F Am F Am I’ll sink slowly into cement, running round the city squareF Am F Am I’ve always felt a little different, now I can breath in the anger on the dirty airF Am grubby beauty blocked out by streets and timeF Am F Dm Am painted their slogans on the silhouette of my skyline [Chorus]E7 Dm G It is not enoughDm Am to be quiet on the train back homeDm Am A change is gonna come, our country’s mind can’t stay this closed [Verse 1] *Finger Picking*F Am F Enter the decade fearing failing and our heart starts beating in timeF Am F Am with the white noise and the ranting and raving, their official party lineF Am F Am we must respond we need a fight, decide how the destitute will survive and then die[Chorus]E7 Dm G It is not enoughDm Am to be quiet on the train back homeDm Am A change is gonna come, our country’s mind can’t stay this closed [Verse 2]Dm Am So wipe that shit-eating grin off your punch-able faceDm Am these people are human beings that you’ll destroy and displaceDm when you sit in Kirribilli House and there’s no one else around do you know just to keep your jobAm you’re putting bodies in the groundDm Am drowning refugees at sea, kiss babies screaming vote for meDm Am I’ll take you to the future via the 1950sE7 Dm AmDm Am Were we supposed to feel hope when you said you’d stop the boats?Dm Am Dm cause that’s some fucking evil shit, politicizing killing kids, drip feeding fear into our brains,Am new leader clearly insaneDm Am gonna change the culture in our cultured mindsDm Am start a war with an alibi we can justify [Chorus]E7 Dm G It is not enoughDm Am to be quiet on the train back homeDm Am A change is gonna come, our country’s mind can’t stay this closed [Outro]E7 Dm G It is not enoughDm Am to be quiet on the train back homeDm Am A change is gonna come,Am Am Am Am Am our country’s mind can’t stay this closed
Wipe That Shit-Eating Grin Off Your Punchable Face
The Smith Street Band
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