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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    This debut solo double album features one album of ten original songs and another album, comprising ten covers of Bruce's favourite folk songs.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Word is the Music the People are the Song via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A double CD with one CD of original songs and one CD of Bruce's interpretation of the folk songs which inspired him in his youth.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Word is the Music the People are the Song via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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First recorded on Strange Tenants 1995 album 'Ain't that enough'.

lyrics

When some days the well runs dry
As you gaze at a cloudless sky
When the river has turned to sand
Choked to death in an unfriendly land

Don’t give up find a way to cope
When all else fails you’ve got to live in hope
Find your strength drag your weary feet
Stand and fight don’t accept defeat…no no no

When you start on an icy plain
Not a star shines to guide your way
When the chill of the night sets in
No place to shelter out of the wind

Don’t give up…..


There’s always a chance that a friendly hand
Will turn up when you’re most in need
The world’s always changing so never forget
You haven’t been beaten if you can still bleed

When you’ve just crossed the desert alone
And you’re ambushed by outlaws unknown
You are outnumbered by 4 to 1
Keep a tight grip on your only gun

Don’t give up…. X 2

credits

from The Word is the Music the People are the Song, released February 26, 2021
Words and music by Ian Hearn

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Bruce Hearn Melbourne, Australia

Bruce Hearn has fronted the iconic Melbourne ska band, Strange Tenants, since 1981, with a back catalogue of 8 albums.
At heart however, he is a masterful singer/song writer, guitarist, banjo and harmonica player, and 2020 sees him releasing not one, but 2 double albums of original and iconic folk songs. His motto has always been 'if you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing'! ... more

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