HINTERLAND

[johnfoyle]

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HINTERLAND


Words & Music Philip Chevron, 2005
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a man walks into a bar
all paradise lost
ev'ry rubicon crossed
nothin' doin' but huckleberry gin -

"Oh, play me a tune that my demons can hear
Sing me a song of the new frontier you're promisin' "


Out here in the Hinterland
We live like kings,
Feasting on the plenty
which ev'ry harvest brings.
Don't say our riches lie beneath the sands
of godforsaken Holy Lands
where Faith is just mistaken self-belief

Ooby dooby dooby
Sha na na na na
Ooby dooby dooby
Sha na na na na


Go ahead caller.......you're on the air......!

a boy walks into a bar
maybe tonight won't end
before he meets a friend
who's sweeter than huckleberry gin -

"Oh, who'll come and dance with this lonesome peach?
A fleeting romance may be within the reach I'm promisin' "



Out here in the Hinterland
We live like kings,
Feasting on the plenty
which ev'ry harvest brings.
Don't say our riches lie beneath the sands
of Godforsaken Holy Lands
where Faith is just mistaken self-belief

Ooby dooby dooby
Sha na na na na
Ooby dooby dooby
Sha na na na na


Shine on prairie moon
Light up this lonely sky,
We found ouselves a pretty angel
we had to crucify.
And on his face is the rusty track
of the very last tear he cried.
You should've saved your tears for Jesus, boy!
You shoulda saved your tears..........


Out here in the Hinterland
We live like kings,
Feasting on the plenty
which ev'ry harvest brings.
Don't say our riches lie beneath the sands
of Godforsaken Holy Lands
where Faith is just mistaken self-belief

Ooby dooby dooby
Sha na na na na
Ooby dooby dooby
Sha na na na na


Go ahead caller.......you're on the air......!

Somewhere a rose grows through the desert sand.

a man walks into a bar
all paradise lost
ev'ry rubicon crossed
nothin' doin' but huckleberry gin -



Jerusalem
Your requiem is sounded.
The armies of great nations have got you surrounded.
When we've drug the Devil through this vale of tears,
We'll tie the Devil up for a thousand years,
Gagged and bound for a thousand years.
We got you surrounded......
Gagged and bounded.........

[johnfoyle]

Mick Molloy asks -

Any more stuff about why and when the song was written?

Phil replies -

I don't like to say too much about new songs, before they have grown their own lives. The "when" is January to May 2005 but If I knew the "why", I would not have needed to write the song. If you google "Fred Phelps" and "Matthew Shepard" it may shed light on one aspect of the song. Try "dominionism" and "last days" for another component.

[lee]

This is a great song. I don't know how to convey the 'talk radio' experience to someone outside of the USA, but a chance to hear that sort of all-night, right-wing rant from such shows might also be a key to the song.