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What happened to my country

from The Word is the Music the People are the Song by Bruce Hearn

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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.

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First recorded in 1995 by my brother Ian Hearn off the Strange Tenants album 'Aint that enough'.

lyrics

What happened to my country
What happened to my country
What happened to my country
What happened to my country

There was a time, not so long ago
When people smiled and they stopped to say hello
They’d stop and talk if they saw you in the street
They weren’t afraid of who they’d meet

Do you recall when the place was green
Now there’s deserts where the forests have been
We lose another species every day
And all the soil washed away

You wonder why our youth are fighting mad
You cheated them of any chance they ever had
To build a life that would make them proud
Everybody say out loud

Families fleeing, persecution and war
Are imprisoned, and banished, from our shore
Never thought we would allow, such rule
How did we come to be so cruel

What happened to my country

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