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Thirty People Away

by Tamas Wells

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1.
The leaves were raked at the end of Edmond Lake For the teams to find the evidence of why They had failed to rise and run out and hide When they heard the voices calling from the flame trees I could see if the lovers hadn’t been to the lake that day They could have found a way To escape to town and take the Greyhound With the coins we found. We went into the morning light Won’t you wait, won’t you ever hesitate? In the leaves you rake at the end of Edmond Lake You could find that trail of crumbs and details Of a crime that made us shiver as we climbed back I could tell how a rabbit and a spell Could relieve our eyes of plastic apple pies And the strings that held our covers in well And the coins we found We went into the morning light
2.
He never told, never told her all about The way they hold, hold their hands over their eyes When the sparks decide to shower all around the grounds He said to me Crowds come out to see them in the dark With their blankets and their scarves They’re seldom late, seldom late to see the start All come out to see them float away From their arms and from their stages Then explode into the flames through the night They met before, met before she came to stay And failed to place, among the ones who made the grade exams They gave the chance to try it all again He said to me Crowds come out to see them in the dark With their blankets and their scarves They’re seldom late, seldom late to see the start All come out to see them float away From their arms and from their stages Then explode into the flames through the night All the grass was gone And the leaves were dry He held her hand and then came to find Crowds come out to see them in the dark With their blankets and their scarves They’re seldom late, seldom late to see the start All come out to see them float away From their arms and from their stages Then explode into the flames through the night
3.
Some say England had a queen who was married to a dreamer Who was going insane and held together by a battle And a reel of forty two pages sealed in a weather tight drum It was leather, it was guns that would hold it inside All together till the ceremony came And everyone waited still Everyone waited still But the battle didn’t mean there were treasures there were dreams Of every vain and wealthy brother in a February field Forced to be trading yield And cattle and steed from wherever there is need And it’s measured in love Held together till the ceremony came And everyone waited still Everyone waited still Deck the halls with the wealth of mine Some say England had a queen who was married to a dreamer Who was going insane and held together by a battle And a reel of forty two pages sealed in a weather tight drum It was leather it was guns that would hold it inside All together till the ceremony came Everyone waited still Everyone waited still Everyone waited still
4.
I heard that they fight a lot They would awake all the suffering And the chemicals took their toll I believe Still for another faith To say they’ll agree to a wedding vow With the falling out from the same time we know He held on for quite a while With a place at the pharmacy on the way To the clothing house down by Merchant’s Parade But they found that they couldn’t find All of medicine on the tray And Friday night they had seen him inside The story was that he resigned Because the fevers were holding him every day And he couldn’t make all those hours any more She held on for quite a while But she would awake all the suffering And the chemicals took their toll I believe
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6.
I can see all fallen branches from the trees Left beside the road Ready to be burned for the Fete For the summer season had arrived, the season of dismay I could see all of the shapes in the corner I could levitate the sun to climb Over the lead lights All were like headlights Over this arch of mine I can see all the mounds of lemons By the trees from the cemetery Skipping on the lane was the son From the farthest place that I had been since I came away I could see all of the shapes in the corner I could levitate the sun to climb Over the lead lights All were like headlights Over this arch of mine
7.
He kept the robes out on the line So they could dry before the rains that came Made half the day all sweltering inside Power lines were made to skirt around the lane and reach behind But the night when he returned she reached up high on the shelf And then they woke to hear the cries on the road The burns had left her eyes only scars The door was left ajar He kept the sandals on the stairs And came to say goodbye He said that he was leaving for his sister’s And the time to leave the mats behind And robes for those Divines Had now arrived But the night when he returned she reached up high on the shelf And then they woke to hear the cries on the road The burns had left her eyes only scars The door was left ajar
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9.
We heard first from you and then in the papers And the radio said at 3pm when all of the people Crowded around at the stakes just yards from the lake But we heard you say that nobody knew about The dangers and all the stages opened up an appalling line Of people waiting in vain as it started to rain We had laughed about the days when I wouldn’t say the fourth of May And sometimes we told stories where movie stars were old And made up to seem like they were only seventeen And then we’d spend a dollar for the frames We heard that you fell down when the flames came out And people started to shout that some had fallen and still lay down Their faces dark from the flames the news had read out the names We had laughed about the days when I wouldn’t say the fourth of May And sometimes we told stories where movie stars were old And made up to seem like they were only seventeen And then we’d spend a dollar for the frames
10.
Coloured lights and coloured beads were stretched around And stretched down to his knees His face was white, his clothes were gold, his hands were down And resting in the fold Of all the things and all the lights And liberties we can’t define All the same I can’t be blamed for being in his true believers Crept around and crept inside And felt that we deserved an evening ride To town but we just found that we just Thought about the pavers left outside And all the things and all the lights And liberties we can’t define All the same I can’t be blamed for being in his true believers We counted beads alone And watched them every hour As they went by the Wednesday sign and round again Coloured lights and coloured beads are stretched around And stretched down to his knees I can pour and I see And I can make a case out to believe In all the things and all the lights And liberties we can’t define All the same I can’t be blamed for being in his true believers We counted beads alone And watched them every hour As they went by the Wednesday sign and round again
11.
The bride could hardly raise her voice I heard ceiling fans and noise I tried to talk about the ways I measured out the grace But your hands into mine A size larger than the last Arrived when I broke the glass I would seldom take the stairs In time for me to be aware Of your hands into mine

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released November 11, 2011

All the songs by Tamas Wells

Tamas Wells - guitar, vocals, piano
Anthony Francis - piano, keyboard
Nathan Collins - drums, percussion
Owen Gray - bass
Kelly Lane - violin
Gina Denholm - cello
Kim Beales - guitar, vocal

Produced by Nathan Collins with Tamas Wells and Anthony Francis
Recorded by Nathan Collins in Hobart (with thanks to Anthony Rochester)
and by Dave McCluny in Melbourne (at Atlantis Studios) in July 2010
Mixed by Tim Whitten in Sydney
Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering in Arizona
Design by Ash Oswald at Hey There's Me

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Tamas Wells Melbourne, Australia

Tamas Wells is a songwriter based in Melbourne, Australia.

His latest album 'To Drink Up the Sea', with the single 'It Shakes the Living Daylights from You' is out now. The album was produced by Machine Translations' Greg J. Walker in rural Victoria, Australia. ... more

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