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Lottery

by Sally Balfour

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Lottery was written after the 2020 fire devastation in Australia, about the people that keep us safe.

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We drink the ones in front of us
Staring down each others glare
Trading horrors for laughter
To find some peace

It’s just one big lottery
What ticket do I hold
It’s one big lottery
Ain’t nobody dealing my hand

The night brings terrors unknown
Of empty fires and crashes in the home
And I still faces
Even long after their gone

It’s one big lottery
What ticket do you hold
It’s one big lottery
Ain’t nobody dealing your hand

My boots hold me in every day
On blackened earth with ashed memories
I’m kicking chance to the wind
Trying to make sense when there’s no sense to be found

It’s one big lottery
What ticket do we hold
It’s one big lottery
Ain’t nobody dealing my hand.
Ain’t nobody dealing your hand.
Ain’t nobody dealing my hand.

credits

released July 21, 2021
Written by Sally Balfour

Sally Balfour: acoustic guitar, vocals
Bill Chamber: slide guitar, bass, electric guitar
Michael Sparrow: backing vocals

Mastered by Jeff McCormack

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Sally Balfour NT, Australia

As the daughter of Central Australian folk music royalty, it is little wonder Sally Balfour has found her way to the stage as a singer-songwriter. While the isolation and extremes of the NT loom large in her songwriting, Sally's music connects on an individual level. Through Sally’s deeply personal, acoustic guitar driven songs you're taken on the journey of one woman's life in Australia's outback ... more

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