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Crooked Tree

from Brave Old World by Bronwyn Eather

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After a trip to the centre of Australia I wrote this poem about my love for the taut and twisted trees that eek existence from dry bone-dust and dirt, and the people around them who exist in a similar way. Reprised from the last album, this has become a band favourite.

lyrics

Give me a crooked tree any day
Pulling life from dirt and broken bone
Songlines scribbled under bark
Drawn in sand and carved on stone

Give me the bone nasal tones of barely moving lips
Vowels so flat there’s hardly room to breathe
A thread of desert song
Winding high and falling, floating on the breeze

Give me the secrets of the land any day
Dirt and sweat and woodsmoke
A flash of colour in the dark
Opal fire locked in ancient stone

Give me a crooked tree any day
Taut and twisted, strong and lean
There’s beauty in every line
Like man of the land, a crooked tree

credits

from Brave Old World, track released April 16, 2020
Paul Vassallo - Slide Guitar
John Pye - Bass
Stan Kadlo - Drums
Bronwyn Eather - Vocals

Recording and Mixing - Jason Mannell
Mastering Engineer - William Bowden

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Bronwyn Eather Sydney, Australia

Born in Tasmania, Bronwyn Eather came to Sydney to study acting, following almost a decade of pioneering work as a field linguist in Arnhem Land, in the remote north of Australia. 'Brave Old World' is her third release, following 'Against The Tide' 2017 and 'On The Bones of Love' 2015. ... more

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