Religious beliefs failed
Shut your eyes
Here comes your free ride to heaven
Or hell
Or wherever
It’s all over my dearest friends
You have been chosen
For your poor choice of land
Your chosen plot
Church every Sunday failed
Or succeeded for some of you
If you loved fate
Maybe a bomb around someone’s waste
Promoted your delusion
That a special world exists
You know martyrs are just corpses
Wasted lives
A loss of the ability to speak and influence
You never got the chance
But God or Allah or Mohammed took your life anyway
Religion has failed again
And failed you all
Or was it that some other great idol would save you
All that belief now in serious doubt
You were all so young
They took your children
Your homes
Ask yourself
Would a god do this?
What was it you were praying for?
It’s Madness, sadness no forgiveness?
And to whom do we pray now?
It was a fucking earthquake my friends
Hows that for a god?
A belief
Go on dream believers
When your numbers up religion goes missing
Always for the dead
No god will save you
No amount of prayer will lift you to safety
Ironically
The world will say a prayer for you all
And you were in the wrong place at the wrong time
That’s all

Hands off the gong
Do you feel like letting go?
So you are a star
You are a people icon
Love the attraction
The red carpet
You bastard you burnt your friends
And never paid any rent
Now you are a movie star
Do you feel like letting go?
They also went to that acting school
But you got the breaks
Hands off the gong
And they put food in your mouth
But there you go
So you are a star
The money will be lonely old son
And all of your friends are gone

Let go and love another
She looks like authority
Will you handle her?
Will you let go
Will you laugh when you should be crying?
Doubt it
She loves all types
And one day there you are
Asking the question
Where’s all of my money gone?

Melting ice
Freezing sun
Blowing vacuum
Still breeze
Black Street is white
And Golliwogs are gone
Homosexuals normal
Pay for water
Air is polluted
The world is crazy
What to do?
Say it straight
How you feel
This is Australia mate

That saved me
That word you said
Sorry
I am lifted
Now I see you are a man
You have courage
No further angst is possible
And I am most sorry
That I never thought it possible
Sorry

And you can love with all of your heart
Just for that moment
Love like there is never a tomorrow to come
Give in to his charm
And seduction seems to be of normal behaviour
To a beautiful young virgin
You danced you hugged and kissed amid the strobing lights
Crazed by the moment and your friends bid you well
Others scoffed
They knew of this Valentino
You were smitten
Sadly
No one had told you about the date rape drugs
Yet he still walks free to ply his trade
Whilst you wear that stigma
That you made it as a victim

Smile for me lift that heart
Begone your anger let it part
Remember the heroes in your life be smart
Hatred clouds your mind makes you tart
So smile for me like a piece of art
You’re my Mona Lisa Mrs Hart

Black Australians with different views
White men in sorry queues
Indigenous friend’s with sad news
Kids with affinity for the glues
Politicians ready to confuse
Everyone has something to lose
Simple genocide you can choose
White man’s to blame not the booze

I did not know Yassar Arafat
But I knew of his struggle
I knew the length of his battle
Somehow I am sad despite his persuasion
The murderous bombings of the innocent
Of which I have no great understanding
Why?
But surely any man
Who dedicated a lifetime for his people?
Was a genuine hero
Be his cause right or wrong he wavered not
It was all about land
Land for his people is that wrong
Do not all people begin life in possession of a home?
A home place
And at least finish with a plot of land

Hey start stepping out kid
And gather
Marrying is not a Julie thing
Can someone tell?
And as nice as you may be
Marriage does not equal control
If you love then you love
And freedom and joy with it come
And I doubt your girl loves you?