Steer Us Straight

from The Woolhouse Demos by Brendan Lloyd

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when prehistoric man saw a face in the sand
it ignited a light in his mind
and the earth through his eyes was a sizeable prize
so began the course of mankind

when we discovered we could create fire with wood
well the smoke started chokin the sky
and we found that the stuff in the ground was combustible
now its nearly been sucked dry

we built boats out of trees that could travel the seas
and we set sail into the unknown
and our ships came ashore upon coasts unexplored
that we boastfully claimed as our own

but the natives dismayed at our decision to stay
and the way that we used and abused them
but they could never succeed against guns and disease
another pitiful page in our history

well we looked to the sky and we learnt how to fly
and we landed as high as the moon
but despite our successes and thirst for progress
is our honeymoon over too soon?

we've been raping the earth of everything that its worth
so what happens when it all runs out?
we can reverse what we've done, we can change the outcome
instead of waiting around to find out

how low will we go until we discover
that we've strayed for too long on this track
that we went too far and there's no going back
but its not over, we've still got time to steer us straight
before we lose our way

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from The Woolhouse Demos, released August 20, 2013
Written and performed by Brendan Lloyd
Recorded at Woolhouse June-July 2013
Recorded and mixed by Jake Holmes

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Brendan Lloyd Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne-based singer and guitar player.
I sing loudly and strum too hard.

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