Xavier Rudd – Messages (Guitar)

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So come sit down

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Will you talk with me now?

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Let me see through your eyes

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Where there is so much life

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We are biding our time

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For these myths to unwind

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These changes we will confront

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So please beware

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With every place that you head

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Look to your soul

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For these things that you know

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For the trees that we see

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Cannot forever breathe

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With the changes they will confront

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You know some people 

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They just wont understand

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They just wont understand these things

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Thank you for your message

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But I don't understand

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No, I just wont understand these things

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This sacred land it has

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Seen many hands, it has

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Wealth and gold yet it is

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Fragile and old and all the

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Greedy souls just don't care to know

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Of the changes it will confront

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So speak out loud of the

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Things you are proud

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And if you love this coast

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Keep it clean as it evolves

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Cos the way that it shines

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May just dwindle with time

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With the changes it will confront

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You know some people 

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They just wont understand

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They just wont understand these things

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Thank you for your message

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But I don't understand

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No, I just wont understand these things

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You know some people 

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They just wont understand

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They just wont understand these things

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Thank you for your message

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But I don't understand

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No, I just wont understand these things

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So hold nice and close

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The ones that get to your soul

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So that when it is cold 

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You wont feel so alone

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Cos the roads that you take

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May just crack and break

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With the changes you will confront

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With each gift that you share

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You may heal and repair

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With each choice that you make

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You may help someone's day

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Well I know you are strong

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May your journey be long

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Now I wish you the best of luck

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Well I know you are strong

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May your journey be long

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And now I wish you the best of luck

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You know some people 

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They just wont understand

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They just wont understand these things

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Thank you for your message

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But I don't understand

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No, I just wont understand these things