Burnie Lyrics - Singles - Midnight Oil

Brought up in a world of changes 

Part time cleaner in a holiday flat 

Stare out to sea at the ships at night 

No anaesthesia, I'm gonna work on it day to day 

No zephyr no light relief it seems 

But maybe it's a dream 

I'm lying back in a row of timber cases placed out 

On the dock with nightmare faces looking at me 

And I can see now, and I want to be free now 

This is my home 

This is my sea 

Don't paint it with the future, of factories 

I want to stay, I feel okay 

There's nothing else as perfect 

I'll have my way 

Brought up in a world of changes 

Waste product, pedestrian, limb from limb 

Short changed by the surfing priest again 

Two children in the harbour 

They play their game stormwater drain 

Write their contract in the sand, it'll be gray for life 

But you can draw the blind 

But you can't stop the sun 

From shining on and on and getting you there 

Tide forever beckons you to leave 

But something holds you back 

It's not the promise of the swell or a girl 

Just a hope that someday someway it'll be okay 

So you stop and say 

This is my home 

This is my sea 

Don't paint it with the future of factories 

This is my life 

this is my right 

I'll make it what I want to 

I'll stay and I'll fight 

(Moginie/Garrett)