From the clatter of a honky tonk
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To the quiet of the range
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Been thinking 'bout silence golden
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Golden silence change
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Burning nights get damper
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And only moon was cool
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And the steam of danger rose
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From a ripple - less darkened pool
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Came to America
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Stopped out in the west
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I ain't no shot-gun rider
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Alligator on my chest
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A hot-bed of indifference
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A seed-bed of so - so
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It's a push and shove
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I said Lord above
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What a way to go
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Chorus ~
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Don't say that you love me
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Just say you might
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You keep holding on
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To things you think are right
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I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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Land of hope and glory
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I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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Land of hope and glory
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Seen foreign soldiers
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Beach - head army ducks
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Seen local farmers
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In their big red pick-up trucks
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Seen drug - store cowboys
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Who could not find the range
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Seen pet - boys in the city
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Who need a love so strange
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Chorus
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Well I've dined with big business
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And I stood for the toast
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Seen those screenplay writers
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In their big homes on the coast
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Stood in cathedrals
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And breathed hard at the sight
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I asked the same old questions
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Do I need this stuff tonight
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Chorus
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I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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Land of hope and glory
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I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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Land of hope and glory
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I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh....
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Land Of Hope And Glory
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| James Reyne |
