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Elsley's End

from Closer by Matt Steady

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James, James, what have you done?
Risking your neck for sugar and tea
You killed a man wearing your name
In a life and death struggle for liberty
James, James, what’ll you do now?
Your family still starves and your wife is alone
You’re not to be hanged, they’re taking it slow
To a chain-gang in Tasmania you’ll go.

Van Diemen’s land for 30 months
You might as well be dead
How could you live with no glimpse of hope
Can you stand up, get up, keep working on
And the chains they chafe, but not half as sharp
As the memories of what you left
Family and friends, alive or dead?
And what you would give for the rain on your face
And the green grass of home
And the green grass of home

James, James, what have you done?
There’s no choice left now but breaking the law
But you’re going to get what’s coming to you
There’s not much justice for the hungry and poor
James, James, what’ll you do now?
They’ll take you from court and they’ll throw you below
You’re not to be hanged, they’re taking it slow
To a chain-gang in Tasmania you’ll go.

James, James, what have you done?
A warden is down and the camp is aflame
There’s nowhere to hide, and nowhere to run
But you stood up to be counted all the same
James, James, what’ll you do now?
Your end’s surely coming but we’ll never know
You’re not to be hanged, they’re taking it slow
To a chain-gang in Tasmania you’ll go

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from Closer, released May 6, 2022

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