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Beeliar Love Song © Ginny Webb 2017
You’re too precious to lose
I don’t wanna have to choose
Between red-tailed black cockatoos
And a six lane road that splits communities in two!
There’s no excuse
So many share my view
It’s giving us all The Blues so
Let’s tell the government it isn’t cool!
CHORUS
(Oh) Beeliar
How precious you are
Here on Nyoongar Boodja boodja boodja boodja
(Yeah) Beeliar
How special you are
Here on Nyoongar Boodja Boodja
Ancient stones and bones
Leave them alone
They belong to the First Nation
They need preservation
You’re the last refuge
Of the sweet bandicoot
Rainbow bee-eater too
In the wetlands biodiversity rules!
CHORUS
(Oh) Beeliar etc
BRIDGE
Say No to Roe
Let’s take it slow
We just don’t want it
So let’s stop it!
Those pushing this thing through
Haven’t got a clue
From anyone’s point of view
“They’re building a road to nowhere…”
I’d much rather
We fund the outer harbour
Down in Kwinana
Instead of this disaster!
CHORUS + Here on Nyoongar Boodja
“They’re building a road to nowhere…”
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Marie O'Dwyer - Falling
03:36
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Swiftly the ice is conceding defeat
The river of life is commencing retreat
Melting until just a trickle remains
It'll take millions of years to get flowing again
Its a shame
Oil, love and oxygen
Are the things we burn
On which we depend
Is it my concern?
Oil, love and oxygen
Massive extinction, event number six
Another species just drops off the list
When it can't adapt to the rate of this change
The children of men are fanning the flames
We are to blame
Oil, love and oxygen
Are the things we burn
On which we depend
Is it my concern?
The famous north west passage is open at the same time as the passage in the north east
Its the first time this event has happened in a hundred and twenty five thousand years at least
Its gonna cut four thousand miles off the journey from Germany to Japan
But we're still a ship of fools looking for oil, love and oxygen
My silence will not protect me
My silence will not protect me
My silence will not protect me
Oil, love and oxygen
Are the things we burn
On which we depend
Is it my concern
If these things should end?
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Jenny Gaunt - Tree
03:27
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CHORUS
Don't Build Don't Build
Don't build this stupid road
Roe 8 so out of date
Don't build this stupid road
X2
Let the people have their say
Don't build this stupid road
Building Roe 8s not the way
Don't build this stupid road
X2
CHORUS X2
Stop the clearing right away
Don't build this stupid road
You're bulldozing our EPA
Don't build this stupid road
X2
CHORUS X2
UP TO G
This road to nowheres just so dumb
Don't build this stupid road
The outer harbour has to come
Don't build this stupid road
X2
CHORUS X2
Billions wasted nothing gained
Don't build this stupid road
Colin you should be ashamed
Don't build this stupid road
CHORUS X2
Back down to E
Elections coming you're going down
Don't build this stupid road
So stop the clearing stop it now
Don't build this stupid road
CHORUS X2
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Zoe Ryan - Beeliar
04:56
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A long time ago, was a man
Oh so old, so wise
A teller of stories
Stories of creation
Stories of life
He spoke of mountains moving
Of shape shifting earthquakes
He spoke of creatures and of spirits
And ancient sacred lakes
He could see things nobody else could see
He walked with animals
As tall as trees
He spoke of constellations
And inland seas
He was a wise man
He carried fire in his hand
Across this vast land
He knew when to light it up
And when to put it out
He was a wise man
Such a wise man.
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Musicians for Beeliar Fremantle, Australia
The campaign to save the Beeliar Wetlands and Rethink the Perth Freight Link would not have been as powerful without music. These albums are the fruits of an amazing amount of creativity born of the campaign, by a diverse bunch of musicians passionate about the cause. ... more
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