She's Australian chords by Ted Egan

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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She comes from Macedonia,
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Lebanon, Cambodia
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El Salvador or Chile,
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perhaps she's Vietnamese
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She's workin' in a factory,
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bringin' up her family
She's all, she's all, she's all,
or any one of these
Her clothes are somewhat different,
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she doesn't speak much English
Worships at a different church,
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never tasted fear
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She's workin' away relentlessly,
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she's good for the economy
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In every sense this woman's
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an Australian pioneer
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She's here, she's here,
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she's living over here
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She's not an alien,
she's a stranger,
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and she's a  pioneer
She's out there on the factory floor,
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legs are aching, feet are sore
Mindless repetition,
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but she hopes it's for the best
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Wondering, am I pregnant?
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Can we afford another child?
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Longing, longing for a lucid
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thousand breaths
The factory whistle blows,
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she quickly hurries for the bus
Ignores the jibes and insults,
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pretends she doesn't care
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Run off to the shopping,
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cook the family's dinner
No rest for this woman,
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this Australian pioneer
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She's here, she's here,
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she's living over here
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She's not an alien, she's Australian,
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and she's a pioneer
She doesn't drive a bullock wagon,
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crank a stock whip, ride a horse
But I guess if she had to
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she would quickly find a way
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She's nonetheless a sister
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to the women of another time
Who did those things they surely did
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and are revealed today
She came out to Australia
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from a home that ranked with poverty
Hunger and aggression,
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a life of constant fear
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But nonetheless it's difficult,
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this new life so bewildering
And the woman's never heard
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of crazy words like pioneer
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She's here, she's here,
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she's living over here
She's not a man and she's Australian,
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and she's a pioneer
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The kids are home from school,
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but the city's just so startling
Remember all those dreams
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about the beaches, bush and sun
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Late at night she sits awhile,
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thinking of her childhood
Reflecting, reflecting
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on this new life she's be gun
But her son walked away for Colingbrook,
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her daughter's young of age
And Australia should be grateful
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that she came over here
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Working in the factory,
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bringing up her family
Laying the foundations,
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this Australia pioneer
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She's here, she's here,
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she's living over here
She's not an alien,
she's Australian,
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and she's a pioneer