The Dead Heart
Lyrics
We don't serve your country Don't serve your king Know your custom, don't speak your tongue White man came took everyonefull lyrics...
We don't serve your country Don't serve your king Know your custom, don't speak your tongue White man came took everyonefull lyrics...
Features Of This Song
acoustic rock instrumentationfolk influences
call and answer vocal harmony (Antiphony)
repetitive melodic phrasing
extensive vamping
a busy horn section
a clear focus on recording studio production
minor key tonality
melodic songwriting
an emotional male lead vocal performance
a gravelly male vocalist
acoustic rhythm guitars
subtle use of strings
subtle use of fender rhodes
political lyrics
vocal harmonies
These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this song by the Music Genome Project.
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And that cannot be broken We don't serve your king And that cannot be stolen The dead heart lives here We don't serve your country Got more right than people We don't serve your country Uranium companiesm, collected companies Know your custom don't speak your tongue We carry in our hearts the true country And that cannot be stolen We carry in our hearts the true country And that cannot be broken Songwriters: Peter Garrett, Robert Hirst, James Moginie White man listen to the songs we sing Mining companies, pastoral companies Publisher: SPRINT MUSIC PTY LTD And that cannot be stolen We don't need protection We follow in the steps of our ancestry Forty thousand years can make a difference to the state of things Keep your promise on where we stand We follow in the steps of our ancestry We don't serve your country White man came took everyone White man came took everyone We will listen we'll understand We don't serve your king We follow in the steps of our ancestry White man came took everything And that cannot be broken Don't serve your king Don't need your land We carry in our hearts the true country Know your custom, don't speak your tongue Got more say than people
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