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A true story about what you find when your out running on the streets of Yarraville.

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Running on Hyde Street

I was running on Hyde street or hiding on run
Running and hiding from what I can't tell
When up in the distance the cop cars were circle
Like seagulls outside the Victoria hotel

The cinema sun hung low in the sky
I looked straight ahead and went to run through
She held up her hand and beckoned me round
The officer dressed all in yellow and blue

My heart was pounding my breath was short
Anxiety exhaustion same chain different gears
Blood on the footpath and covered in towels
Lay a thousand heartaches crying a million tears

I run across Hyde street and down to the gardens
Across freshly mown lawns beside well kept beds
I wonder what killed that man on the footpath
The story was taking a shape in my head

I think he was homeless or harmless or hopeless
Looking for shelter or a smoke to share
I climbed heartbreak hill and I couldn't help thinking
Will anyone miss him will anyone care

One persons torment's another's entertainment
There's a show in watching someones fears
It's the schadenfreude that fills the void
With a thousand heartaches crying a million tears

I passed Seddon station where people were waiting
Shuffling away from places they dwell
The cops had completed their investigation
As the doors opened up the Victoria hotel

There's pleasure in looking at someones misfortune
You can see it on line mist the porn and the glam
But I never discovered his sad situation
The tragic story of one lonely man

There for grace of God go you or I
The innocent victim of too many beers
You trip and you stumble and crack your life open
Spill a thousand heartaches crying a million tears

© JAMESONGS 2015

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from The Battle for Wilson Street, released August 8, 2020
JAMES WAKELING: VOCAL, GUITAR

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