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Tiny Frogs

from Incarnadine by Silver Sircus

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TINY FROGS

I know them there them tiny frog
I know them hidey there from me
Hide from me in some bush or log
And nasty teasy sing to me
They nasty teasy sing to me

Come look you girl in dewy green
Soft tip toe creepy you and find
We know you wonder we not seen
You crazy stupid dumb and blind
Yes crazy stupid dumb and blind

You silly thing them sing and say
They not come out but click and call
Me happy sad and lose my way
They watch my foots all trip and fall.
My tiny foots all trip and fall

I bleedy on my little legs
All reds on knees and higher thigh
I on the ground and quiet begs
To baby Jesus in that sky
Him baby in that cloudy sky

That baby Jesus he not hear/here
But trees and rocks all come alive
Then big and frighten grow my fear
Until I dream I not survive
That dream come true I not survive

I dead now country speak to me
You come with us you not alone
Our wander sister now you free
Them tiny frog them take you home
Us tiny frog we sing you home
Them tiny frog them sing you home
Us tiny frog we sing you home

The ants and the ancestors
Shudder sick and slow
Rocks are seldom dead, no
Never so
While white underside the rough log snare
Scorpions look close and listen
As skeletal remains
Sting songs of little ones fallen
Poor fellas all
No colour blood but one for all
That which was done in the name of the civil
In the tongue of the pale
Who came those sunburnt thieves
Who could not recognise a ground stone axe head
But skipped it into the river of rum like reckless fools
And shot their way to richness set the sorrow flow
Come into the life of the land and stories of the time

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from Incarnadine, released December 18, 2016
Lucinda Shaw - vocals
James Lees - drums, percussion, glockenspiel
Mark Angel – electric guitars
Salliana Campbell - violin, vocals
Terry Dixon - bass guitar
Fionn Ellwood - vocals
Wayne Jennings - cello, vocals
Parmis Rose - piano
Lileana Colarelli – spoken word vocals
Brett Harris - keys treatment, field recording

Music by Lees/Shaw
Lyrics by Shaw

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Silver Sircus Brisbane, Australia

Silver SIrcus are led by vocalist/performer Lucinda Shaw and drummer/composer/producer James Lees. They are based in Brisbane, Australia and have been making music since 2008.

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