Name: Dog Line
Duration: P00H04M30S
Description: In penal times Tasmania's Port Arthur Prison was held fast by a line of ferocious dogs, starved and ravenous, along an isthmus that connected the Tasman Peninsula to mainland Tasmania. If you managed to escape you had to pass through the Dog Line to get anywhere relatively civilised.

Dog Line

from Alone in Space by Andrew Garton & The Smitten Bridge

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In penal times Tasmania's Port Arthur Prison was held fast by a line of ferocious dogs, starved and ravenous, along an isthmus that connected the Tasman Peninsula to mainland Tasmania. If you managed to escape you had to pass through the Dog Line to get anywhere relatively civilised.

lyrics

I was trained as a pup to tear at flesh
smell the sweat of Man
I was made to hunger till it drove me wild
smell the fear in Man

Now I'm Howlin... on the Dog Line
Howlin... on the Dog Line

Chained to a barrel at Eaglehawk Neck
with a whole-lotta-nuthin to do
Starved for flesh at salt waters edge
a whole-lotta-nuthin to do

But howl... on the Dog Line
Howlin... on the Dog Line

Some say food comes on two legs
skin all split from whippin
they is hardly good for feasting
all split from the whippin

So we howl... on the Dog Line
Howlin... on the Dog Line

Wish I was a Tassie Tiger
hiding from Man in them hills
Dreamin of bunnies 'n' foxes
Huntin with Man in the hills

But we're howlin... on the Dog Line
Howlin... on the Dog Line

I'm really very very nice
Just don't leave me out at night
I'm really very very sweet
Captain gimme sumin to eat

Cause I'm howlin... on the Dog Line
Howlin... on the Dog Line
Howlin... on the Dog Line
Howlin... on the Dog Line

credits

from Alone in Space, released September 22, 2019
PERFORMED BY
Andrew Garton (vocals, guitars, synths)
Chip Wardale (bass)
Simone White (drums)
Crofty Beecroft (chromatic harp)
Tor Fredheim (12 string guitar)

PRODUCED AND MASTERED BY
Andrew Garton

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Andrew Garton Melbourne, Australia

Filmmaker, musician, producer. Member of post-punk fusion trio Rat Kangaroo.

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