Let The Canefields Burn (Remastered 2014)-Graeme Connors

[ti:Let The Canefields Burn (Remastered 2014)] [ar:Graeme Connors] [al:60 Summers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.41]Let The Canefields Burn (Remastered 2014) - Graeme Connors [00:03.89]Written by：Graeme Connors [00:05.58] [00:30.33]There's a painting of my grandfather [00:34.53]On my mothers side [00:36.47] [00:37.89]In the hallway of our homestead [00:41.06] [00:41.64]In a special place of pride [00:44.30] [00:45.63]With his bulldogs and kanakas [00:48.52] [00:49.32]Back in eighteen nighty three [00:51.75] [00:53.06]In a linen suit and a panama [00:56.88]They say he looked like me [00:59.76] [01:02.60]And the story goes he came out [01:05.63] [01:06.60]To make a brand new start [01:09.03] [01:10.22]In an effort to forget [01:12.64] [01:13.35]A sad affair of the heart [01:16.67] [01:17.75]And with these romantic notions [01:20.74] [01:21.69]To the colonies he came [01:24.10] [01:25.54]Where he settled in the tropics [01:28.76]Made his fortune growing cane [01:31.91] [01:34.01]Well let the canefields burn [01:35.79] [01:37.88]Let the flames rise [01:39.33] [01:41.63]Let the politicians and the bankers in the city look up [01:46.36]In wonder at the glow at in the sky [01:49.20]Let the canefields burn [01:51.25] [01:53.02]Let me feel no pain [01:55.16] [01:57.93]When I drown my soul in whiskey [02:00.73] [02:02.01]And dance in the flames [02:04.21] [02:19.09]There's a photo of my parents [02:21.47] [02:22.11]Taken in between the wars [02:25.23] [02:26.97]In London Rome or Paris [02:29.20] [02:30.64]I don't know for sure [02:32.62] [02:33.85]But it hangs there in the hallway [02:36.90] [02:37.66]And there's one for every year [02:40.46] [02:42.13]Fortunes made and fortunes paid [02:45.15] [02:45.75]For champagne souvenirs [02:48.30] [02:50.22]So let the canefields burn [02:52.02] [02:54.08]Let the flames rise [02:56.26] [02:57.86]Let the politicians and the bankers in the city look up [03:02.17] [03:02.71]In wonder at the glow at in the sky [03:05.43]Let the canefields burn [03:07.31] [03:09.30]Let me feel no pain [03:11.51] [03:14.09]When I drown my soul in whiskey [03:16.81] [03:18.13]And dance in the flames [03:20.55] [03:27.16]And all they say they're gonna take this all away from me [03:33.54] [03:35.36]The cars the cane the homestead [03:38.23]All my family history [03:41.34] [03:42.58]Well tomorrow when the bankers come to settle all their claims [03:49.13] [03:50.18]Let the auctioneer open with a price for charred remains [03:56.75] [03:58.81]And let the cane fields burn [04:00.58] [04:02.59]Let the flames rise [04:04.88] [04:06.43]Let the politicians and the bankers in the city look up [04:11.05]In wonder at the glow at in the sky [04:13.84]Let the canefields burn [04:15.86] [04:17.86]Let me feel no pain [04:19.95] [04:22.58]When I drown my soul in whiskey [04:25.42] [04:26.70]And dance in the flames [04:29.01] [04:31.19]Let the canefields burn [04:33.01] [04:35.00]Let the flames rise [04:37.20] [04:39.00]Let the politicians and the bankers in the city look up [04:43.45]In wonder at the glow at in the sky [04:46.44]Let the canefields burn [04:48.24] [04:50.20]Let me feel no pain [04:52.45] [04:54.98]When I drown my soul in whiskey