Midnight Oil
"Burnie"
E C G D
Brought up in a world of changes .
Part time cleaner in a holiday flat .
I stare out to sea at the ships at night .
No anaesthesia, I'm going to work on it day by day .
No zephyr, no light relief it seems .
But maybe 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, I wanna be free now .
D#7 C# A
E This is my Chome G D .
E This is my Csea G D .
E Don't paint it with the future of Cfactories G D .
E I want to Cstay D .
E I feel Cok G D .
E There's nothing else that's Cperfect G D .
E I'll have my Cway .
Riff / Adlib
Brought up in a world of changes .
Waste-product, pedestrian limb from limb .
Short-changed by the surfin' priest again .
Two children in the harbour .
They play their games storm water drain .
Write their contract in the sand, it'll be grey for life .
But you can draw the blind .
But you can't stop the sun from shining .
On and on and getting you there .
The tide forever beckons you to leave .
But something holds you back .
It's not the promise of a swell or a girl .
Just a hope that someday, some way, it'll be ok .
You stop and say .
D#7 C# A
E This is my Chome G D .
E This is my Csea G D .
E Don't paint it with the future of Cfactories G D .
E This is my Clife D .
E This is my Cright G D .
E I'll make it what I want Cto G D .
E I'll stay and I'll Cfight .
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