Intro
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Verse
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Australian man Scandinavian tan
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Kickin' stones 'round the square
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He sat for a while and he carved out a smile
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As if someone would care
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He said I'm a long way from the Gold Coast the furtherest I've ever been
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And this just ain't my home
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It was my wife's idea but she's no longer here
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She left me travelling alone
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Chorus
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You know I've never heard silence
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Ring out like a bell
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I ain't never heard silence
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Like last night in my expensive hotel
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You see I'm loving a shadow
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Trying to catch the rain
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I've never silence
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till I heard it today
Verse
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She came out of the hotel I could still smell the smoke
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Of a burning heart left inside
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She said men are all ass-holes and love's a bad joke
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She laughed and then started to cry
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She said ten years with this man and a lifetime of plans
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You know I loved him to his bones
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But know I've lines on my skin and he's traded me in
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He left me travelling alone
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Chorus
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You know I've never felt silence
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Well it hit me like a train
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I've never felt silence
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Like blood coursing through my veins
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You see I'm loving a shadow
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And I'm trying to catch the rain
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I've never felt silence
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Like I felt it today
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I've never heard silence
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till I heard it today