Versions

Version	Length	Source	Availability
Studio	5:45	The Fireman’s Curse album.	Extremely common. Available new in CD and digital form.
Live [1]	6:03	1983 08 28 Tivoli, Sydney, Australia T2 Cassette.	The Vault digital download at True Believers, 10 August 2014.
Live [2]	6:32	Raw Material #05 1983 09 18 Floreat Hotel album.	The Vault Desk Tape streaming audio.

 Recommended Version.

Commentary

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Lyrics

Good evening friends
Better come gather round here on this sabbath Sunday
Come on and slap your hands
There’s a hot wind and it’s blowing through our town

After the storm, after the fire
Don’t teach your boys to kill
And when is the storm?
When is the fire?
When all your women are still
I say when all your women are still

Curse it hard, curse it good
Make a lesson and nail its hide to the neighbourhood
I say curse it hard, curse it good
Make a lesson and nail its hide to the neighbourhood
Neighbourhood

And I took a blanket
And I wrapped it around her, around her sweet old head
Down in the river, that’s where I found her
Now pretty soon now she’s going to be dead

So after the storm, after the fire
Don’t teach your boys to kill
Hear me, when is the storm?
When is the fire?
When all your women are still
I say when all your women are still

So curse it hard, curse it good
Make a lesson and nail its hide to the neighbourhood
Curse it hard, curse it good
Make a lesson and nail its hide to the neighbourhood
Hear me, neighbourhood
Neighbourhood

Good evening friends
Better come gather round here on this Sabbath Sunday
Come on and slap your hands
There’s a hot wind and it’s blowing through our town

After the storm, after the fire
Don’t teach your boys to kill
When is the storm?
When is the fire?
When all your women are still

So curse it hard, curse it good
Make a lesson and nail its hide to the neighbourhood
Hear me spank it hard, spank it good
Make a lesson and nail its hide to the neighbourhood
I say neighbourhood
In my neighbourhood
Neighbourhood