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Please Hold

from Songs of Dissent by The Bard

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Please hold

There’s a message from your father
Just before he slipped away
He apologised for treating you so harshly
Please hold
In the early days
Please hold

The reason I’m now telling you
Is that you’re old enough to know
It’s kind of like almost as if
Please hold
He sees the world differently now
Please hold

Three years alone in crowded rooms
No carpets on the floor
A man in white on guard
Just outside the big steel door
Please hold, please hold

Now he lies beneath the ground
Or somewhere in between
I feel his presence all around
This lonely, creepy house
Please hold, please hold
Please hold

Cameras shooting everywhere
Relentless guns of speed
Fast drivers pay for politics,
Please hold
I think we all know that now
Please hold

Freedom fighters on the hill
Hanging from the trees
Red tape around their necks
Around
Please hold
Our own pathetic lives
Please hold, please hold

Priests who walk among the halls
Of angels, saints and God
Lusting after innocent little souls,
Please hold
We should all be ashamed
Please hold

Governments duplicitous
Smoke screens across the news
The truth can still be found
If you read between the lines
Please hold, please hold
Please hold

Banks keep dreaming up new fees
Your money in their hands
Fat cats soundly sleeping
Please hold
While people lose their homes
Please hold

Work ethics now not relevant
Money is the modern god
I pray that you don’t end up like
Please hold
Peter Costello
God forbid
Please hold

Terrorists are everywhere
Our nation ruled by fear
What happened to the values
That our parents had and our grandparents
Please hold, please hold

Front page of every paper
Russell, Kylie and Nicole
Page thirty three, five thousand dead
Please hold, please hold
Please hold

Revolutions start
When happy folk get pushed too far
Now it’s time to stop and make a stand
Please hold
Seriously
Please hold

Freedom is what freedom does
So do you have a spine
Or will you say and do what you are told
Please hold, please hold

Please hold on to what you believe
Please hold, please hold
Please hold onto what you believe

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from Songs of Dissent, released November 11, 2019

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The Bard NSW, Australia

Coming from rural New South Wales, The Bard is an independent, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with nine albums and six singles under his belt. Though quite a few of his songs have a distinct 80’s rock ballad feel, he's best described as an artist whose songs have a timeless quality. ... more

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