True Believers

Single by Brendan Bonsack I thought of you again today, Much younger, a wine glass in hand That share house election party Gathered together in a smoke haze Round the TV, Keating's finest hour, Nineteen ninety three; I was western suburbs unemployed You'd just started teaching The sweetest night of all, You said, almost planting a kiss "They tried to divide the country, but the people have kept the faith" Do you first write your victory speech Then the other one just in case? A clarion of pots and pans All down our Somerville Road. I got older than you. Your wife has begun to see someone new, I bumped into your kids, And well they're making happy as they can What a time we are having. I feel narrow as a Polaroid "They tried to divide the country, but the people have kept the faith" Do you first write your victory speech Then the other one just in case? True believers True believers True believers I think of you every time I am standing in the line For a sauce and democracy sausage That election party invitation On the fridge, photocopy of a photocopy I got older than you I don't truly believe In this illusion of choice, But you gotta use it Or they'll certainly take it away What are you doing Saturday with your ghost? Pick a marginal - I'll tell you if it falls. "They tried to divide the country, but the people have kept the faith" Do you first write your victory speech Then the other one just in case? True believers True believers True believers For notes and lyrics, visit brendanbonsack.com/songs/true-believers © Brendan Bonsack 2025