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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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let me tell you're a story
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An eight year long story of
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British Lord Vestey and Vincent
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Lingiarri
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Were opposite men on op
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Vestey was fat with
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money and muscle
Beef was his business,
Vincent was lean and
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From little things big things
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grow
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the wealth of the land
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Daily the pressure got tighter
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and tighter
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must make a stand
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They picked up their swags
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and started off walking
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At Wattie Creek they
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sat themselves down
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Now it don't sound like much but
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it sure got tongues talking
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and then in the town
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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Vestey man said
I'll double your wages
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Seven quid a week you'll have
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in your hand
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Vincent said uhuh we're not
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talking about wages
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We're sitting right here
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till we get our land
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Vestey man roared and
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Vestey man thundered
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You don't stand the chance
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of a cinder in snow
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Vince said if we fall others are rising
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From little things big things grow
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Then
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Vincent Lingiarri boarded
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an aeroplane
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Landed in Sydney, big city of lights
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And daily he went round
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To all kinds of men from all walks of life
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Vincent sat down with
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big politicians
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This affair they told him
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is a matter of state
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Let us sort it out,
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your people are hungry
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we know how to wait
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From little things big things grow
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Then Vincent Lingiar
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ri returned in an aeroplane
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Back to his country
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once more to sit down
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And he told his people let the stars
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keep on turning
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in the cities and towns
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Eight years went by,
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Till one day a tall stranger
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appeared in the land
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And he came with lawyers and
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And through Vincent's fingers poured
Interlude 1
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Verse 14
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From little things
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big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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That was the story of Vin
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cent Lingairri
But this is the story of
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something much more
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How power and privilege
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can not move a people
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Who know where they stand
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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From little things big things grow
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