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The Great Greenough Prison Escape

from On Blue Days - the demo tapes by Darcy Hay

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My little viral hit! I wrote this the day that the manhunt was on for the escaped prisoners, after Greenough Prison had a riot about two years ago. The West Australian featured it on page 2 of their paper, and I got my five minutes of fame.

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The runaway boys are roaming round,
rain is ripping down.
Lock your doors - the runaway boys
are creeping into town.

Copper chopper, pierce the clouds.
Fly low, like a slingshot stone.
Runaway boys, keep your cool
'cause the heat is building on the stove.

Bootenal. Loot it all.
Walkaway, from the Regional.
Runaway boys, you know the rules -
it's win, or lose it all.

18 and 22 years old
is too young for triple time.
Get yourselves to the cop shop, boys -
get a plea bargain on the line.

Chopper's throbbing in the air.
The last man's hiding out somewhere.
Gero, your entertainment's here -
get your Facebook chatter blaring.

Bootenal. Loot it all -
and Walkaway, from the Regional.
Runaway boys, you know the rules -
it's win, or lose it all.

You say they get five meals a day,
and Foxtel, and the works.
I heard it was mattresses on the floor -
them Beds Were Burning first.

Now, I'm not precisely sympathetic
but I tell you, with respect.
Understaffed and overfilled -
what the living hell did we expect?

Bootenal. Loot it all.
Walkaway from the Regional.
Runaway boys, you know the rules
it's win, or lose it all.

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from On Blue Days - the demo tapes, released July 9, 2021
Darcy Hay - guitar, vocals, lyrics

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Darcy Hay Geraldton, Australia

Folk, country and blues singer-songwriter from the Midwest of Western Australia with a penchant for political and poetic lyricism, energetic guitar playing, authentic vocals and deft harmonica work

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