Key: Eb major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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There's a painting of my grandfather,
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on my mother's side
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In the hallway of our homestead,
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in a special place of pride
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With his bulldogs and kanakas,
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back in eighteen ninety- three
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In a linen suit and a panama,
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they say he looked like me
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Verse 2
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to make a brand new start
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a sad affair of the heart
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So with these romantic notions,
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to the colonies, he came
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Where he settled in the tropics and
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made his fortune growing cane
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Verse 3
Well let the canefields burn,
let the flames rise
bankers in the city look- up
Verse 4
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burn,
let me feel no pain
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When I drown my soul in whisky,
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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There's a photo of my parents,
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taken in between the wars
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In London, Rome or Paris,
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I don't know for sure
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But it hangs there in the hallway and
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there's one for every year
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Fortunes made, and fortunes paid,
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for champagne souveniers
Verse 6
let the flames rise
the bankers in the city look- up
Verse 7
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burn,
let me feel no pain
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When I drown my soul in whisky,
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Verse 8
And now, they say they're gonna
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come to settle all their claims
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price for charred remains!
Verse 9
let the flames rise
bankers in the city look- up
Verse 10
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burn,
let me feel no pain
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When I drown my soul in whisky,
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and dance in the flames
Outro 1
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