Sydney Town

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           Oh great

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Granddaddy walked a-long the 
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street with a ball and chain a-round
 his feet and
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That's the way they'd like to see 
me walk just to give the toffs a 
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chance to talk  yeah and the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town        
oh the

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Beer's gone up in the public bar 
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and I can't afford a motor car but I
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Keep six bottles in the fridge and
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 I pay no toll on the harbour bridge
  yeah and the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town        
oh there's

[Verse]
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Rubbish on the T V screens too 
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many nines on the poker machines  so
 for
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Entertainment I go for Aust-ralian
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 songs at the Troupedour  and the
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Chevron Hilton  yeah and the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town        
oh if you

[Verse]
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Want to see one hell of a fuss 
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take a peak hour ride on a 
government bus  well it
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Doesn't matter if you're sick or 
dying you mustn't get off before the
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 sit down sign  yeah and the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town        
now if you're

[Verse]
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Having trouble learning guitar 
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I've found the easiest method by far
  just
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Sit at home all alone and learn to
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 play the saxophone
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  No strings at-tached yeah and the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town        
oh have you

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Heard about Oz magazine con-victed
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 on a charge of being obscene  seems
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You're not allowed to satirise if 
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you tell the truth they call it lies
  tell a
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Few home truths on the Palm Beach 
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scene it's not sedition it's just 
unclean and the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney
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Out of breath        oh they

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All throw heads when I bank tails 
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and I got no dough to bank on the 
Wales  but
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I'll get a job that'll suit me 
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fine on the Eastern Suburbs railway 
line  yeah and the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town
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Seems like we  lost the har-monica 
player there somewhere     oh the

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Funniest woman I ever had made me 
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happy then made me sad she
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Swore our love would never end 
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then went and married my ex best 
friend  yeah and the

CHORUS: (with harmonica)
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney
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There he is isn't he lovely        
oh I

[Verse]
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Went to the cross to get some sex 
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the woman said sorry I don't take 
cheques  I said
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That's all right as I closed my 
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book truth is I only came to look 
and the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town        
oh they

[Verse]
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Asked me on a T V show to sing a 
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song the viewers would know  I re-
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hearsed where have all the flowers
 gone they said cut a verse it's a 
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bit too long  I ex-
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plained the song had a message to 
tell they said we've got a new 
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toilet tissue to sell but the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town        
oh

[Verse]
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Late last night the phone wouldn't
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 stop it was Mister Menzies calling 
me up  he said
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My friend Gary what do we need to 
make the country grow I said my 
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friend Bob the Mavis Bramston show
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  Les Miller's ban-jo
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  Patter-son's ban-jo
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  A coca cola yo-yo
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     Rin-so to keep Australia white
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   Marlboro   filter flavour flip 
top box oh what do we
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Need to make the country grow the 
man said
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  Try ferti-lising thistles     yeah
 and the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town        
now you

[Verse]
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Ask me why I'm drunk all the time 
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makes me better and eases my mind
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I just sit and I play and sing I 
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see better days and I do better 
things
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  I win the Opera House in a lottery
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   Go skin diving for pir-anha
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     Throw Ayres rock
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   Vote D L P
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  Become mana-ging director of C B S
 re-cords
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     And sell one co-py of this 
re-cord  yeah and the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town  oh the

[Chorus]
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town the
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More they try to keep me down the 
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better I live in Sydney town
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