Burnie chords by Midnight Oil

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Intro 1

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Brought up in a world of changes

Verse 1
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Part time cleaner in a holiday flat
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Stare out to sea at the ships at
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night
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No anaesthesia,
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I'm gonna work on it day to day
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No zephyr no light relief
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it seems
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Verse 2

But may be it's a dream

I'm lying back in a row of

timber cases placed out

On the dock with nightmare

faces looking at me

And I can see now,

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and I want to be free now
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This is    my home
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This is    my sea
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Don't paint it with  the future,
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of  factories
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I   want  to stay, I   feel  okay
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There's noth  ing else  as perfect
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I'll have  my way

Interlude 1

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Brought up in a

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world
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of changes
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Waste product, pedestrian, limb from limb
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Short changed by the surfing
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priest again
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Two children in the harbour
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They play their game
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stormwater drain
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Write their contract in the sand,
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it'll be gray for life
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But you can draw the blind
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But you can't stop the sun
From shining on and on
and getting you there
Tide forever beckons you to
leave
But something holds you back
It's not the promise of the swell or a girl
Just a hope that someday
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someway it'll be okay

Verse 6
So you stop and say
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This is my home
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This is my sea
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Don't paint it with the
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future of  factories
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This is    my life
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this is my right
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I'll make  it what I want to
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I'll stay and I'll fight
(Moginie Garrett)