Petition

by Dovetale

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All the ice sheets are gone in Greenland
And California might go dry
Some still say it hasn't been done by the hands of man
And Mr Morrison, he wants to give coal one last try

Well I can't stand these politicians
They keep taking away what we never had to give
And you can sign one hundred online petitions
But you'll never get back what we had if you let them win

They're still taking Aboriginal kids from their families
What ever happened to Bringing Them Home?
And there's been over five hundred Blak deaths in custody
There can never be justice in a system that is racist to its bones

Well I can't stand these politicians
They keep taking away what we never had to give
And you can sign one hundred online petitions
But you'll never get back what we had if you let them win

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released April 29, 2022
Petition was written, performed and recorded by Tom Hume in his bedroom in Sydney on Gadigal land.

Tambourine by Lochie Earl. Mixed and mastered by Avery Hutley.

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Dovetale Sydney, Australia

Dovetale is the political folk project of singer-songwriter Tom Hume, based on Gadigal land. Incorporating his love for 1960s folk with modern indie.

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