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Where My Grandfather Walked

from 3 Protest Songs by Peter Joseph Head

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There's a green plastic chair
Out on a dirt road
Where the baobab grows
And nobody goes there

There's art on a wall
Drawn by a child
In school that sits quiet
Behind bright colored doors

There's a slide and a swing
That sways in the breeze
Where the land gently breathes
By the stream where we'd swim

My dad would would catch
Barrumundi two to a line
We'd Cook them in the fire 
And eat them just like that

I'm not walking for freedom
I'm not stamping my feet on the floor
I'm not running for office 
I'm not marching to war

I wanna walk where my grandfather walked

Now I'm Camped on the oval down at kununurra 
My sisters in a tent on the marsh 
And on the outskirts of Wyndham where the weather gets harsh
They say there's a toilet the boys use for cover

Five deaths and four suicides in the town was a crises 
But out here they fall quiet as leaves
And the last man left standing refusing to leave
Is the first one to lay down as the sun slowly rises

I'm not punching the air for revenge 
I'm not on parade for anyone's head
I didn't come to this street out of hate
I came out of love and to find a way
Cause I want to walk where my grandfather walked

They say there's diamonds in the mountains
Just like stars in the sky
Say there's minerals in the sand dunes
Flow just like rivers rushing by
They some things are viable 
Others are not
If you want precious metal
You've gotta break a few rocks

They say it'll take
Five men six weeks to get rid of the town
Where I raised up all my seven kids 
And we took on lawyer for one final bid
But in the end he went along with the crowd 

And Premier Barnett says Oombulgurri's one town 
But there's hundreds more to be done
And prime minster Abbott says choices of lifestyle aren't funded
And I think that he's talking about
Me
But I wanna walk where my grandfather walked

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from 3 Protest Songs, released May 30, 2015

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Peter Joseph Head Melbourne, Australia

"Proves pop music can both be accessible and adventurous” - Pop Matters

I try and write songs that have thought-provoking, meaningful or funny lyrics.
I play with my band of rock and folk instruments. I sometimes say my music combines rock and roll with self-help.
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