Welcome To The Sprawl

from The Man and the Moon by Brett Smith and St John Cowcher

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lyrics

The sun comes up
Another day
The sun goes down
The world is grey.

The streets are dead
Past six o’clock
The houses all
From the same stock

The world is grey, the world is grey out here in the suburbs the world is grey

A cool blue glow
From every room
Bought this whole house
In the mining boom
Your Four Wheel Drive
Your trophy wife
Your 5-day week
That’s your whole life.

The world is grey
It’ll never change
You fill your life with things
You’re still bound by chains

The world is grey, the world is grey out here in the suburbs the world is grey

Well I’m the same as you
I’m just getting by
Living day by day
Until the day I die

The world is grey, the world is grey out here in the suburbs the world is grey

We all commute
Spend our lives in lines
That’s the truth of it
We’re wasting half our time
This vast suburban sprawl
It’s just not what it seems
Yet we still opt into
This Australian dream
The world is grey
And I’m part of that
It’s the life I know
And I can’t take it back

The world is grey, the world is grey out here in the suburbs the world is grey

credits

from The Man and the Moon, released June 4, 2018
Composer: Brett Smith
Book and Lyrics: St John Cowcher

Vocals: St John Cowcher
Saxophone: Brett Smith
Piano: Harry Mitchell
Double bass: Djuna Lee
Drums: Alex Reid

Produced by Variegated Productions
Co-produced by Kieran Kenderessy and Brett Smith
Rhythm section recorded and mixed by Kieran Kenderessy at Crank Recording Studio, Perth. 20th November 2017
Vocals recorded and mixed by Kieran Kenderessy at Crank Recording Studio, Perth. 29th April 2018
Mastered by Kieran Kenderessy

Graphic Design by Stacy Gougoulis

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Variegated Productions make shows. Rooted in contemporary theatre, we branch out into other forms and collaborate with other artists to grow our work.

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