Intro
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[Verse]
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They're counting up the votes across Australia
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And counting down the seconds of my years
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I've seen quite a few elections
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I know how to read projections
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I can recognise a change when it appears
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The people make the ultimate decision
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The system says they always get it right
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So though it seems like half an hour
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Since I stumbled into power
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Now it's time for me to say goodnight.
[Chorus]
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But still I dream
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Of a country rich and clever
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With compassion and endeavour
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Reaching out towards forever, and I'm still
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Dreaming of the light on the hill.
[Verse]
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You start off in your local council chamber
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You fight and dream until you reach your prime
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And if you should succeed
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By the time you get to lead
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You're pretty much exhausted from the climb
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You only get a moment in the penthouse
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Before you find you're standing on the sill
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And if you're sunk in ham and gammon
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When it turns from feast to famine
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Then you're lucky if you've had your fill.
[Chorus]
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But still I dream
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Heads are high and hearts are heady
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Eyes are bright and clear and steady
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Full of promise that we're ready to fulfill
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I'm dreaming of the light on the hill.
[Solo]
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[Verse]
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They're counting up the votes across Australia
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This time it seems the verdict is severe
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Swan, McEwen, Fadden, Dickson,
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Bass and Paterson and Kingston
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But it's Oxley with the message, loud and clear:
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"Bring us back our comfy bloody country
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Take us back to simple days of yore
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Nothing alien or scary,
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La-de-da or airt-fairy
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Just put it back the way it was before."
[Chorus]
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But still I dream
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That the stars will be aligning
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As our fates are intertwining
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Until every heart is shining with goodwill
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Shining like the light on the hill,
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Shining like the light on the hill.