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Badbea
We tried tae ferm on the cliff tops
Where Caithness meets the North Sea
Where the wind will try tae tak’ the skin right af yer face
There’s apathy
An’ we’re a’ gone tae the antipodes Far awa’

Refugees in our ain land
In a ghetto behind a big wall
Sinclair never gave a second thought our safety wasn’t in his mind
At all
An’ we’re a’ gone tae the antipodes Far awa’

We tied oor bairns tae the big stanes
Tae keep them frae gaen our the side
Ye canna argue wi a sheer cliff face doon tae the rocks Below
An’ we’re a’ gone tae the antipodes Far awa’

Sinclair was a great man
In the eyes of the establishment
He wrote a lot of books and invented the word statistic
That’s what we are
An’ we’re a’ gone tae the antipodes Far awa’

Destroyed by the great sheep
A way of life for the past 1000 years
We had fought the Romans, Vikings, English saw them aff
We’re beaten now
An’ we’re a’ gone tae the antipodes Far awa’ Repeat

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from Blue Scotland Sky, released June 8, 2015

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eddie cairney Scotland, UK

Eddie Cairney is one of the country's most prolific songwriters and Scotland's best kept songwriting secret with 99 albums to date and another 100 plus in the pipeline. He has written new music to almost all of Robert Burns works totalling over 900 new songs. He writes in a great many genres, from folk to orchestral. He is also one of Scotland's most accomplished rock/blues piano players. ... more

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