Sydney Town

from Miscarriage of Justice by 10th Man

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200 years of sin-city history in one song

Owen white.

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Lyrics
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I am the modern warrior, I fight the urban sprawl
I am the lonely beggar sitting in the Pitt Street mall
I am the western suburbs, jammed up with the bogan homes
I am the hungry monster, built upon greed and sandstone

And when the sun goes down, you’ll see the dark side of this town
You’ll go down ...
Down to Sydney town
Rape and pillage, it’ll take your soul
It’ll steal your innocence
It will take it all ....

I am the Hawkesbury River, the ghosts at Callan Park
A tattooed arm at Coogee spewed up from a tiger shark
I am James Hardie Fibro, dioxins in the bay
Shootin’ up at Cabramatta, having coffee in a Beach café

And when the sun goes down, you’ll see the dark side of this town
You’ll go down ....
Down to Sydney town

Rape and pillage, it’ll take your soul
It’ll steal your innocence
It will take it all ...

I am the deals and handshakes, going down in Macquarie Street
An outrage at Mount Rennie
I’m standing at the Wall, I’m on the beat
I am your local Westfield, an old and groaning wharf
Listen to the ghosts of the colony
Listen to us, hear us talk

And when the sun goes down, you’ll see the dark side of this town
You’ll go down ....
Down to Sydney town

Down ...
Down to Sydney town

Rape and pillage, it’ll take your soul
It’ll steal your innocence
It will take it all

Yeah it’ll take it all

and leave you with nothing

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from Miscarriage of Justice, released December 19, 2014

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