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Mason Cove

from Chasing The Sun by Andrew Garton

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This is an early mix, more like an out-take, of Mason Cove, written in response to my first visit to Port Arthur in Tasmania. I'd recently visited Robben Island where Mandela had been imprisioned. Both spaces drew these lyrics out.

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Good morning Mason Cove
Stretch yer arms to greet the sky
Lean into yer A-frame cross
Lord knows, hundred lashes strong

Me bones warm beneath torn flesh
Blood my feet, red river runs
I'm to be whipped for your sins
Lord knows, hundred lashes strong

It's a beautiful day on Dieman's Land

I love to look out over Storm Bay, Oh it's a beautiful day

Steal me a musket and hunting dogs
Leg-irons, my music box
I'm bound to me A-frame cross
Lord knows, hundred lashes strong

Drown me in the shipyards yonder
String me from a noose in Hobart town
I'm your New Christ on a A-frame cross
Lord knows, hundred lashes strong

It's a beautiful day on Dieman's Land / I manage a smile to this tear dry face / It's a beautiful day

Devil's turned from his hooded flock
I'd give my tongue to rest my head in stocks
I'm your New Christ on a A-frame cross
Lord knows, hundred lashes strong
Lord knows...

It's a beautiful day on Dieman's Land / I love to look out over Storm Bay / It's a beautiful day

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from Chasing The Sun, released November 7, 2013
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Garton

Guitars, vocals - Andrew Garton
12 string guitar - Tor Fredheim
Bass - Chip Wardale
Harp - Crofty Beecroft
Drums - Simone White

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Andrew Garton Melbourne, Australia

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

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