Land Of Hope And Glory - James Reyne

From the clatter of a honky tonk

To the quiet of the range

Been thinking 'bout silence golden

Golden silence change

Burning nights get damper

And only moon was cool

And the steam of danger rose

From a ripple — less darkened pool

Came to America

Stopped out in the west

I ain’t no shot-gun rider

Alligator on my chest

A hot-bed of indifference

A seed-bed of so — so

It’s a push and shove

I said Lord above

What a way to go

Don’t say that you love me

Just say you might

You keep holding on

To things you think are right

I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Land of hope and glory

I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Land of hope and glory

Seen foreign soldiers

Beach — head army ducks

Seen local farmers

In their big red pick-up trucks

Seen drug — store cowboys

Who could not find the range

Seen pet — boys in the city

Who need a love so strange

Well I’ve dined with big business

And I stood for the toast

Seen those screenplay writers

In their big homes on the coast

Stood in cathedrals

And breathed hard at the sight

I asked the same old questions

Do I need this stuff tonight

I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Land of hope and glory

I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Land of hope and glory

I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh…