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Up on my feet, not down on my knees
tracing a path through hot desert sand
Out and about, not wasting away
Searching the face of this ancient land

Yesterday's gone and heroes are dead
I'm one of the crowd that's looking ahead
Not marking time, not hanging around
Saying what's mine, I'm gaining lost ground

Mending a shirt
Fixing an old chair
climbing some new steps
Combing a child's hair
Walking the street
I'm crossing the road
I'm running and laughing
and singing and jumping
and shouting

Up to the mountain and down to the sea
Breathing clean air in a wasted country
My head is still clear and my legs are strong
I'll last the distance no matter how long

Turning the earth, I'm turning the wheel
Painting a picture, thinking aloud
Feeding my hunger, quenching my thirst
Up on my feet, and I'm standing firm

credits

from View From A Wooden Chair, released June 28, 1996
Sue Monk:guitar vocals
Lachlan Hurse: electric bass
Mark Dunbar: flute
Bernardo Alvarez: congas, bongos, hand percussion

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Jumping Fences Brisbane, Australia

Jumping Fences is an enduring musical partnership between Sue Monk and Lachlan Hurse. Their original works contain imagery and styles that reveal both an incisive insight into Australian life and a long association with Latin American culture.

Performances feature Sue's rich voice, her rhythmic guitar technique and the colour of Lachlan's innovative bass style.
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