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