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by Whitlams


BLOW UP THE POKIES - The Whitlams


         
There was the stage
                
Two red lights and a dodgy P.A.
                        
You trod the planks way back then
                                      
And it's strange that you're here again, here again


                            
And I wish, I wish I knew the right words
                                      
To make you feel better, walk out of this place
                                  
And defeat them in your secret battle
                              
Show them you can be your own man again


          
Don't, don't explain
                    
Lots of little victories take on the pain
                  
It takes so long to earn
                                     
You can double up or you can burn, you can burn


                            
And I wish, I wish I knew the right words
                                      
To make you feel better, walk out of this place
                                  
And defeat them in your secret battle
                              
Show them you can be your own man again


SOLO:             (x4)


                            
And I wish, I wish I knew the right words
                                 
To blow up the pokies and drag them away
                                         
Cause they're taking the food off your table
                                  
So they can say that the trains run on time


                        
Flashing lights, it's a real show
                        
And your wife, I wouldn't go home
                      
The little bundles need care
                                  
And you can't be a father there, father there


                            
And I wish, I wish I knew the right words
                                      
To make you feel better, walk out of this place
                                  
And defeat them in your secret battle
                              
Show them you can be your own man again
                              
Show them you can be your own man again


                                      
And I wish, I wish I knew the right words
                                 
To blow up the pokies and drag them away
                                         
Cause they're taking the food off your table
                                  
So they can say that the trains run on time
                                        
Another man there was made the trains run on time