From the recording Yellow
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WE LIVED JUST OFF COMMERCIAL ROAD, BETWEEN THE TRAIN LINE AND THE MARKET IN PRAHRAN. HEADING WEST A MILE FROM PUNT RD, RIGHT TURN AT THE BRIDGE, BEFORE YOU HIT THE ROYAL EXCHANGE,
TWO DOORS UP FROM PERRY LANE, IN A SINGLE FRONTED WEATHERBOARD, WIRE DOOR, PAINTED COUNCIL GREEN.
SHE WASN’T MUCH, BUT SHE HAD CHARACTER, AND IF THOSE WALLS COULD ONLY SPEAK, AND THE GHOSTS THAT GRACED ITS DOOR STEP COULD BE HEARD. THESE WERE SIMPLE TIMES WE LIVED IN, AT 24 BALMORAL STREET.
COPPER AND RINGER IN A BACKYARD SHED, BRICK YARD, OUTSIDE DUNNY PICKET FENCE. AND THE CEILINGS ALL TOBACCO STAINED, LIME GREEN KITCHEN JUST THE SAME, LINO FLOOR, SUGAR PINE WALLS, AND MUM CLEARED THE ROOM, SINGING LET ME GO LOVER, SHE WAS CURSED FROM THE FIRST NOTE SHE SUNG.
SHE WASN’T MUCH BUT SHE HAD CHARACTER, AND IF THOSE WALLS COULD ONLY SPEAK, AND THE GHOSTS THAT GRACED ITS DOOR STEP COULD BE HEARD. THESE WERE SIMPLE TIMES WE LIVED IN, AT 24 BALMORAL STREET
I WENT TO SCHOOL AT HAWKSBURN STATE, THEN I DANCED AT LEGGETS BALLROOM 6 TILL LATE. NOW REGGIE SHOWED ME ALL THE STEPS, HE'D DANCED THE TIV' AND HE'D TAPPED THE REST,
THE BARREL NIGHTS WENT LOUD AND LONG, SQUEEZEBOX PHYLL PLAYED ALL THE SONGS, HORRIE, GWEN, THELLIE AND KNOCK UP TOO, BAZ AND EDIE AND TO NAME A FEW, NOW MUM'S AT THE TABLE SMOKING TURF AND DRINKING BEER, SHELLING PEAS, STUDYING THE FORM.
SHE WASN’T MUCH BUT SHE HAD CHARACTER, AND IF THOSE WALLS COULD ONLY SPEAK AND THE GHOSTS THAT GRACED ITS DOOR STEP COULD BE HEARD.
SHE WASN’T MUCH BUT SHE HAD CHARACTER, AND IF THOSE WALLS COULD ONLY SPEAK AND THE GHOSTS THAT GRACED ITS DOOR STEP COULD BE HEARD, THESE WERE SIMPLE TIMES WE LIVED IN, AT 24 BALMORAL STREET.
THESE WERE SIMPLE TIMES WE LIVED IN, AT 24 BALMORAL STREET