“I WAS TALKIN' TO AN OL' FARMER FRIEND OF MINE OUT HOME THE

 OTHER DAY....AN ASKED HIM HOW THE COUNTRY LIVIN' WAS GOIN'?” 

CHORUS

HE SAID.......

LIVIN' IN THE COUNTRY.....WORKIN' THE LAND

TRYIN' TO MAKE A LIVIN' THE BEST WAY WE CAN

BUSHFIRES, DROUGHTS, LACK OF MONEY AN FLOODS...

BUT WE LOVE COUNTRY LIVIN'.....'COS IT RUNS IN OUR BLOOD

VERSE 1

MUSTERIN' CATTLE DOWN RIVER...FLOOD GATES WASHED DOWN

THIRTY HEAD SHORT....SEE THEIR TRACKS ON THE GROUND

THE SHEEP NEED CRUTCHIN'.....MILE OF FENCIN' TO FIX

TRACKIN' CATTLE THROUGH THE FLOOD GATE WHERE THE SCRUB'S

 REALLY THICK

VERSE 2

DOZER NEEDS OIL CHANGE..... TRACTOR'S DO TOO

FOUR-WHEEL DRIVES OK.....THO IT AINT VERY NEW

WINDMILL ON THE TOP DAM.....FOOT VALVES IN THE MUD

FLOOD GATES NEED FIXIN'.... AFTER FEBRUARY'S FLOOD

VERSE 3

RURAL FIRE BOARD MEETIN'..... MORE CONTROLLED BURNS

THE FUEL LOAD ON THE GROUND, IS A CONSTANT CONCERN

THE WATTLE'S BEEN BLOOMIN' …..YOU CAN SMELL IT EACH MORN

SEE THE MORNIN' STAR RISEN THERE, JUST BEFORE DAWN

VERSE 4

THE PRUNIN'S ALL FINISHED....PICKER'S COME NEXT

THE TOMATOES ARE FLOWERIN'.....THEY LOOKIN' THEIR BEST'

THE FRUIT TREES ARE LOADED.....WE HAD A RAT PLAGUE AN MICE

 THINGS AINT TOO BAD.....IF WE GET A FAIR PRICE

VERSE 5

THEY DRILLIN' THRU THE AQUAFIERS.....FRACKIN' FOR GAS

WHAT ABOUT THE  WATER?  THEY MAKE BILLIONS IN CASH 

 OUR BEST FERTILE SOIL ....THEY'VE CHANGED THE DESIGN

REPLACE OUR FOOD BOWLS..... WITH HUGE OPEN CUT MINES

VERSE 6

DIESEL, OIL, GAS PRICES....KEEP GOIN' UP

ENERGY, RATES AN REGOS MAKE THE GOIN' REAL TOUGH

EACH MONTH THERE'S A STACK OF BILLS COMIN' AROUND

 PRICES FOR OUR PRODUCE... ONLY THING GOIN' DOWN

VERSE 1

I'M JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER THE ROADS' MY HOME

FROM THE CRADLE TO THE COFFIN....BETWEEN THE KNOWN 

AND THE UNKNOWN

JUST A TRAVELLIN ' STRANGER.....TRAVELLIN' STRANGER

VERSE 2

I'M A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER LIGHT IS MY LOAD

WALKIN' WITH THE WEST WIND FOLLOWIN' DOWN THE RIVER 

ROADS'
'
JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER....TRAVELLIN' STRANGER

VERSE 3

A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER MOVIN' THROUGH THE VOIDS

SADDENED BY THE SENSELESSNESS OF ALL BEAUTY THAT'S

DESTROYED

JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER...JUST A TRAVELLIN STRANGER

VERSE 4

A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER CONTINUALLY SEARCH BETWEEN

THE SATAN'S THAT ARE SANCTIONED AND THE PROPHETS WHO 

ARE CURSED

JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER...JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER

VERSE 5

A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER I WAS TAUGHT TO DISTRUST

THE REFRACTED ILLUSIONS THAT THE CONJURERS 

CONSTRUCT

JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER, JUST A TRAVELLIN' STRANGER

INSTRUMENTAL

VERSE 1

FEEL THAT RAIN AND A STORM ARRIVIN'

THEM THUNDER CLAPS AN THE FLASH OF LIGHTENIN'

SHIPWRECKED HEARTS ON THE CLIFFS OF LOVE

RIPTIDE PULLIN' YA THROUGH THE MUD

CHORUS

THAT EMPTINESS IN THE LONESOME EVENINGS

MEMORIES TEARS JUST PUSH AN' SHOVE

WHEN YOUR WALKIN' THE STREETS OF EMOTIONAL SADNESS

AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF

 LOVE

AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF

LOVE

VERSE 2

FEEL THAT STING AS HEARTACHE SETS IN

LIKE LOSIN' LOVE AT THE RAINBOWS END

FOR A BROKEN HEART CAN'T FIND A CURE

ALONE AND WANDERIN' THE DESERTED SHORE

CHORUS

THAT EMPTINESS IN THE LONESOME EVENINGS

MEMORIES TEARS JUST PUSH AN' SHOVE

WHEN YOUR WALKIN' THE STREETS OF EMOTIONAL SADNESS

AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF

 LOVE

AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF

LOVE

VERSE 3

HEARD IT SAID THAT 'TIME WILL HEAL'

BUT 'TIME' DON'T LOVE AN' 'TIME' DON'T 'FEEL'

CARESS THE SUNSET AN TOUCH THE SEA

EACH DAY GOES SLOW....BUT IT SETS LOVE FREE

VERSE 4

FEEL THAT RAIN AND A STORM ARRIVIN'

THEM THUNDER CLAPS AN THE FLASH OF LIGHTEN'

SHIPWRECKED HEARTS ON THE CLIFFS OF LOVE

RIPTIDE PULLIN' YA THROUGH THE MUD

CHORUS

THAT EMPTINESS IN THE LONESOME EVENINGS

MEMORIES TEARS JUST PUSH AN' SHOVE

WHEN YOUR WALKIN' THE STREETS OF EMOTIONAL SADNESS

AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF

 LOVE

AN THE LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED ON THOSE DOORS OF

LOVE

Verse 1
What a way to end a night
Flyin’ blind without a light
Just before the sunup he feels warn
Sociopath in the kitchen with an ol’ lover
She been bitchin’ “He’s the weakest man that’s ever been born”

CHORUS
He say “Hangin’ round you is a hazard to health
You could wind up emotionally maimed
Tho’ you got yourself these new town dogs
You still want me on the chain”

Verse 2
Danton’s down the bar room
Drinkin’ buckets fulla booze
Says he’s just preservin’ his brain
Weston’s out on bail wid an appeal that’s bound to fail
Tellin’ the judge “I’m sick a bein’ framed”

CHORUS
He say “Hangin’ round you is a hazard to health
You could wind up emotionally maimed
Tho’ you got yourself these new town dogs
You still want me on the chain”

Verse 3
Conclave’s inside votin’ pilgrims waitin’ for white smoke
Rough sleeper underneath the bridge
Bin too long cold and broke
Soup kitchen volunteers givin’ the homeless hope
They should be given the keys to the cities
And wear the cardinal’s cloaks

CHORUS
He say “Hangin’ round you is a hazard to health
You could wind up emotionally maimed
Tho’ you got yourself these new town dogs
You still want me on the chain”

Verse 4
She said, “what away to end a night
Flyin’ blind widout a light”
Just before the new dawn she feels worn
Her male lover’s in the kitchen
For 3 weeks now he been missin’
He pilin’ her to the ceilin’ with his scorn

CHORUS
He say “Hangin’ round you is a hazard to health
You could wind up emotionally maimed
Tho’ you got yourself these new town dogs
You still want me on the chain”

VERSE 1

AS SUNDOWNS PALE REDS FADE

AND TWILIGHT CREEPS IN FROM THE EAST

I SIT DOWN AT MY BACK DOOR

AND WATCH THE GENTLY WAVIN' FIELDS OF WHEAT

THE OL' NIGHT WINDS AT PLAY

AND THE MOONLIGHT CASTES A SHADOWE LONG

MY OL' GUITAR HERE SDADLY SINGS

BUT I WISH I COULD STOP MISSIN' YA NOW YA GONE

VERSE 2

THE EVENINGS FREIGHT PASSES THROUGH

WITH ITS BACK LOADED UP WITH LIVE STOCK AN' GRAIN

HEAVY ENGINES MOANIN' STEEL COUPLIN' TAKEN UP 

THE STRAIN

THE OL' RAIL JOINS CLICK TIME

ABOARD HER I FEEL MY SOUL BELONGS

BUT MY OL' GUITAR HERE SADLY SINGS'

WISH I COULD STOP MISSIN' YA NOW YA GONE

Instrumental

VERSE 1

HIGH MOON IN THE EASTERN SKY

ON A BRILLIANT WINTERS NIGHT

WITH THEM DIAMOND JEWELS

JUST SET IN A VELVET BLACK

SHEDDED TREES WITH NAKED LIMBS

WAVE A MENACE IN THE WIND

AND THE CASTLES RUINS

COWER BESIDE THE TRACKS

VERSE 2

SHARP SHADOWS DANCE AND QUIVER

AND INTERTWINE UPON THE PATH

AND THE GRAVEYARD GATES

JUST CREAKIN' IN THE WIND

NOW'S THE TIME OF THE WITCHIN' HOUR

IN THE APEX OF THE NIGHT

FEEL THE WIZARD'S PSYSHIC PRESENCE

CLOSIN' IN

VERSE 3

THE MOON SURMOUNTS THE CHURCHES SPIRE

THE NORTHWINDS BREATH IS COLD

AND THE GRAVEYARD GRASS IS BENDIN'

LIKE THE REEDS

THE SILHOUETTE OF A PROWLIN' CAT

SEEN STARKLY BY THE STAIRS

THIS UNSEEN FORCE IS FELT 

BY EVERYTHING

VERSE 4

THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH WIND 

IS HOWLIN' AROUND YOUR DOOR

MOTHER KEEP YOUR FIRE

BURNIN' BRIGHT

BED DOWN YOUR CHILDREN EARLY

KEEP YOUR LAMP LIT LOW

PUT A BAR AN CHAIN ON THE DOORS

AND THE WINDOWSILLS

VERSE 5

IT WAS THE CRUELLEST BEING

THAT EVER STRODE THE EARTH

CONDEMNED TO ROAM

FOR THE EVIL DEEDS IT DID

DEAD DECAYED FIVE THOUSAND YEARS

IT'S SPIRIT WANDERS STILL

EVIL FOLLOWS CLOSELY

THAT OL' WIZARD OF THE WIND

Lyrics coming soon. (Featuring archival audio from a Black man imprisoned in the 1930s, his words echo eerily familiar truths still spoken today.

This isn’t just a reflection on history — it’s a conversation across generations.)

Lyrics to come soon.