Name: The World is not Good
Duration: P00H04M30S
Description: These children are hard to raise good. A murder mystery and a mother's lament. Come on guys, this shit is not acceptable.

The World is not Good

from Sinking Ships Vol 2 by Greg Dear and Ship Mates

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These children are hard to raise good. A murder mystery and a mother's lament. Come on guys, this shit is not acceptable.

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The garage on the corner is the place where she fled
The old school buttons there, in the hole where she bled.
The laughter she tried to find, and the rose that was so red
All the freedom she sought. But the hole where she bled.

All of them cherish the sun and the sea and the road.
But the world is not good.

She longed for the wind in her hair. She longed for the road.
She carried her visions up high. A sword and a rose.
She framed all her past lives and she hid them in the shed.
They found her old flour bag in the hole where she bled.

All of them cherish the sun and the sea and the road.
But the world is not good.

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from Sinking Ships Vol 2, released November 21, 2020
From Sinking Ships Vol 2, released November 21, 2020
Greg Dear - vocals, acoustic guitar
Matthew de la Hunty - electric guitars
Cathie Travers - accordion
Sara McPherson - bass, chorus vocals
Todd Pickett - drums, chorus vocals
Song written by Greg Dear.
Recorded by Dan Carroll at Rada.
Mixed by Greg Dear at Beggar's Biscuit.
Produced by Greg Dear.

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Greg Dear Perth, Australia

Greg Dear's debut solo album in 1981 featured members of the Triffids and other Perth bands. Across the 80s and 90s he released singles and albums both solo and with his bands (Holy Rollers, Beautiful Losers, and Butterfly Collection), and produced records by other Perth bands. For the Beautiful Losers' recent albums (2014 on), visit: beautifullosers.bandcamp.com ... more

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