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I was shocked to learn late Sunday night that Grant McLennan, one half of the brilliant Go-Betweens, had passed away in his sleep at his home in Brisbane. In the brilliant work performed after their reunion in 2000, McLennan penned the heartfelt ballads to offset partner Robert Forster's quirky, tortured tales. I'm saddened to think that the spellbinding show i witnessed last summer at Slim's turned out to be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Thanks for ... everything, mate.
i recall a schoolboy coming home
through fields of cane, to a house of tin and timber
and in the sky, a rain of falling cinders
from time to time, the waste, memory wastes
i recall a boy in bigger pants
like everyone, just waiting for a chance
his father’s watch, he left it in the showers
from time to time, the waste, memory wastes
i recall a bigger brighter world
a world of books, and silent times in thought
and then the railroad, the railroad takes him home
through fields of cattle, through fields of cane
from time to time, the waste, memory wastes
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