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[Verse 1]
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On a tear across the old country
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Reached out for the prize, tripped over my knees
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Fell right back to the Antipodes
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Clean slate

[Verse 2]
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I was waiting at the dock of the bay
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For another cargo ship to take me away
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Cut all my losses, start again in Bombay
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Clean slate

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In the rain, I was waiting in vain, wipe it clean

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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I left home, my love, my land
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Built a castle made of sand
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Felt the handcuffs on my hand
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The cool handshake of aluminium
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And you don't know how grave it is
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My friend's eyes are wide with fear
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Wipe my clean slate down with tears
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Scorched earth for ten thousand years
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Clean slate


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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Got my eyes (Still)
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Got my neck (Still)
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Got my chain (Still)
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Got my chequebook (Still)
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Got my fingers (Still)
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And a toe
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I've got nowhere left to go

[Refrain]
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Clean slate (Clean slate)
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Clean slate (Clean slate)
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Clean slate (Clean slate)
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Clean slate (Clean slate)
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Clean slate (Clean slate)
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Clean slate (Clean slate)
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Clean slate (Clean slate)
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Wipe it clean