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Two Prophetic & Haunting New Zealand Songs Played Live on Ukulele
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So I wanted to play what I have been referring
To on this tour as "The New Zealand Trilogy"
My history with this place is pretty weird and coincidental
And synchronicity has visited me quite a
Few times when I've been touring in this country
I was here some years ago, again at the end of a tour, tired
And I was supposed to play a show in Christchurch
And I came, as I did this time, up to Napier to visit my friend Kya
Just for a couple of days, to take a few moments off
And then I was at the airport in Napier
About to board a flight to Christchurch
And all of a sudden, all of the planes were cancelled
Because there was an earthquake
And it turns out that the venue that I was supposed
To be playing that night in Christchurch was gone
And had I been in that venue eight hours later
I would have been, with all of the people in the venue
Very possibly killed
And a lot like this round, it's just really strange
The coincidences that happen to you as
You're moving through the world, and touring
And on another tour, right around the same time
I had written this song, this spontaneous song about Tasmania
It was basically a song about pubic hair
And then a week or so later, I found myself touring here
And someone made a snide comment saying
"Oh, you wrote a song for the Australians, what about us?
We don't ever get a song."
And I was like, I'm so tired. I'm at the end of tour
Don't make me do it, but there I was backstage
In a little club in Wellington, thinking oh, this poor country
I should write a song for them too
So I did
This is that song
But it takes on a really strange new meaning
When you consider where I wound up nine years later
I'm gonna play it for you now, and you'll
Understand in a second, it goes like this
New Zealand, New Zealand
You caught me on an awful day
My little life is all fucked up
My psyche is in disarray