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Down In Old St Kilda

from Something True by Jimmy Sky

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When I was a child, my father, my uncle and I went to visit St Kilda. We travelled there to play music. I have never forgotten those experiences.

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So we sing Hava Nagila, sing Amazing Grace
Scream Mohammad Allah, pray to Buddha in the rain
For a teenage girl was singing in St Kilda for the pain
And though I was just a baby boy I can't erase her

Long long ago before the world began to warm
I knew the things that we would be
There was hope for all to see
My father and his brother on the street they knew no harm
Sat a busker down with me
And we preached with her for free

We sang Hava Nagila, we sang Amazing Grace
We screamed Mohammad Allah, prayed to Buddha in the rain
For a teenage girl was singing in St Kilda for the pain
And though I was just a baby boy I can't erase her face

In time we gathered up a crowd for her to join
To hear this little boy
Some angel full of joy
Gimmicks always come with money raining down with coin
But we gave it all to her
We had nothing left to learn

So we sang Hava Nagila, I sang Amazing Grace
Screamed Mohammad Allah, prayed to Buddha in the rain
For a teenage girl was singing in St Kilda for the pain
And though I was just a baby boy I couldn't erase her face

Upon the arms and hands her tracks were burned like they were branded
People walking by were scowling violence open-handed
Nobody but we could see the need inside her bloodshot teenage eyes
And oh the best that we could do was hope she wouldn't die

So we sang Hava Nagila, we sang Amazing Grace
Screamed Mohammad Allah, prayed to Buddha in the rain
For that teenage girl was bleeding in St Kilda for the pain
And though I was just a baby boy I can't erase her

Sing Hava Nagila, sing Amazing Grace
Scream to Buddha Allah, pray to Krishna in the rain
For that teenage girl was singing in St Kilda for the pain
And though I was just a baby boy I can't erase her face
Though I was just a little boy I couldn't erase her face
Though I am just a man in the world I'll never erase her from that place

credits

from Something True, released February 12, 2017
All performances, instrumentation, samples, recording and mixing by Jimmy Sky.
Mastered by LANDR

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Jimmy Sky Australia

Musician, actor, writer, singer, photographer, dreamer, weirdo, fool.

www.facebook.com/jimmyskymusic

soundcloud.com/jamestrevorsky

www.youtube.com/nipppa77

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