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Whatever happened to the folk in music
When a song was simply sung
Whatever happened to the folk in music
When a tune could be homegrown spun

Whatever happened to the sharing tunes
that never belonged to no one
Whatever happened to the story-telling
When you could give a tune your home town vibe

Whatever happened to the folk in music
when a poet could be sung
Whatever happened to the poetry in music
When fame didn't matter and singing songs was fun

Where are the singers born to be forgotten
heard in bars, never seen online
walking country to the rhythm of footsteps
them's the folks that bring their home town vibe

Whatever happened to the folk in music
When you didn't have a phone and it didn't matter none
Whatever happened to the folk in music
When every single word in the world could be sung

Out from frontier ballad makers came
As big as trucks in Guthrie's tunes
Leadbelly's 12 string strummed out of time
But them's the blokes that kept the homegrown live

The dead make money for those who claim their rights
There's a buck to be made from every tune
Some folks crave fame just to be heard
and then they'll want to own their home town vibe

Whatever happened to the folk in music
When you never heard the same song twice
Whatever happened to the folk in music
When guitars played till moon shun dry

Too few remember the songs of their country
Too few are taught the language of their kin
Maybe all the songbooks will Googled online
But who will teach our kids their home town...

Thousands of pianos shoved into landfill
Copyright's frozen music in time
Families sit at home, each with their i-thing
But they may never hear their home town vibe

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from Alone in Space, released September 22, 2019
Andrew Garton (vocals, guitars).

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Andrew Garton Melbourne, Australia

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

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