Throw My Rifle From the Train

from The Daylight Express by tobias hengeveld

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This train is charging out the dark
Whistling and blowing like a dog has to bark
How’s every man still wearing the green?
I’ll polish my new shoes and I’ll shave in their sheen

There’ll be banners, children and cheers
As a brass band plays victory refrains
Gonna straighten up my new tie
And throw my rifle from the train

In the jungle, a terrifying song
Like surgical scissors snipping all the night long
I got used to the warfare but what kind of bird
Sings you it’s nightmare then severs your nerve?

When the boys start scrambling to see
With a joy that few hearts can contain
Feel the starch stiff at my collar as
I throw my rifle from the train

When all the wheels squeal in a shower of sparks
And the bells peel in a deluge of names
You won’t fine a crease on my new fleece
I’ll throw my rifle from the train

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from The Daylight Express, released July 1, 2014

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tobias hengeveld Melbourne, Australia

Tobias Hengeveld writes melodically vivid songs, riddled with unexpected angular pop-hooks. His distinctively sylvan voice tells personal experiences with wry lyrical candor.

The Daylight Express was nominated for an Age Music Victoria Award in 2014.

Due in April 2019, NAUGHTS & ONES is a triumphant mirror-maze of jubilant pop tunes set in a hinterland of darker rock ballads. ... more

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