Keating! movie - The Arse End Of The Earth lyrics

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Song by Company B<br /><br>

GARETH EVANS:<br>

Another morning in the PMC<br>

We've got the latest on the CAD<br>

It's only four percent of GDP<br>

But it's causing little tremors at the NAB<br>

You want your funding for the AME<br>

We'll have to sneak it past the ERC<br>

And the PMO observers of the GNE are nervous<br>

It's another day of service in the ALP.<br>

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PAUL KEATING:<br>

My land is burning with bureaucracy<br>

To scared to contemplate its worth<br>

Inert and dreaming of democracy<br>

Too struck by sun to get things done<br>

At the arse end of the earth.<br>

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EVANS:<br>

Another morning in the monarchy<br>

We've got the model from the RAC<br>

About as minimal as it can be<br>

But you might have blown your chances for an OBE<br>

They're gonna try and pull the train off track<br>

They're lining up to fly the Union Jack<br>

And the tyranny of distance and the path of least resistance<br>

And you gave the Queen assistance when you goosed her back.<br>

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KEATING:<br>

We have one golden opportunity<br>

To see our brand new flag unfurled<br>

To rise with shining eyes in unity<br>

It's hard to stand with heads in sand<br>

At the arse end of the world<br>

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KEATING AND EVANS:<br>

We can move this world<br>

We can chance this place<br>

Shifting inch by inch<br>

At a glacial pace<br>

Take it step by step<br>

Build it brick by brick<br>

Important innovations<br>

And delicate equations<br>

I'm running out of patience, can we make this quick?<br>

Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick!<br>

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EVANS:<br>

Another morning in the ACT<br>

Remind Australia that we're young and free<br>

But every channel seems to disagree<br>

With the possible exception of the ABC<br>

We're getting hammered by the tabloid press<br>

We must be pissing Rupert off, I guess<br>

'Cos they're calling us elitist and the polling is defeatist<br>

And we hope that every street is watching SBS!<br>

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BAND:<br>

Oh yes! Oh yes!<br>

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KEATING:<br>

We hear the siren song of destiny<br>

A call to rapturous rebirth<br>

We dare to recognise our history<br>

The future's bright for black and white<br>

At the arse end of the earth<br>

What better place to make your base than the arse end of the earth?<br>

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[Thanks to Jess for lyrics]<br>

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