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Drinking at the Halfway Line

from Midland Highway: The Musical by Daniel J Townsend

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    The journey from Hobart to Launceston now has a soundtrack! As heard on ABC Radio Tasmania (Sep-Nov 2020), Midland Highway: The Musical features ten songs about ten towns along this magical stretch of road. (Your car has a CD player, right? Buy this!)

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Tasmania is divided into halves: north and south. If you live in the north , you drink Boags. If you live in the south, you drink Cascade. Ross is exactly halfway between the two cities.

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I'm in the Man O Ross Hotel and I just can't decide
If I should order beer from Tassie's north or Tassie's south tonight
Halfway up the highway
Clock at half past five
You can go half crazy
You can lose your mind
Drinking at the halfway line
Drinking at the halfway line

Halfway, highway, half past five
Glass half full in the Man O Ross tonight
I'm half inclined to order wine
It's hard to decide on the halfway line

There's a brewery on the North Esk River I'm half-thinking of
The town that I was born in makes the red cans that I love
I sure could do with one or two of Launceston's most fine

Halfway, highway, half past five
Glass half full in the Man O Ross tonight
A can of "red" could go alright
It's hard to decide on the halfway line

Halfway, highway, half past five
Glass half full in the Man O Ross tonight
I'm half inclined just to order wine
Because it's hard to decide on the halfway line

There's a brewery in the southern half and I'm thinking of them too
Got a Tassie Tiger on the logo and the lager cans are blue
I sure could do with one or two of Hobart Town's most fine

Halfway, highway, half past five
Glass half full in the Man O Ross tonight
Red can? Blue can? My, oh, my!
It's hard to decide on the halfway line

Halfway, highway, half past five
My heart's divided and my throat is dry
I'm half inclined to order wine
It's hard to decide on the halfway line

I think I really ought to order water
At the pub on the border at the halfway line

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from Midland Highway: The Musical, released November 20, 2020
Daniel J Townsend

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"A head full of stories, a soul old enough to have lived them, and a heart young enough to believe in their power to move us."

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