Reconciliation

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I want you to imagine that you’re a 
child again, small and black
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Frightened, bewildered and alone
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Because yesterday an alien race to 
your childhood dreamtime place
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Took you from the only life you’ve 
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ever known


[Pre-chorus]
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And your ears still ring to the 
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sound of your mother’s cries
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As they tore you from her helpless 
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arms
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And your scared and angry father 
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shouting "why, why, why?"
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Imagine that – if you can


[Chorus]
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It’s the shame – shame – of a nation
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And it’s time – time – for 
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reconciliation


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[Verse II]
Fm
I want you to imagine this – the 
mission’s school with alien fists
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Is clothed by the Christian’s 
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velvet glove
Fm
Where they preach about sin and 
teach you shame, steal your past and
 change your name
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And all they claim in the name of 
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their God’s love


[Pre-chorus]
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So, when they tell you you’re an 
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orphan you believe it to be true
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For they’re the ones with the 
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bibles in their hands
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And the last small hope dies deep 
inside of you
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Imagine that – if you can


[Chorus]
Fm               G7           F
It’s the shame – shame – of a nation
Fm              G7      
And it’s time – time – for 
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reconciliation


[Verse III]
Fm
Imagine people so advanced in their 
pride and arrogance
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No culture has value but their own
    Fm
And only they, the just and strong, 
can judge what’s right and right 
what’s wrong
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What truth shines on them and them 
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alone


[Pre-chorus]
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So, when the light of their truth 
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falls on you one day
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And all that you are is judged and 
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damned
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When for their own good they take 
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your children away
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Imagine that – if you can


[Chorus]
Fm               G7           F
It’s the shame – shame – of a nation
Fm              G7      
And it’s time – time – for 
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reconciliation