Story Behind The Song
For full story see www.thestandarddeviations.com/triage
Song Description
a true tale of an Australian outback nurse with a remrakably inspirational method of "triaging" her enormous workload...graceand wisdom under extreme pressure!
| Song Length |
2:55 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Serene, Frenetic |
Subject |
Spirituality, Desert |
| Similar Artists |
Indigo Girls, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
TRIAGE
knew a woman way outback
maps and pictures lined her shack
creekbed full of green and slime
only ran at cyclone time
how?d she stand the heat and flies
dust and grog and storeman?s lies
how?d she stand the taunts and jeers
why?d she stay so many years?
she would say
when there?s chaos all around
ugly gesture, ugly sound
I take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
when the blood is flowing fast
people screaming, rushing past
I take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
visitors would come and go
tell her what she ought to know
nodding at the things she?d say
sighing as they flew away
how?d she stand the heat and flies
dust and grog and storeman?s lies
how?d she stand the taunts and jeers
why?d she stay so many years?
she would say
when there?s chaos all around
ugly gesture, ugly sound
I take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
when the blood is flowing fast
people screaming, rushing past
I take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
some who saw behind the smile
stopped their preaching for a while
opened up their ears instead
to her wisdom softly shed
never mind the heat and flies
prejudice of city eyes
if you stayed a year or two
you would love this country too
she would say
when there?s chaos all around
ugly gesture, ugly sound
I take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
when the blood is flowing fast
people screaming, rushing past
I take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
take a deep, take a deep, take a deep breath
and say om
lyrics/music copyright vicki bennett