Beauty Queen Sister

Think I'll bag that trip for two
Pack it up to Kakadu
Honey, it's not for the weather
Lack of loving you

I got all this in between
Something I did not foresee
All the deals I made don't matter
If I can't just let you be

Gone again gone again
There ain't no way
That I'm gonna let this heart mend
Gone again

Walked in King's Cross for awhile
Gave a junkie girl a smile
We both traded in for danger
Or the company of strangers

She said all her family
Was at the Welfare Agency
Then she swindled my last twenty
For a kiss and some poetry

Gone again gone again
'Cause there ain't no way
That I'm gonna let this heart mend
Gone again

If I don't make Kakadu
I'll be at the Rainbow Room
And I'll be courting some disaster
With the Melbourne wrecking crew

Honey all this is to say
That every dog don't got it's day
If we take the love we're given take the love
And we throw it all away

It's gone again it's gone again
'Cause there ain't no way
That I'm gonna let this heart mend

It's gone again it's gone again
'Cause there ain't no way
That I'm gonna let this heart mend
Gone again

Oh the boys of Dublin's Donaghmede
Come to hear their boxer sing
To tell the stories of their streets
To quell their suffering
They say let me go another round
And never take it laying down
'Cause in my heart I know
I'm strong enough to grow

Damo sing another song
For all the sons of fisticuffs
For the daughters of the truncheon
Damo sing a song of love

What do I know of Ireland
Except what made it here
Through the ports, into the hills
A whistle and a jig
They worked the fields, they worked the rails
And sang the songs of slaves
To keep the chains from binding on
To keep their bodies brave

Damo sing another song
For all the sons of toil and tug
For the daughters of the weary road
Damo sing a song of love

So gather round and bear this ground
While your brothers sweat and swing
Or hold each other for their life
In their love and in their rage
Sing of tribes and ties that bind
And sing yourself anew
Yeah the Dog of war, Lamb of God
The spirit is in you

Damo sing another song
For all the sons of fisticuffs
For the daughters of the truncheon
Damo sing a song of love
Damo sing another song

For all the sons of toil and tug
For the daughters of the weary road
Damo sing a song of love

Tell me dark heart of my deep sleep
Where the past drops in like unwanted guests
Rattling their chains of thought, shuffling their feet
Peering into things I thought I'd laid to rest
And for all I've left undone there's another dream to come

Once there were wars fought over spice and salt
And the stick of gold became the standard measure
Nothing much has changed in this modern age
And it won't until the pain's not worth the pleasure

And for all we've left undone
There's another war to come.

I want to feed and water the horses,
The course is long and dry
Can't do it alone oh no we can't although we've tried and tried and tried
We may not deserve you, we'll come to serve you by and by
Feed and water the horses
Where they lie.

I miss the smell of ink on paper and it's morning pull
All the news comes via link now all so virtual
I don't know what to think
I don't know what to feel
The beginning of the end or reinvention of the wheel

And for all we've left undone
We are still evolution

I want to feed and water the horses,
The course is long and dry
Can't do it alone oh no we can't although we've tried and tried and tried
We may not deserve you, we'll come to serve you by and by
Feed and water the horses
Where they lie.

I realize that the beast lie there in our plans
Peacefully sleeping, but faithfully keeping
They're ready for the burden man

But if you knew something (peacefully sleeping)
They'd take you to something (faithfully keeping)
You are dying for your burden man (they're ready for the burden man)

Wouldn't you need it? (Wouldn't you need it?)
Wouldn't you feed it? (Wouldn't you feed it?)
Wouldn't you praise it evermore?

Feed and water the horses
The course is long and dry
Can't do it alone oh no we can't although we've tried and tried and tried
We may not deserve you. We'll come to serve you by and by
Feed and water the horses where they lie.