Verse
A#m
I want you to imagine that you’re a child again, small and black
C7 A#
Frightened, bewildered and alone
A#m
Because yesterday an alien race to your childhood dreamtime place
C7 A#
Took you from the only life you’ve ever known
[Pre-chorus]
Eb F A#
And your ears still ring to the sound of your mother’s cries
Eb F A#
As they tore you from her helpless arms
Eb F A#
And your scared and angry father shouting "why, why, why?"
Eb F A#
Imagine that – if you can
[Chorus]
A#m C7 A#
It’s the shame – shame – of a nation
A#m C7 A#
And it’s time – time – for reconciliation
[Verse II]
A#m
I want you to imagine this – the mission’s school with alien fists
C7 A#
Is clothed by the Christian’s velvet glove
A#m
Where they preach about sin and teach you shame, steal your past and change your name
C7 A#
And all they claim in the name of their God’s love
[Pre-chorus]
Eb F A#
So, when they tell you you’re an orphan you believe it to be true
Eb F A#
For they’re the ones with the bibles in their hands
Eb F A#
And the last small hope dies deep inside of you
Eb F A#
Imagine that – if you can
[Chorus]
A#m C7 A#
It’s the shame – shame – of a nation
A#m C7 A#
And it’s time – time – for reconciliation
[Verse III]
A#m
Imagine people so advanced in their pride and arrogance
C7 A#
No culture has value but their own
A#m
And only they, the just and strong, can judge what’s right and right what’s wrong
C7 A#
What truth shines on them and them alone
[Pre-chorus]
Eb F A#
So, when the light of their truth falls on you one day
Eb F A#
And all that you are is judged and damned
Eb F A#
When for their own good they take your children away
Eb F A#
Imagine that – if you can
[Chorus]
A#m C7 A#
It’s the shame – shame – of a nation
A#m C7 A#
And it’s time – time – for reconciliation
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