Tell Me The Truth

I believe were crossing the great ravine
Still yearning half way a stranger
I believe in our multiplicty
Still part-blind no reason for anger
I believe we pull up our roots and retreat
A new crop of aerials in dacca and canberra
Why dont you tell me the truth about you
Vaseline, you smeared it across every scene
Anchor-man drowns in a sea of sensation
Tyranny, crushing the young birds seed
Halloweens mate, short fuse of the banker
Were all spores but were never eunuchs
Loves on the loose deflect the short tunic
And the cameras ruse
Theres no judgement in ignorance I say
Some people tell me stories, wasting all my time
Some trying not receiving someone elses lies
Its my time, yes its my time
(moginie/garrett)

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Bushfire

In my shoes, in my shoes
There is so much to remind me
As the stars come out above me, home
Cool wind, clear my head
Bright sun grow my food
Strong rain clear my heart
Fill my land
Its a new day
I dont know why it is sold
Dont know why its so cold
In this life that we live
New day, new day, new day
In my shoes, in my shoes
There is so much to astound me
As the whirlpool spins around me, home
Bushfire, burn and grow
Sunset watch and rest low
Long night holding child close, feed my dream
Its a new day
I dont know why it is sold

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Shipyards Of New Zealand

Thought one day Id make my fortune
Like the ancient cavalcades
From the shipyards of new zealand
Chasing history I left home
Moving west into the sunset
Became the sunset of our lives
I was factory made and settled
Safe from storm and broken earth
Theres so much to do every day
Dreams keep on disappearing
We cling to the walls of our heart
Keeps us from coming undone
Now danger lurks behind the spreader
And charlton heston casts the first stone
User interference birthmarks
Clever, not very wise
Let the lamplights keep on shining now
While those searchlights in skies they are turning
We climb to the top of the heap
I wish I could fly

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Concrete

In the city the heart still whispers
Flaking metal a silent witness
Theres chemical fields and cathode clouds
The milky way is emasculated as exhaust fans
And smart cards shrink wrap the coloured air
And send it coughing to eternity
We can see the bright light but we cant reach it
We are not afraid enough to call
Go back wrong way you cannot stay you cannot live here
Concrete you dont free my soul
In the city the sound is biting
Cement fingers they are clutching
The emissary of trash decorates the way
No wild acres you can see, yearning to breathe
Concrete you dont free my soul
Blackened hands and heart of steel,
No wish to consume, embellish, discard and expire
Concrete you dont free my soul
Concrete you dont free my soul

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Used & Abused

I was taken downtown for my part in the demonstration
I was used and abused with the light in my eye at the station
I said
No no you got the wrong man
No no dont pick on me again
No no Im going home to my
Family and friends
Im too busy making a living to make any money
And the living aint easy and the money disappears in a hurry, now
I said
No no I should,ve stayed at school
No no theyre treating me so cruel
No no Im breaking all the rules
Breaking all the rules
No no
I was talking to the man he said were gonna make a deal
I was fooled into thinking the paper in my pocket was real
I said
No no youve been taken again
No no youre losing all your friends

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Used And Abused

I was taken downtown for my part in the demonstration
I was used and abused with the light in my eye at the station
I said
No no you got the wrong man
No no dont pick on me again
No no im going home to my
Family and friends
Im too busy making a living to make any money
And the living aint easy and the money disappears in a hurry, now
I said
No no I should,ve stayed at school
No no theyre treating me so cruel
No no im breaking all the rules
Breaking all the rules
No no
I was talking to the man he said were gonna make a deal
I was fooled into thinking the paper in my pocket was real
I said
No no youve been taken again
No no youre losing all your friends

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Written In The Heart

The god forsaken rifleman stands rigid at the bar
The kids discover victims in the rubble and the tar
They're married to ambition to the slogans of the war
Slogans that used to be scrawled on the wall
Are written in the heart
A woman bows to mecca and she struggles to her feet
It's better since the president took shooting off the street
She pictures all the poverty the cursed holy war
The pictures that used to be scrawled on the wall
Are written in the heart
The elders make a promise and they forge it in the fire
The general's car is sabotaged, four bullets in the tire
With the burning of the words there goes the scorching of the earth
The words that used to be scrawled on the wall
Are written in the heart
(hirst/moginie/rotsey)

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Home

There is a place I was born
It is a place Ive never seen
Dont even know where it is
Dont even know my name
Where is home, where is my home?
Im searching far and wide
Its a bastard song
It is the feeling that everythings wrong
We are alive, we that have wings
We have devices can do anything, I say
Where is home, where is my home?
I hear my spirit cry
If youre out of transmission, way out on the road
If youre out of commission I can, give you the code
Darkness is coming and its in your command
Time to be moving, time
There is a town I was born
Now theres a place Ive got to call home
Where is home, where is my home?
Im searching far and wide, oh yeah

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Bring On The Change

Here comes the angel of death
You may not remember her yet
Concrete all over her face
Child bride of the human race
Until you see life in the forest
Until you hear youve been abolished
Forget everything that you think youve been promised
Bring on the change
Sunscreen all over your face
Chatswood wasnt built in a day
Mysteries are in this game, I say
Shine on, take me away
Heads in the bank, hearts in the closet
Souls out to lunch, will soon be upon us
We believe everything that we see, lets be honest
And bring on the change
Lift up your eyes, look to the heavens
Could be a sign, or a seven-eleven
Some day well see everything theyve been selling
Bring on the change cmon, cmon

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Nothing Lost - Nothing Gained

In my world there are sorrows
Id rather drown in happiness
Come the morning, when the darkness through
That storys bound to change
And in my world
And in my world
Its all the same
And nothings ventured, nothings gained
And nothings lost and nothings changed
Go and jump aboard the train of freedom
Its a one way fare
You can find out now that when the tunnels through
Your tickets vanished, forgotten you
And in my world...
Turn up the tv, make the music loud
Better to ignore the rabid dog baying at your door
Draw the blind, change the channel if you dare
Better to say, I dont care
And in my world...
You hear the bell, you know its time to jump off

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