Galleries Of Pink Galahs-John Williamson

[ti:Galleries Of Pink Galahs] [ar:John Williamson] [al:A Hell Of A Career] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Galleries Of Pink Galahs - John Williamson [00:23.32]Galleries of pink galahs [00:25.68] [00:27.41]Crystal nights with diamond stars [00:29.53] [00:31.67]Apricots preserved in jars [00:34.26] [00:36.45]That's my home [00:37.51] [00:40.17]Land of oceans in the sun [00:42.78] [00:44.39]Purple hazes river gum [00:46.29] [00:48.64]Breaks your heart when rain won't come [00:50.92] [00:53.31]It breaks your heart [00:54.52] [00:59.26]It takes a harsh and cruel drought [01:01.49] [01:03.38]To sort the weaker saplings out [01:05.44] [01:07.70]It makes room for stronger trees [01:09.84] [01:12.32]Maybe that's what life's about [01:13.67] [01:16.60]Winter's come the hills are brown [01:18.83] [01:20.63]Shops are closed the blinds are down [01:23.00] [01:25.07]Everybody's leaving town [01:27.10] [01:29.59]They can't go on [01:30.89] [01:48.54]The south wind through verandah gauze [01:50.29] [01:51.19]Whines and bangs the homestead doors [01:54.53] [01:57.08]A mother curses dusty floors [01:58.62] [02:00.74]And feels alone [02:02.59] [02:05.60]Trucks and bulk bins filled with rust [02:08.43] [02:09.70]Boy leaves home to make a crust [02:12.06] [02:13.99]A father's dreams reduced to dust [02:16.46] [02:18.71]But he must go on [02:20.05] [02:25.01]Tortured red gums - unashamed [02:26.87] [02:28.62]Sunburnt country wisely named [02:31.41] [02:33.46]Chisel-ploughed and wire-claimed [02:35.92] [02:37.59]But never never never tamed [02:39.86] [03:14.13]Whirlwind swirls a paper high [03:16.12] [03:18.26]Same old news of further dry [03:20.48] [03:22.69]Of broken clouds just passing by [03:25.46] [03:27.69]That's my home [03:28.55] [03:31.57]Land of oceans in the sun [03:33.56] [03:35.62]Purple hazes river gum [03:37.37] [03:39.86]Breaks your heart when rain won't come [03:42.11] [03:44.42]It breaks your heart