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Footsteps (Fertile Rock)

by Billyana

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This song FOOTSTEPS is a cover of Fertile Rock by Luka Bloom, which got hold of me some years ago with the line -

"footsteps...I can learn to listen".

The footprints on the cover, are 20,000 years old, preserved in clay and exposed when the 'sands of time' shifted in recent years. The photo was taken by the Australian Museum, who have worked with local people to fully document, and preserve the footprints by re-covering them in sand.

I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the Lake Mungo region, the Mutthi Mutthi, Ngiyampaa, Barkandji, whose ancestors have lived in that landscape for over 60,000 years, and whose culture lives on today.

For future generations, let's take a deep breath, and learn from the oldest culture on this planet.

lyrics

FOOTSTEPS (Cover of 'Fertile Rock' by Luka Bloom)
This version by Bill Tatnell

In the red sandy desert
Lies the heart of woman and man
Find a deep well to draw from
And give back what you can


In the moonlight musicians
Singing songs in a spirit wind
In the shadows where the old one’s sheltered
The painter's work begins


Chorus
Footsteps…..I could learn to listen
Footsteps…. how I long for place
Footsteps….. I could learn to listen
To footsteps, of an ancient race … The fertile rock, not for sale

Ay - Yi - Yi
Ay - Yi - Yi

To the red sandy desert
Roll the wheels of greed
Wells dry forever
The ghost gum starts to bleed
In the moonlight musicians
Singing songs in a spirit wind
And in the shadows where the ancient's sheltered
The painter's work begins ……………The fertile rock, walk there
….. The fertile rock, not for sale

credits

released October 12, 2023
Words and music by Luka Bloom
This version is by Bill Tatnell (Billyana)
Vocals and Instruments by Bill Tatnell, including keyboard, acoustic guitar (made by Phil Dawson, Central Coast NSW Australia)
Recorded at my studio with final mix by Terry Latham, Impromptu Studios, Newcastle
Photo Credit: Footprints near Lake Mungo by Stuart Humphreys, Australian Museum

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Billyana Newcastle, Australia

Music inspired by the desert, the coast, and its people.

Written and performed by Billyana on a range of stringed, wind and skin instruments.

Influences include: Ben Howard, Cohen, Knopfler, Young with some Spanish and Irish undertones. ... more

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