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Voices

from Little Flame by Max Savage

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For Viv, Alistair and Lawrence

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Last week I sold my wristwatch
Last night I pawned my rings
And I sold my soul to cigarettes when I was seventeen
And I spent my last ten dollars on a cardboard box of wine
Can’t nobody spare a dollar, shake my hand or give the time
When you’re broke you can’t seem to feel
And they tell me that these voices ain’t real

A got a set of keys in my pocket
For someone elses car
I got a cut along my forehead
gonna be an ugly scar
Well my head and heart are pounding and I’m feeling out of breath
I’m in an unfamiliar suburb at an unfamiliar address
When you’re walking in a stranger’s cuban heels
Try to tell you that these voices ain’t real

I got voices in the morning
I got voices late at night
I got Don Dunstan in my left ear ear
And B. A. Santamaria in the right
I ain’t got the voice of reason but I got the voice of god
My mind is a radio station with an audience of one
I’d try to stop them but I’d have to cut a deal
And they tell me that these voices ain’t real

Well I’d get myself together
And I’d get right off these ropes
But the voice of Albert Field
Keeps on calling for a vote
And the voice of Billy Snedden says I didn’t win but I didn’t lose
Lionel Murphy says I got nothing if not the right to choose
I got Harold Holt wheezing, explaining just how drowning feels
And they tell me that these voices aren’t real

Dombrovskis save the Franklin
Well Jack Mundey save my street
And Billy Graham’s travelling road show
Gonna wash my weary feet
Well god will save Govenor General and God’s gonna save the queen
And the voice of sir Garfield Barwick says that nothings gonna save me
Well I got no right of appeal
And they tell me that these voices ain’t real

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from Little Flame, track released February 1, 2015
Written and performed by Max Savage

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Beloved by fans and relatively unknown beyond their hometown of Adelaide, South Australia, Max Savage and the False Idols have developed a reputation for explosive live performances and thoughtfully assembled recordings over more than a decade of music. ... more

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