[00:00.00]Things I See Around Me - Slim Dusty
[00:03.46]Written by：Slim Dusty/Ernie Constance
[00:06.93]I sing about the things I see around me
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[00:10.96]The beauty of Australia that surrounds me
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[00:15.11]I sing you songs about this sunburnt land
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[00:19.39]Specially for the ones who understand
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[00:23.28]I sing about the people that I know
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[00:27.01]And a song about the places where I go
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[00:31.05]When I sing about beauty that astounds me
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[00:35.12]Oh I'm just singing 'bout things I see around me
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[00:40.61]I sing about a ringer they call Trumby
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[00:44.46]How a man from Snowy River wheeled the brumby
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[00:48.53]I sing of towns a thousand miles from here
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[00:52.57]And the poor old pub that ran right out of beer
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[00:56.40]I sing about the folk who battle drought
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[01:00.63]In that hard dry country further out
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[01:04.51]When I sing about their courage that astounds me
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[01:08.46]Oh I'm just singing 'bout oh I see around me yeah
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[01:18.03]I sing about the old retired drover
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[01:21.75]And the transport men whose trucking days are over
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[01:25.94]I sing about folk of the golden mile
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[01:29.77]And the people who are living anthill style
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[01:33.81]I sing about the hardships and the strife
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[01:37.90]The battling men must suffer in this life
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[01:41.54]When I tell you all the stories that astound you
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[01:45.51]I'm just talking 'bout hope you see around you
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[01:50.98]I sing about things I see around me
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[01:54.95]The beauty of Australia that surrounds me
[01:57.98]
[01:58.91]I sing you songs about this sunburnt land
[02:01.70]
[02:03.01]Specially for the ones who understand
[02:05.84]
[02:06.89]I sing about the people that I know
[02:09.55]
[02:10.75]And a song about the places where I go
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[02:14.70]When I sing about the beauty that astounds me
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[02:18.57]Oh I'm just singing 'bout things I see around me
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[02:22.52]Oh I'm just singing 'bout things I see around me yeah