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Raskol Dusty

from Succumb (Deluxe Edition) by David Bridie

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Big breathy PNG highlands trumpets herald in this song and then Paul and Airi bring in the bass and drum groove that everything else swarms around. Loads of vocals some from the Chimbu province of PNG, an orchestra sample, piano, guitar, garamut drums. Paul’s bass is a bit of a highlight on this one. Raskol Dusty is the name the Raskols give to themselves to describe them running away from the Highlands Police. One of the first songs to be written for this album. it finishes with “Soti soti he no meri a”, a folk song sung by the Chimbu boys on top of the mountain around a fire.

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RASKOL DUSTY (Bridie)

They go this way, they go that way first
They leave you in their wake, they shout, they curse
They’re lightning quick
Kick up the dirt
Raskol Dusty

Yeah these be highwaymen, rough adventure boys
They got their hands on these old wartime toys
You can hear them by the trail of noise
Raskol Dusty

They blacken their face with sweat coal and grease
Got names like Nightfox, Rambo, Sleaze
You can’t see the boys for the mist in the trees
Raskol Dusty

And I….Raskol Dusty
Ghosts in the mountains, the ancestral caves
Police can’t find them in their hideaway
Taim before masta in Tumbuna days
Raskol Dusty

Vanilla cash crop, coffee and graft
Been taught by experts the ones who left last
Never a dull moment see through their façade
Raskol dusty

The leaders name is Baby Stephen
He says ‘Nightfox you’re on operation’
The SDAs think he’s a heathen
Raskol Dusty

They hoist the flag in the name of god
The polis are storming in
The govmen is cracking down
Their patience wearing thin

Olgeta man I save long yu
Shorty shorty I no meri
Olgeta man I save long yu
Shorty shorty I no meri

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from Succumb (Deluxe Edition), released October 10, 2008
(Bridie)

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David Bridie Melbourne, Australia

David Bridie is a multi award winning songwriter and composer.
Founding member of Not Drowning Waving and My Friend the Chocolate Cake.

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