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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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A song I first began singing with my musical compadre at the time, Greg Heenan, in the mid 1970s.

lyrics

Well there’s a light, I’ve yet to find it
I know it shines, though I can’t see
And if I’m right, when I stand behind it
Lady luck, she might shine on me

Well I’ve been down, below the bottom
And you would frown, at what I’ve seen
You name the scars, baby I’ve got ‘em
From girls and cars, and everything in between

But there’s a road, I’m gonna take it
You watch me ride, feet off the ground
No heavy load, no chance to break it
I’ll ride so high, I won’t be found

Cheap cigarettes, and cheaper women
Make me forget, how good life can be
My indoor pool, ain’t fit for swimmin’
My dog and cat, they won’t talk to me

My twitter feed, has started thinning
My avatar, seems rather sad
My mobile phone is never ringing
From Facebook friends I’ve never had

But when the dice, start rollin’ my way
And the fans, all gather round
I won’t think twice, I’ll hit that highway
You count the cans, I’ll paint the town

credits

from The Word is the Music the People are the Song, released February 26, 2021
Words and music by Greg Heenan and Bruce 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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