John Butler Trio - Company Sin lyrics

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Ben got a job at the Mine along the way

He said everything was fine until that fateful day

That's when his luck started to change

The day he went to help and go blow up that Mountain Range

Ben moved to Town a year ago or maybe more

Straight out of Highschool, the whole he had in store

Wanted to travel, needed some dough

Everybody worked the Mines

Why should he say no?

Don't ask him why, he can't explain

Why now things for him have changed

It's not his land, they're not his songs

He can't work out why he don't belong

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He part of Company, part of Company, part of Company Sin

Won't someone please tell the lad when Humbug did begin?

Part of Company, part of Company, part of Company Sin

Won't someone please tell the lad when Humbug did begin?

Now legend has it, or so they say

The Bones of an Ancient People, yeah that's where they lay

And their Descendants hold close to heart

Oh, that Mountain Range Ben was helping blow apart

And so I said for Ben things weren't quite right

Now he's waking up screaming every single night

Hearing voices in a different tongue

The screaming of the Old, yeah, the screaming of the Young

Don't ask him why, he can't explain

Why now he feels in so much pain

It's not his land, they're not his songs

He can't work out why he don't belong

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Now Ben's moved on - job left him a while back

Now he's thanking God that his boss gave him the sack

But in the mirror, yes he can face

The day he stopped helping go blow up that Sacred Place

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