horizontal flecks upon the surface just outside
And the window seal
looks shiny and brittle
My focal depth is shallow
as I take in these little things
And the 5:01 keeps rolling on through
And I just can’t wait to get my eyes back on you
‘Cause the transit wears me down
But I will not give up
On the outskirts now a boy
is on his skateboard doing tricks
He lands one, I can’t hear it
for squeaks and rhythmic clicks
While sunshine just pours down
in a river
But still the nights in springtime
they know how to hold a shiver
And a goods train rattles by
Long and orange and green
The procession of these colours never ending so it seems
I can never count the carriages but I try
And the red light keeps on blinking
in the corner of my eye
I cannot stop it if I try
And each morning at the station
I see the metro trains
And they’re heavy with the people
I am witness to the pain
Of the bodies
All pressed up against the glass
And I wait there for the V-Line
and I watch them shudder past

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from Putting Back Chairs, released October 1, 2018

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Mick Hazelman Melbourne, Australia

A story-teller of old, writing about his immediate surrounds, and the lessons, fears and desires of life. He transforms everyday happenings into conversational stories, underpinned with a strong melodic sense and layered harmonies. His music spans intricate modern folk through to complex rock and chuggy tuned-down metal tones - all backed by some deliciously off-kilter time signatures. ... more

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