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The Bloody Hookline

from Southern Cross Northern Skies by Rory Faithfield

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Written in Vasse, Western Australia on Monday 28 May 2012
(With edits and adjustments 9 April 2015)

I wrote this song deliberately using formulaic chord structures (the 3 chord trick for the chorus and 4 chord trick for the verses) originally just for demo purposes in my (very occasional) songwriting workshops.

The idea was to demonstrate how you set up a “hooklike” and I guess the lyrics brought out my twisted sense of humour: It’s kind of a protest song against protest songs.

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9. The Bloody Hookline



I wrote this little folk song 

Just to let you know that you got it wrong 

As if you didn't already know 

Gonna tell you once, tell you twice 

The end is near, you're gonna pay the price 

As if you didn't already know



Here comes the bloody hookline 

Oh, and here it comes again



I wrote this little folk tune 

Beneath the winter moon 

You know that makes this powerful stuff

It'll make you dance, make you sing 

And get you out of the mess you're in 

You know that makes this powerful stuff 



Here comes the bloody hookline 

Oh, and here it comes again



Now it sounds like I am bridging

It is pointless; there is nothing more to say

I just wish that I could offer up some answers 

But these type of songs, they just don't work that way 



Here comes the bloody hookline 

Oh, and here it comes again

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from Southern Cross Northern Skies, released February 8, 2016

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Performing solo with acoustic guitar, harmonicas and a loop station, Rory has mesmerised audiences and critics alike. Bruce Elder stated, "Faithfield inhabits the same rich musical world as Christy Moore, Luka Bloom and Glen Hansard. His songs are wistful, romantic, deeply felt, beautifully crafted and sung with a voice that pours sincerity and emotion over every line and note”. ... more

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