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by Cold Chisel




INTRO-       

                                
 KIDS OUT DRIVING SATURDAY AFTERNOON JUST PASS ME BY

                       
 AND I`M JUST SAVOURING FAMILIAR SIGHTS

                       
 WE SHARED SOME HISTORY THIS TOWN AND I 

                                                      
 AND I CANT STOP THAT LONG FORGOTTEN FEELING OF HURT

                                                
 ITS TIME TO BOOK A ROOM AND STAY THE NIGHT


                                      
 NUMBER ONE IS TO FIND SOME FREINDS TO SAY "YOUR DOING WELL"
                                 
 AFTER ALL THIS TIME YOU BOYS LOOK JUST THE SAME
                                
 NUMBER TWO IS THE HAPPY HOUR IN ONE OF TWO HOTELS
                                  
 SETTLE IN TO PLAY DO YOU "REMEMBER SO AND SO"
                             
 NUMBER THREE IS NEVER SAY HER NAME


(Chorus)
                                     
 OH THE FLAME TREES WILL BLIND A WEARY DRIVER
                                              
 AND THERES NOTHING ELSE COULD SET FIRE TO THIS TOWN 
                                                    
 THERES NO CHANGE THERES NO PACE EVERYTHINGS WITHIN ITS PLACE 
                                         
 JUST MAKES IT HARDER TO BELIEVE  SHE WONT BE AROUND

                   
 OH! WHO NEEDS THAT SENTIMENTAL BULLSHIT.. ANYWAY
                                 
 TAKES MORE THAN JUST A MEMORY TO MAKE ME CRY 
                                                          
 AND I`M HAPPY JUST TO SIT HERE ROUND A TABLE WITH OLD FREINDS 
                                                 
 AND SEE WHICH ONE OF US CAN TELL THE BIGGEST LIES 
                                                        
 AND THERES A GIRL, SHES FALLING IN LOVE NEAR WHERE THE PIANOLA STANDS
                                               
 WITH A YOUNG LOCAL FACTORY AUTOWORKER   JUST HOLDING HANDS
                                       
 AND I`M WONDERING IF HE`LL GO OR IF HE`LL STAY
                                                    
 DO YOU REMEMBER NOTHING STOPPED US ON THE FIELD IN OUR DAY


 
(Chorus) repeat twice
                                     
 OH THE FLAME TREES WILL BLIND A WEARY DRIVER
                                              
 AND THERES NOTHING ELSE COULD SET FIRE TO THIS TOWN 
                                                    
 THERES NO CHANGE THERES NO PACE EVERYTHINGS WITHIN ITS PLACE 
                                         
 JUST MAKES IT HARDER TO BELIEVE  SHE WONT BE AROUND