Have You Heard About the Melbourne Mafia?

from Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (2000) by The Dave Graney Show

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Have you heard about the Melbourne mafia?
Words and music, Dave Graney
Dave Graney, vocals, acoustic guitar
Clare Moore, percussion, backing vocals
Adele Pickvance, bass, backing vocals
Bill Miller, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Stuart Perera, electric guitar

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have you heard about the Melbourne mafia?
they don't talk to little people they don't wash
they drink all the time and stay up late
and they don't help little bands across the road!
have you heard about the Melbourne mafia
they don't make sense they talk another lingo
when straights are within earshot

they don't vote
they claim the dole whenever they want to
they don't stand up
when a young struggling slacker wants a seat
they don't care about nothin
they don't care that you care
they say, "boo!" to you when you say, "boo hoo!"

they're takin up all of the room
they wanna be heroes and villains too
they're bogartin the joint and hoggin the ball
ooh they're still wearin cuban heels
have you heard about the Melbourne mafia?
they drink beer like they know somethin we don't
I hear one plays slide with a prize rooster beak

they chain smoke like steam trains
they choke, fall over and fart
walkin around with their arms around each others shoulders
they don't care about nothin
they don't care that you care
they say, "boo!" to you when you say, "boo hoo!"

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from Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (2000), released January 7, 2019

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dave graney Melbourne, Australia

From Melbourne, Australia.
Dave Graney and Clare Moore were once in the Moodists, singer and drummer respectively.Then there was the Coral Snakes and and now Dave Graney and the mistLY.
Stu Thomas on bass since 2004 and Stuart Perera on guitar since 1998 ... more

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