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MADNESS,MINES & MORTGAGES
©1999 by Penelope Swales
Performed
by
PENELOPE
SWALES
www.penelopeswales.com
RHGB:"One of Australia’s leading singer / songwriters, Penelope has developed an impressive following here and overseas with her exuberant performances that feature her deep passion for people and issues, presented with an emotional honesty and a social conscious. A born story teller, Penelope talks to her audience bringing them into her travels. The song Mines Mortgages and madness tells of the contrasts in rural indigenous life and the madness of modern life in the city. This song is yet to be released on any album."
© Penelope Swales
With
my head down and my bum in the air
I'm
getting on with my life
While
all around me, those profiteers
Are
creating more mess and more strife
I
know so many good people
And
we're all doing the same
Just
staying abreast of daily life
While
greed and chaos reigns
Way
in the North of our Southern land
A
handful of sanity fights
To
stop a mine that nobody wants
And
protect all our obvious rights
Meanwhile
down in the cities and towns
No-one
gives it a thought
Oh,
yeah we all know that it's madness
At
least that much we've been taught
It's
madness, madness
I
tell you, we're all mad
And
those little men in those great big companies
I
tell you they're all mad
The
money and the machinery
The
greed of the nuclear industry
You'd
have to be both brave and crazy
To
pit yourself against that
But
the ones that do and the only sane ones
And
everyone else is mad
We're
selling our souls for the simple things
Like
a house and a family
Then
we're stuck in a mill of paying the bills
And
don't it keep us distracted and busy?
While
the young and the wild with no mortgage or child
Are
left to save our land and our oceans
Branded
as fools with no money or tools
Facing
the fight on thier own
It's
madness, madness
I
tell you, we're all mad
And
those little men in the Westpac offices
I
tell you they're all mad
The
money and the machinery
The
greed of the nuclear industry
You'd
have to be both brave and crazy
To
pit yourself against that
But
the ones that do and the only sane ones
Everyone
else is mad
The
intelligent poor who know what the score is
Are
trying to wake up our intellect
While
the media tells us the Kooris and ferals
Ain't
got no facts or respect
Being
pushed around, it's tough on the ground
When
you don't look like the locals do in the town
But
they're the only ones that can see what's coming
And
the rest of us are too bogged down
It's
madness, madness
I
tell you, we're all mad
And
that little man on Parliament hill
I
tell you he's stone mad
The
money and the machinery
The
greed of the nuclear industry
You'd
have to be deaf dumb and crazy
To
pit yourself against that
But
the ones that do and the only sane ones
Everyone
else is mad
And
that's the only explanation
I
can find for the crap that goes down in this Nation
Just
a few looking for a solution yeah
And
everybody else is mad
Being
hypnotised by our daily lives
And
don't that make me mad?