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Carolyn Oates and featuring Stewart Kohinga - This Town (Monbulk Respect) 04:46
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Vs1 Sally sits down, the only café in this town Patiently she’s waiting for her friend Lillian walks in, her shoulders straight and tall A walk she didn’t have a year ago There’s laughter and there’s tears As stories take to flight How they overcame their fears to save a life Vs2 Sally stops to say “I won’t forget the day I noticed that things seemed a little strange First you ran into a door Then fell down some stairs The brightness in your eyes just wasn’t there” Lillian replied “I won’t forget the day You asked me does he beat you, and I lied I don’t know where I’d be If you hadn’t kept at me Kept asking if I really was alright Chorus This town won’t be silent This town won’t turn a blind eye People speak up for someone now This town won’t be silent This town won’t be afraid People just ask “are you ok” Vs3 Pete and Dan sit down at the RSL in town Reflecting on the footy season’s end Dan’s tone begins to change, “I won’t forget the way You stopped us in the locker room that day Saying sinking low with words, isn’t just a game The way we treated people also changed” Vs 4 Pete let out a sigh, “I really was afraid But the time has come for me to take a stand. My sister met a man His talk was just the same Behind closed doors he treated her that way I know I have to do, everything I can To stop this ever happening again” Chorus

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This song focusses on how the whole community can help prevent family violence, and that the whole community can be touched by it too. Now is the time to be brave and speak up, now is the time to be brave and ask, "Are you OK?".

Monbulk Respect is a community project to start the conversation about family violence. The project incorporates the song "This Town" written by singer/songwriter Carolyn Oates and a short film by Joshua Collings.

After working with members of the Monbulk community it was clear that this community wanted to create a message around the question "What can we do to help?".

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released November 17, 2014

Produced, recorded and mixed by David Carr at Rangemaster, The Patch, Victoria
Executive Producers - Sue Clisby & Carolyn Oates
Principle Songwriter - Carolyn Oates
Lead Vocals - Carolyn Oates and Stewart Kohinga
Drums - Michael Di Cecco
Acoustic Guitars - Carolyn Oates
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals - David Carr

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