Verse 1 (Urthboy): I wonder what they thought As they stood on the ship Looking out over the docks Where they boarded All that was before them Shed their fair share of leaves And skipped autumn Populate or perish Yeah I think that’s what they called it And every single passenger is tryna to get a glimpse Of the foreign city Holding tattered brochures There was hope where there was none out in the roaring ocean Looking for the bridge that’s on the posters You would not know anything about this new land Carrying all your possessions in your two hands The one millionth one to land since the news stand It was hell out on the high seas on the ship for 6 weeks What would it have been like taking that first step Walking into a new life, Parramatta sunset You don’t know much more than what you read And never knew when you headed into burbs it changes forever
Chorus (Ev Jones): Oh Matilda, oh Matilda, oh Matilda Do you forget everything that we have built? Oh Matilda, Ooh Matilda Strike a match, burn it to cinders Oh Matilda, where do we go now, where do we go Where do we go? where do we go now?
Verse 2 (Urthboy): Put in government housing in exchange for their labour You don’t need to be skilled, just some good will, work and their favour Number of them without language, except the tongue of their father Greek, Italian or Spanish, the older you get, the more it gets harder Sweat drops on a factory floor Sweat shops before they went offshore Steel works for the manual grunts Second job for but you’re keeping score New developments, building roads, schools, hospitals, post codes Needed to get the kids educated Needed to give them a fighting chance They will be the ones joined by people fleeing Saigon Life and death, will someone leave the light on? I said will someone leave the light on? The one upon the hill before it died come on
Chorus (Ev Jones): Oh Matilda, oh Matilda, oh Matilda Do you forget everything that we have built? Oh Matilda, Ooh Matilda Strike a match, burn it to cinders Oh Matilda, where do we go now, where do we go Where do we go? where do we go now?
Urthboy: We don’t know a thing about open arms, never have You can get robbed with an open heart so you push it back Sailed into shore with the muskets drawn, then took it by force Never looking back, if we don’t like it, we don’t look at that Admit it for my book, admit it we aren’t in it for the facts
Chorus (Ev Jones): Oh Matilda, oh Matilda, oh Matilda Do you forget everything that we have built? Oh Matilda, Ooh Matilda Strike a match, burn it to cinders Oh Matilda, where do we go now, where do we go Where do we go? where do we go now?Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.