"Big Car - No Shoes"

With Peter Reid, Ken Vatcher and Jem Savage.

"Big Car - No Shoes" is an oblquely political song, aimed at the paucity of informed comment in the Australian press and parliament these days.  

Boy Wonder Jem Savage lifted the whole thing well beyond what we had envisaged with his soprano sax and Rhodes piano.

Recorded at The Shed and mixed/mastered at Jiguma Studio in Pambula Beach, NSW Australia.

lyrics

Big Car – No Shoes 

©2012 Neil Porter 

Big hat – no cattle
Big sky – but no rain
Nice horse – no saddle
Got a ticket – no plane
Nice wedding – wrong person
Cool Gibson – no blues
Best schools – no learning
Big car – no shoes

Bad war – losing battle
Big smile – you’re in pain
Big bucks – big hassle
Nice tune – but no fame
Nice wedding – wrong person
Cool Gibson – no blues
Best schools – no learning 
Big car – no shoes
Big car – no shoes
Big car – no shoes

Good minders – bad manners
Fast rail – slow train
Low bar – flame fanners
Big head – no brain
Nice wedding – wrong person
Cool Gibson – no blues
Best schools – no learning
Big car – no shoes

Big car – no shoes
Big car – no shoes

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