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edward nedward kelly - yonks ago lyrics

[intro]
yonks ago
ciao
here we go
surely
the kelly gang
hundred percent

[chorus]
my name is edward nedward kelly, everybody calls me ned
i tried to fight the system and i wound up dead
born surrounded by trouble and strife
with a noose around my neck, i said “such is life”
such is life
with a noose around my neck, i said “such is life”

[verse 1]
grew up in victoria, right around the middle
we were dirt poor, getting by on diddly*squat
not a lot, barely got a pot to p*ss in
and every pot we got would pretty soon go missing

i was never gonna be a butcher or a baker
’cause when you are a kelly you become a trouble*maker

sure, i didn’t always behave
but there was that one time i was particularly brave
i saved a kid from a creek, i wasn’t messing about
and yes, i might have kicked him but then i pulled him out
my reward was not a trophy, my reward was not cash
my reward for bravery was a green silk sash
green silk sash, yeah
green silk sash

and that green silk sash made me wanna be good
so i went and got a job just chopping lots of wood
one job is not enough to be the best that you can be
sent my resume out, and i got another three
got some horses, i can break ’em
you need some fences, i can make ’em
and if you got a lot of cattle, you can put me in the saddle and we get from a to b ’cause i be winning every battle
and your calves, i treat ’em respectable
except every now and then i steal a t*st*cl*

why’d you do that?
well that’s a long story
i had a lot of pranks and some of them were gory
man, being good was getting lame
time to let my dark side back in the game
and out of the bush came the man of the hour
everybody give it up for harry power

yeah
harry power
h to the a to the r * r * y
everybody thinks harry is a h*ll of a guy
and he came to australia in disgrace
even though he had survived a lightsaber to the face
here in the bush, harry power was king
and then, harry power took me under his wing
he taught me all the things that i’d need to know
if i wanted to give bush ranging a go

all the wheeling and the dealing and the stealing was appealing you can peel me off the ceiling ’cause i’m reeling from the feeling

we were tearing it up, we were living the dream
yeah, me and harry power were the ultimate team
but then my uncle got intoxicated
and harry power ended up incarcerated
i waited and waited, and all my hope faded
and after it had faded, i ended up jaded
at a loose end, i was bound to fail
for the next few years, i was in and out of jail

i learned my lesson, i tried to lay low
but that is not how my story’s gonna go
’cause we are just destiny’s instrument
cue the fitzpatrick incident

constable fitzpatrick came along
and decided to do my family wrong
he got a little drunk, he got a little sleazy
got my little sister sitting on his knees, he
didn’t have a warrant, didn’t have a clue
didn’t have a moral compass, and he didn’t think it through
and n0body is sure what happened next that day
but then they came and took my mother away
too much, can’t take any more
time for me to unite the core four
there was me, joe byrne and my man steve heart
and my stupid brother, dan, we’re gonna tear ’em apart
no stranger to danger, let’s hit the road
become bushrangers and watch us explode

boom
here comes the kelly gang
what?
is that the kelly gang?
yeah
there goes the kelly gang

become a bushranger and watch me explode

[chorus]
’cause my name is edward nedward kelly, everybody calls me ned
i tried to fight the system and i wound up dead
caused my share of trouble and strife
and when people ask me why, i’ll say “such is life”
such is life
and when people ask me why, i’ll say “such is life”

[verse 2]
and then we made the wombat ranges our hunting ground
we were hiding out, nowhere to be found
we were wild like tomcats, dressed like wombats
getting ourselves prepared for combat
coppers came along, trynna make an arrest
and the coppers ended up with bullet holes in the chest
i bet you guessed the rest
yes, we passed the test
and everybody knew the kelly gang was the best

you gotta lift your game if you’re an outlaw, so
we started robbing banks and putting on a floorshow
the word was spreading and we were surprised
people lining up to be hostagised
we were flexing on the law, driving ’em crazy
and hopping in the ute when we’re feeling lazy

we were winning every battle, we were winning the war
when from out of nowhere came a knock at the door
knock, knock
who’s there?
it’s superintendent frances hare

he was a man with a plan, he was ready to launch
and then the government gave him carte blaunche
he was locking people up just for knowing our name
and if they complained, he said we were to blame
and suddenly the kelly gang lost their appeal
hard to find a meal
the struggle was real
we were caught in a trap and the noose was tightening
couldn’t find a way to get loose, it was frightening
they always seemed to be two moves ahead
it must’ve been a spy, we were seeing red
and so we found that spy and we shot him, dead
but there were four coppers hiding under the bed

it
was gonna hit the fan
we
were gonna need a plan
gonna have to big, gonna have to be grand
the kelly gang was gonna make a final stand

so we hostagised the glenrowan hotel
ripped the train tracks up to send the coppers to h*ll
and we’d capture the ones lucky enough to survive
but sadly for us, the train didn’t arrive
hours went by, something didn’t feel right
and this whole situation could go on through the night

and now the hostages were not as happy as they could be
had a chat to heart*byrne, thinking maybe should we
chuck on some bangers, have ourselves a little dance
and a mini olympics? give everyone a chance
to win some medals in a range of sports
then we let the teacher go ’cause he was feeling out of sorts

the danger was growin’
we had no way of knowin’
when the train was goin’
to arrive in glenrowan

we had a lot of plans and we’d never failed
but our plan to crash the train was about to be derailed
’cause the teacher betrayed us with a lantern and a scarf
and when they got off the train, the coppers had to have a laugh
’cause this was supposed to be our ultimate plan
but somehow they had ended up getting the upper hand
and in the middle of a medal ceremony
we looked out the window and what did we see?
it was an ambush, in the d*mn bush
we’re on the edge of destruction, they want to give us a push

we need to stay calm
we need a lucky charm
to keep us safe from harm
we’ll wear a suit of armor
d*mn, this will raise the roof
suddenly the kelly gang is bulletproof
and lucky we were, and i’ll tell you why
’cause the coppers let fifteen thousand bullets fly

for the next seven hours, they weren’t mucking about
their only motivation was wiping us out
then they ordered a canon, sick of playing these games
but they didn’t need a canon, they just needed some flames
set fire to it all, burn it down to the ground
and in the hotel the unmistakable sound
snap, crackle, pop, it was almost ethereal
the sound of fire on combustible material

looking around at the carnage before me
wondering what my mother would say if she saw me
she’d say that this is not the way i wanna end my story
wouldn’t i prefer to go out in a blaze of glory?

so up i get, and out i go
it’s time for closing night of the nedward show
i got my guns at the ready to take my shot
and i’m dressed in my armor like lancelot
and to finish it off, with a touch of panache
under my armor is my green silk sash

green silk sash, yeah

so i start shooting at them and they are shooting back
all of us involved are into all*out attack
but my armor is good, their bullets can’t get through
then sergeant steele shows ’em what to do
he just aims for the legs with bullets one, two, three
one bullet for joe byrne and two bullets for me

and i’m bleedin’ on the ground as the silence descends
and that’s where the kelly gang story ends
lost the battle, lost the war, lost all of my friends
and that’s where the kelly gang story ends
now there was just me to take all the blame
but you better believe they will remember my name

[chorus]
my name is edward nedward kelly, everybody calls me ned
i tried to fight the system and i wound up dead
couldn’t get away from all the trouble and the strife
with a noose around my neck, i said “such is life”
such is life
with a noose around my neck, i said “such i*”

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