Hilltop Hoods - 1955

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You know when you're doing a song about a small town

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You gotta start it with a cliche, you know what I'm sayin' lik^Fe

Time mo^Cves a little slower here The pa^Gint peels 'cause the sum^Ammers here are so severe An^Fd we're nowhere near n^Co where you would know of Lo^Gcals here pride, they s^Amhow up just to show off ^FFour men take a load off, ^Cjust to watch the day go by ^GPhilosophizing with their f^Amriends like they're Plato They^F prophecize on the bench ^Cby the main road, right T^Ghey got advice; I'm like 'A^Amyo, if you say so guys' ^FBut what do they know, ^CFox News got 'em lit ^GThey're shockers, fundamentalist^Ams, the new communists ^FA girl with a shopping list, cl^Cutch her handbag close ^GI'm like "damn man" then it's ^Amall backhands, jokes ^F'Cause I'm a gentlemen, but th^Cen again most of are ^GFirst name basis in the bank, ^Amthe post-office, the bar ^FThe grocery, parks, hey lady I^C ain't tryna grab your p^Gension ^AmThe old men on the bench hum

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"Direct from the transistor radio in your lounge room.It's the entertainment that the whole family can enjoy."

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"Well I say looking slick will do the trick so try Barry's Brylcreem cream today!"

^AmWell lets go ^FWe're living in the days when ^Ceverybody sayin' ^G"What a time to be ali^Amve" ^FBut I'm feeling out of place^C like I live in outer space ^G'Cause it seems I'm stu^Amck in time ^FIt's like we ride throug^Ch life ^GRight in the shadow of the ^Amcold war It gets so q^Fuiet at night^C Like ^Gmartial law took a hold of '55^Am. ^F

Time m^Coves a little slower here A ^Gday feels like a week, a weekend f^Ameels like it could go a year ^FAnd we're nowhere near n^Cothing, man it's so true ^GI don't tell 'em where I'm from, I t^Amell 'em where I'm close to ^FAnd I can go through an At^Clas and show you on a ^Gmap but You'd still look ^Amme sideways and treat me like I'm back^Fwards But that's just fine, i^Ct so happens I'm ^GHappy living in a city that^Am is trapped in time ^FWhile you're lined up in^C traffic I'm ^GNot panicked 'bout transit,^Am I'm back in time ^FFor a TV dinner and an ^Cearly night 'C^Gause we get dressed to travel, go^Amt an early flight ^FBeen doing laps of the earth whi^Cle doing laps of the sun ^GTryna put where I'm at on the map ^Am'cause where I'm from ^FWould never get a mention, but al^Cl that and then some ^GOnce again the old men on t^Amhe bench hum

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"And across the country they came in waves. Thousands upon thousands of flying discs

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descending from the planet Mars."

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"For the closest shave try a Wilson's razor today."

^AmWell lets go ^FWe're living in the days when ^Ceverybody sayin' ^G"What a time to be ali^Amve" ^FBut I'm feeling out of place^C like I live in outer space ^G'Cause it seems I'm stu^Amck in time ^FIt's like we ride throug^Ch life ^GRight in the shadow of the ^Amcold war It gets so q^Fuiet at night^C Like ^Gmartial law took a hold of '55^Am. ^F

^FWhere I go, where ^CI go This will always be ^Ghome,^Am no matter ^FWhere I go, where ^CI go This will always be ^Ghome,^Am no matter ^FWhere I go, where ^CI go This will always be ^Ghome,^Am no matter ^FWhere I go, where I^C go This will always b^Ge home ^Am

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"If you can't beat the summer heat then what you need is a Wordell's. Wordell

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Refrigerators: the cooler choice."

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"The dieting revolution taking the world by storm."

^AmWell lets go ^FWe're living in the days when ^Ceverybody sayin' ^G"What a time to be ali^Amve" ^FBut I'm feeling out of place^C like I live in outer space ^G'Cause it seems I'm stu^Amck in time ^FIt's like we ride throug^Ch life ^GRight in the shadow of the ^Amcold war It gets so q^Fuiet at night^C Like ^Gmartial law took a hold of '55^Am. ^F