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The Word Is Out
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'The word is out' words and music by Luke Vassella Copyright 2012
The word is out, it's rolling across the land
The word is out, it's written by the people's hand
The word is out, no gas mining here
The word is out, it's ringing loud and clear
The word is out
So lift your voice, raise your banners high
People rejoice under the North Coast sky
Cos this is our time, and this is our place
We want a healthy future not destruction and disgrace
The word is out
The word is out, we want Australia back
The word is out, call off this gas attack
The word is out, our community is not for sale
The word is out, sense and reason will prevail
The word is out
So lift your voice, raise your banners high
People rejoice under the North Coast sky
Cos this is our time, and this is our place
We want a healthy future not destruction and disgrace
So lift your voice, raise your banners high
People rejoice under the North Coast sky
Cos this is our time, and this is our place
We want a healthy future not destruction and disgrace
The word is out
This is the 21st century
Profit, planet and people must come equally first
Who's picking up the pieces when the mining bubble bursts?
We say NO we don't want it!
We say NO we don't need it!
We say NO social licence!
We're stakeholders and we mean it
No means no, take this corruption and go!
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The Mighty Dollar (Live)
04:11
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The Mighty Dollar words and music by Luke Vassella Copyright 2012
The mining company has come to town
They're here to take the gas out of the ground
And drain the water til the country's dry
They're here to poison the well, and set fire to the sky
How can I be silent watching this go down
It's a big money invasion of our people and our town
Is this still Australia that we're living in?
Friends this is a crime, this is a curse, this is a sin
It's the mighty dollar, it's high and mighty
But a corporate profit/prophet is not the Almighty
Leave it in the ground! Leave it in the ground!
How can I be silent watching this go down, leave it in the ground!
I feel it in my spirit friends, this is wrong
They've sold the country underneath us for a song
Why? Why would you waste this land away?
I hear the voice of past and future generations say
The mighty dollar is warm and inviting
But the safety of our food and water, that's a fight worth fighting come on!
Leave it in the ground, leave it in the ground!
How can we be silent watching this go down, leave it in the ground
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Leave it in the ground, we have to find a better way
Nobody believes it's safe, unless you're on company pay
We've done wrong to this land before, but not like this
If we step across this line, we're stepping into the abyss
This is a rape of our earth, this is reckless plunder
A land of greed and swindle has become the land down-under
I say leave it in the ground
Cos the mighty dollar is not the Almighty!
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The Gold (Live)
04:11
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'The Gold' words and music by Luke Vassella Copyright 2012
My Great Great Grandfather was a miner
On the Goldfields around Sofala
In 1864 it was every man for himself
But there in the arms of a Scottish girl he found his wealth
The gold isn't buried in the ground
If you're really looking it can be found...
My Great Grandfather farmed the good soil
By the Pilliga forest he gave it his blood sweat and toil
It was a hard life, he read a hard bible
But the land gave blessing, much more than just survival
And the gold isn't buried in the ground
The wealth of this nation can still be found;
In you and me, it's in you and me baby
Dig into your heart, dig into your back pages
Find the truth passed down through the ages
My Grandfather lost his hand
Working on the mineshaft gear they thought was unmanned
He made himself a metal one, and through trials and tribulations
He worked in that mine 'til the day he died, without hesitation
The green and gold's not buried in the ground
If you've got something good inside, you better share it around
It's in you and me, it's in you and me baby
Open up your heart, give me all that you got
Show me the gold that's in your heart, give me all that you got
Ooh
Dig into your heart
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River - words and music by Luke Vassella Copyright 2012
There was a trickle, became a creek, became a river
Hear the Northern Rivers speak!
The Wilson's River, has always run through Lismore town
But today there's a river, that runs all around
United here we make our stand, protect our water protect our land
We do not want this gas mining farce, our gates are locked and you shall not pass
This trickle has become a creek, has become a river
Hear the Northern Rivers speak
Our young men have seen nightmares, our old men have bought schemes
Young men should have visions, old men should dream dreams
Our government must make a stand to protect our water, protect this land
Our Queensland friends are already on their knees,
They've warned New South Wales, "Don't catch our disease!"
This trickle has become a creek, has become a river
Hear the Northern Rivers speak!
We are people like water, we all flow together
We all feel the season, we all feel the weather
We're people like water, we're interconnected
This land is our mother, she must be protected
Yes, we're people like water, we all flow together
We all feel the season, we all feel the weather
We're people like water, we're interconnected
This land is our future, it must be protected
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The Mighty Dollar words and music by Luke Vassella Copyright 2012
The mining company has come to town
They're here to take the gas out of the ground
And drain the water til the country's dry
They're here to poison the well, and set fire to the sky
How can I be silent watching this go down
It's a big money invasion of our people and our town
Is this still Australia that we're living in?
Friends this is a crime, this is a curse, this is a sin
It's the mighty dollar, it's high and mighty
But a corporate profit/prophet is not the Almighty
Leave it in the ground! Leave it in the ground!
How can I be silent watching this go down, leave it in the ground!
I feel it in my spirit friends, this is wrong
They've sold the country underneath us for a song
Why? Why would you waste this land away?
I hear the voice of past and future generations say
The mighty dollar is warm and inviting
But the safety of our food and water, that's a fight worth fighting come on!
Leave it in the ground, leave it in the ground!
How can we be silent watching this go down, leave it in the ground
!
Leave it in the ground, we have to find a better way
Nobody believes it's safe, unless you're on company pay
We've done wrong to this land before, but not like this
If we step across this line, we're stepping into the abyss
This is a rape of our earth, this is reckless plunder
A land of greed and swindle has become the land down-under
I say leave it in the ground
For a country with a future
For a country reconciling it's past
For generations yet to be born
Cos the mighty dollar is not the Almighty!
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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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