Graphic design by Lea Walpole, Soggy Brolly, Queenstown, Tas. The cover art is an 1860s hand-coloured woodcut, credit to North Wind Picture Archives, Alamy.
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lyrics
I was five and you were nine,
You could be pretty funny from time to time,
Like you told me that we could see India,
From our rooftop in Ipswich suburbia.
You were pretty smart and believable,
or else I was pretty dumb and deceivable,
Either way I remember a pretty funny boy,
Either way I remember a pretty funny boy.
But as you got older you were quick to learn
That if you're straighter and stronger, that's how you earn
Favour with your peers -
Safety from your peers.
'Cause that's what you learn in the power game,
And you were learning to play the power game,
You were stepping into the power game,
Stepping into the power game.
When we'd play you'd test your strength,
You'd hold me under the water for a full breath's length.
I'd come up and I'd say 'don't!' -
You would laugh, and say 'don't say don't!'
You went straight from the private school
To the army barracks, where you learnt the rules:
To be a man you've gotta win.
Well that's hard to get out of you, once that's got in
These days you say that you're gonna make
Lots of good money, 'cause that's what it takes
To get a little respect in this world,
To get a little respect in this world.
Because that's how it goes in the power game,
Everybody knows the power game,
And you can keep on playing the power game..
But everybody falls out of the power game someday
Yes everybody falls out of the power game someday
Everybody falls out of the power game someday.
credits
from Bring the show back home,
released June 6, 2022
Written by Teri Young
Recorded and mixed by Al Future
Mastered by Isaac Barter
Vocals by Teri Young
Piccolo and baritone saxophone by Danny Healy
Cittern guitar by Teri Young
Balakai ukulele by Luke Plumb
Drums by Beau Thomas
Double bass by Hamish Stevenson
Choir members are Anna Talbot, Al Future, David 'Fitzy' Fitzpatrick, Lynda Purcell, Brooke Jones, Luke Plumb, Al Future and Hamish Stevenson
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