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from For Pete's Sake by Not The Day Job

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    A beautiful gatefold CD, in a sturdy and environmentally-friendly cardboard package, to honor the music and words of the late Peter Conway. The packaging includes a generous booklet which includes the lyrics, reflections on the songs from bandmates and a tribute to the memory of Peter.

    All money raised from the sale of this recording is donated to both UnionAID (the international development arm of the NZ trade union movement) and Atareira (mental health support for families and whānau).
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The Organise story:
“Pete loved playing this song about working peoples’ health and safety. I started writing it after the tragic death of three contractors in downtown Auckland in 2000. They were working for the Council’s water company and were killed after going down into a sewer and being overcome by toxic gases. Later, a colleague was telling me about the dangers of underground coal mining deep underground. In 2010, 29 men died in the Pike River Mine explosion in the Paparoa Range on the West Coast of the South Island. Pike River’s senior management were incredibly anti-union and they knew they had built a ticking time-bomb. Still today the families of the twenty nine men killed in the mine explosion continue their struggle to seek justice. This song is for them.” – RT

lyrics

Four miles up and six miles down
There’s not a lot of air to go around
Is it safe again? Is it safe again?

What am I to do when the boss says to me?
‘Go down that hole where there’s no air to breathe’
(Is it safe again? Is it safe again?)

I’ve been welding all day, in a hell of mess
I’m blinded by the flash and I need a rest

Toxic sweated blood and dust
Who can working people trust?

My hands are tied, my hands are always tired
Has this ever been tried? Organise

I’ve been working in a hell of mess
I’m blinded by the flash and I need a rest

Toxic sweated blood and dust
Who can working people trust?

My hands are tied, my hands are always tired
Has this ever been tried? Organise

Organise, get organising
Organise

credits

from For Pete's Sake, released May 1, 2017
Words and music by Ross Teppett

Vocals - Ross Teppett, The Solidarity Sisters *
Guitars - David Long (incl. EBow), George Hollinsworth, Bill Newson, Ross Teppett *
Bass – Nick Bollinger *
Drums - Kieran Monaghan

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Not The Day Job Wellington, New Zealand

In the early 2000s Peter Conway founded Not The Day Job, a band made up of trade unionists and community activists who would regularly meet and play their brand of political folk songs to diverse audiences. When Peter passed away suddenly in 2015, NTDJ made the decision to record an album of his songs. For the recording NTDJ imported manywonderful friends and colleagues to augment the production. ... more

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