BLOW UP THE POKIES - The Whitlams
Transcribed by Dan Schaumann


         
There was the 


stage
         
Two red lights

       
 and a dodgy P

.A.
         
You trod the p

              
lanks way back

 
 then
         
And it's stran

              
ge that you're

          
 here again, h

     
ere again


             
And I wish, I 

             
wish I knew th

  
e right words
             
To make you fe

             
el better, wal

            
k out of this 


place
             
And defeat the

             
m in your secr

        
et battle
             
Show them you 

          
can be your ow

       
n man again


         
Don't, don't e

 
xplain
         
Lots of little

           
 victories tak

e on the pain
            
It takes so lo

      
ng to earn
            
You can double

             
 up or you can

           
 burn, you can

 
 burn


             
And I wish, I 

             
wish I knew th

  
e right words
             
To make you fe

             
el better, wal

            
k out of this 


place
             
And defeat the

             
m in your secr

        
et battle
             
Show them you 

          
can be your ow

       
n man again


SOLO:             (x4)


             
And I wish, I 

             
wish I knew th

  
e right words
             
To blow up the

           
 pokies and dr

         
ag them away
              
Cause they're 

            
taking the foo

            
d off your tab

   
le
           
So they can sa

            
y that the tra

           
ins run on tim

e


         
Flashing light

              
s, it's a real

 
 show
         
And your wife,

              
 I wouldn't go

 
 home
            
The little bun

          
dles need care
            
And you can't 

           
be a father th

           
ere, father th

ere


             
And I wish, I 

             
wish I knew th

  
e right words
             
To make you fe

             
el better, wal

            
k out of this 


place
             
And defeat the

             
m in your secr

        
et battle
             
Show them you 

          
can be your ow

       
n man again
             
Show them you 

          
can be your ow

       
n man again


             
And I wish, I 

             
wish I knew th

            
e right words
             
To blow up the

           
 pokies and dr

         
ag them away
              
Cause they're 

            
taking the foo

            
d off your tab

   
le
           
So they can sa

            
y that the tra

           
ins run on tim

e
             
Another man th

            
ere was made t

            
he trains run 

   
on time