Hyde Park Calling (King William Road, Scene 1)-John Schumann

[ti:Hyde Park Calling (King William Road, Scene 1)] [ar:John Schumann] [al:True Believers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hyde Park Calling (King William Road, Scene 1) - John Schumann [00:12.80]The trees have repossessed their leaves [00:15.98]The clouds are all rinsed clean [00:17.84] [00:19.54]Smug success [00:20.76]Upon the breeze [00:22.22]The vines are running green [00:24.16] [00:26.86]Like ladies in waiting [00:28.31]To a fashion queen [00:29.78] [00:30.32]Behind mascara eyes [00:32.16] [00:33.65]The eastern suburb mums drift in [00:35.88] [00:36.70]Coffee cake and lies [00:38.40] [00:40.94]And as the morning rolls to midday [00:43.27] [00:44.83]Vain impressions grow [00:46.32] [00:49.25]The only world they care about [00:51.36] [00:52.16]Is on King William Road [00:54.22] [00:56.56]She's got polaroids [00:57.64]Of the refugees [00:59.44] [01:00.50]Shows them all around [01:01.92] [01:03.72]Tries to make them understand [01:05.84] [01:06.57]They won't hear a sound [01:08.36] [01:10.78]And on the grass strip [01:11.93]Outside the factory gate [01:13.94]They're queuing up [01:15.23]Along the fence [01:16.24] [01:17.99]Bankers meet their lawyers [01:19.50] [01:20.42]Making ready their defense [01:22.58] [01:25.45]And the blinds go down [01:26.92]You can hear the sound [01:28.12] [01:28.69]Shredding machines down low [01:30.60] [01:32.88]And you listen [01:34.09]You can hear them grinding [01:36.49]From King William Road [01:38.32] [02:07.75]And we can barely see the track [02:10.81]We've been squinting in the sun [02:13.06] [02:14.27]The windshield holds [02:15.65]The country out [02:16.97] [02:17.91]We never quite belonged [02:19.30] [02:22.52]Past is hard to understand [02:24.78] [02:25.52]Future's hard to guess [02:27.43] [02:28.95]Still the wrong things prosper [02:31.33]And they blame you for the mess [02:33.64] [02:36.38]But if you play politely [02:38.54] [02:39.10]You'll get a medal that you can show [02:41.59] [02:44.40]To all the other people who've toed the line [02:47.25]Down on King William Road [02:49.49] [02:55.27]Conspiracy silence now [02:58.15]And it's whispered on the wind [03:00.52] [03:01.82]You can bang it on the door and scream [03:04.31] [03:05.08]But they you back in [03:06.69] [03:09.33]In a FM world of heartbreak [03:11.73] [03:12.59]It's hard to get your message through [03:14.69] [03:15.95]If only you'd aimed at the sitting ducks [03:18.58] [03:19.09]And not at the ones that flew [03:20.96] [03:23.99]They don't like your accent now [03:26.71]You're a prisoner of what you know [03:28.93] [03:31.75]'Cause you might let their secrets out [03:34.56]Down on King William Road [03:36.73] [03:51.95]And they opened up the gates [03:53.48] [03:54.04]Government house [03:55.41]And let some people in [03:57.30] [03:58.90]To wander through those gracious rooms [04:01.70]And sing god save the queen [04:03.62] [04:06.03]And in the still life garden afternoon [04:09.23]The same old deals are going down [04:11.59] [04:12.83]It's hard to get the numbers up [04:15.76]On the bankrupt side of town [04:17.78] [04:20.33]And the people who weren't invited [04:23.44]They didn't even know [04:25.77] [04:28.28]So they spent the evening [04:30.23]Running up and down [04:32.23]King William Road [04:33.64] [04:36.43]And you can take your imported sports car [04:39.49] [04:40.18]Drive it real slow [04:41.75] [04:44.34]And all your friends [04:45.90]Will see you there [04:47.24]Down on King William Road