Burnie Lyrics by Midnight Oil

Burnie Lyrics

    Brought up in a world of changes
    Part time cleaner in a holiday flat
    Stare out to sea at the ships at night
    No anaesthesia, i'm gonna work on it day to 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, and i wanna be free now

    This is my home
    This is my sea
    Don't paint it with the future, of factories
    I want to stay, i feel okay
    There's nothing else as perfect
    I'll have my way

    Brought up in a world of changes
    Waste product, pedestrian, limb from limb
    Short changed by the surfing priest again
    Two children in the harbour
    They play their game stormwater drain
    Write their contract in the sand, it'll be gray for life

    But you can draw the blind
    But you can't stop the sun
    From shining on and on and getting you there
    Tide forever beckons you to leave
    But something holds you back
    It's not the promise of the swell or a girl
    Just a hope that someday someway it'll be okay
    So you stop and say

    This is my home
    This is my sea
    Don't paint it with the future of factories
    This is my life
    This is my right
    I'll make it what i want to
    I'll stay and i'll fight

    (moginie/garrett)

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