The Slingers - One More Day (Official Video)

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Music video for 'One More Day' by The Slingers

Footage supplied by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Film Australia Collection

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Music & Lyrics by R. J. Mahon (2017)
Performed by The Slingers
Produced by The Slingers

Lyrics:
Flies buzz around the homemade irrigation,
The labels on the bottles sag in condensation,
Can hear the crunch of tyres on the backyard gravel,
Sister leans on Grandpa’s shovel.

And the heat twists the air like crinkled cellophane,
And it shimmers too, like spilt kerosene round the driveway drain,
One more day, brother, one more day

You can still see the cricket on the T.V from the back veranda,
So the men stand around like headless agapanthus,
But you watch the rosellas people a perfect sky,
And you feel perfect too, but can’t say why

Now Dave wears long-sleeves to cover up the track-marks on his arms just in case,
Ah but he can’t hide what’s written in the rings and the lines of his face,
But I ain’t never seen the sun, set through the gums like that before,
And would it really matter if it was the last thing you ever saw?

One more day

One more day, One more hour,
As the sun dips behind the Telstra tower,
So, think of all the things that you would say,
With one more day,

Coils burning in the pool-side patio,
Brother, we got Skyhooks on the wireless radio,
There’s this picture of Dad, Grandpa and myself,
Rosary beads and candles burning on the cluttered shelf

Now Grandpa did it in one August night with a sawn-off shotgun,
Beneath my breath now, don’t ask me where he fucken got one,

Now Dave comes in ragged, he’s been round the bend,
And he’s all wigged out, he’s going off at Mum again,
Mum just stands there and takes it, like the backyard Jacaranda,
Like Sisyphus, like a sun-burned agapanthus.

One more day, one more hour,
One more petal falls from the back-veranda flower,
Maybe then I’d find the words to say,
But I’d probably just piss it all away,
I’d lie awake a lifetime in your arms,
And I’d never do no one any harm,

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Mum just stands there and takes it, like the backyard Jacaranda,
Like Sisyphus, like a sun-burned agapanthus.

This is phenomenal writting.

cleary

I can't believe this is a relatively new song. I feel like I'm listening to Paul Kelly or something :p

Swanky

Full made me cry, sitting in the driveway bawling, not sure why but i sent the song to me mum

TheJacobAnwyl

What an unbelievable song guys. Like Sisyphus, like a sunburnt agapantha.

warwickgoodman

Wow this is a phenomenal song. "I’ve never seen the sun set through the gums like that before. And would it really matter if it was the last thing you ever saw?" Dunno who came up with that line but that is incredible.

finnmontaner

This brings back memories. Memories that I don't own. It's... beautiful. ;)

limos

My brother told me he wants this played at his funeral reminds us growing up together with such a big family and being blessed to born in Australia!! 🇦🇺

lillyoshea

Heard this first time today. Triple J. LOVE IT! Great sound and SO Aussie and recognisable. Didn't know of The Slingers. Am now following 👍

theresahealy