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Something Good
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Something Good-words and music by Luke Vassella 2017
Something good's going to come from this flood
Something good's growing out of this mud
How can this tragedy be understood?
I tell you people get ready for something good
I know March 31st brought heartbreak and pain
I know people knocked down mightn't get up again
I know I've seen anger and bitterness too
I've seen people so sad they don't know what to do
But something good's coming down the track
Something good's going to bring it all back
What hasn't killed you has called you by name
To get out on the field boys and back in the game
Something good's going to come from this flood
Something good's growing out of this mud
I know it's not easy to be understood
I tell you people get ready for something good
It's a time of renewal, it's a time of rebirth
It's a time to regenerate on the good earth
I'm not saying it's easy, I'm not saying it's cheap
Gonna have to work hard, probably have to dig deep
But something good's gonna come from this mess
I see joy dancing through the distress
I see thousands of people coming back to the heart
On a brand new day with a brand new start
Something good's going to come to this town
Something good's going to turn things around
I know, I know it doesn't look like it should
I tell you people get ready for something good
Lismore people get ready for something good
Something good's going to come from this flood
Something good's growing out of this mud
How can this tragedy be understood?
I tell you people get ready for something good
People get ready for something good
Lismore people get ready
People get ready
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Muddy Muddy Water
04:58
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Muddy Muddy Water-words and music by Luke Vassella 2017
In the last days of March 2017
The rain fell around Lismore the likes we've never seen
It turned to muddy water
Some people were ready, some were unprepared
Some stayed and tried to fight, some were running scared
From the muddy water
See when Debbie'd finished Queensland she came down to do her worst
Poured a witches brew around us as if the town was cursed
With muddy water
That Lismore levee held the deluge until it reached the top
But the storm raged down the valleys and boys she wouldn't stop
Hey, Hey, Hey, muddy muddy water
Just like Jesus said the rain falls on the wicked and on the righteous too
The good, the bad, the rich, the poor, there's nothing you can do
To stop that water
Down Keen to Woodlark into Molesworth and on to Magellan St
Lismore city went down in the flood, no escape, no retreat
From the muddy water
You could hear the choppers chopping in the sky over your head
As the swollen rolling river carried the living and the dead
Filthy muddy water
Even the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull came to see the damage done
He got down on his hands and knees like he was trying to help someone
Hey, Hey, Hey, muddy muddy water
People everywhere were working trying to keep their faces brave
To salvage for tomorrow, whatever they could save
From the muddy water
Then somebody shouted, "Suspend our foreign aid!"
Made the man sound bankrupt, just like a puppet being played
It'll make you sick, Kev don't drink the muddy water
My friend you can axe the tax and stop the boats and blow smoke around the room
But to clear the mud dumped on this country, you'll need more than a broom
Hey, Hey, Hey, muddy muddy water
Now there's rubbish piling higher on the side of every street
We're all in it one way or another from our eyeballs to our feet
Muddy water
Maybe we'll build a bonfire to burn against the night
But if we lift that levee higher, we better build it tight
That's right you got to help a brother, got to help a sister too
If we can't look out for each other, we're not going to make it through
So people lift it higher and take it to a higher shelf
And pray to God it's not too late to help your climate and yourself
Hey, Hey, Hey, muddy muddy water
You might say you've been delivered
You might say that you've been damned
But when the deluge beats the Lismore levee
All God's children stand in muddy muddy water
I'm talking about the last days of March 2017
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My Lismore Friend
03:59
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My Lismore Friend-words and music by Luke Vassella 2017
What can I offer you my friend?
What can I do to help things mend?
No flood, no fear, no fire
Can tame the heart's desire
This trouble in your heart is going to pass, it's going to end
My Lismore friend
What can I possibly give you?
What do you need to help you through?
No flood, no fear, no fire
Can tame the heart's desire
This trouble in your heart is going to pass, it's going to end
My Lismore friend
What can I tell you you don't already know?
To help that fire inside you glow?
Keep faith, give hope, bring love
These things I'm thinking of
The great garden's gone, it'll grow again
My Lismore friend
No flood, no fear, no fire
Can tame the heart's desire
This trouble in your heart is going to pass, it's going to end
My Lismore friend
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Luke Vassella Lismore, Australia
Luke is well known on the NSW North Coast and beyond as an inspirational performer.
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