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Related: About this forumSleep, Australia, sleep
This is a cross post from here but I feel it is definitely relevant to this section as well.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/103425001#post2
This is Paul Kelly's latest lament, it is... well watch and see.
And please do watch as well as the imagery is most powerful.
Sleep, Australia, sleep
The night is on the creep
Shut out the noise all around
Sleep, Australia, sleep
And dream of counting sheep
Jumping in fields coloured brown
Who'll rock the cradle and cry?
Who'll rock the cradle and cry?
Sleep, Australia, sleep
As off the cliff the kingdoms leap
Count them as they say goodbye
Count down the little things
The insects and birds
Count down the bigger things
The flocks and the herds
Count down our rivers
Our pastures and trees
But there's no need to hurry
Oh, sleep now, don't worry
'Coz it's only a matter of degrees
Fog, Australia, fog
Just like the boiling frog
As we go we won't feel a thing
Who'll rock the cradle and cry?
Who'll rock the cradle and cry?
Sleep, my country, sleep
As off the cliff the kingdoms leap
Count them as they pass on by
Our children might know them
But their children will not
We won't know 'til it's gone
All the glory we've got
But there are more wonders coming
All new kinds of shows
With acid seas rising
To kiss coastal mountains
And big cyclones pounding
And firestorms devouring
And we'll lose track of counting
As the corpses keep mounting
But hey, that's just the way this old world goes
Sleep, my country, sleep
As we sow so shall we reap
Who'll rock the cradle and cry?
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Sleep, Australia, sleep (Original Post)
Thyla
Feb 2020
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Canoe52
(2,948 posts)1. Very powerful! Thanks for sharing!
Feel free to share too.
Mickju
(1,803 posts)2. Such a tragedy!
We don't seem to be able to stop destroying our world.
Unfortunately.
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)3. Wow! Thanks for posting this
Thyla
(791 posts)6. Paul Kelly is amazing so I had to share...
He has captured some deep feelings here.
Bayard
(22,062 posts)7. Very poignant.....
Duppers
(28,120 posts)9. Oh wow. Thank you for posting this.
Cross-post in any other forum you feel could apply. We have lives to extend.
🙏
Duppers
(28,120 posts)10. You could put this in the Lounge and in GD,
General Discussion.
As Bayard said, it's very poignant.
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