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Eliza

Written by Wood & Wire, extra verses by Robert Boddington

LYRICS

CHORUS

Hey, go Eliza. Hey, to the end of time

Hey, go Eliza, You gonna be just fine

Elizaaa, She don't need no man


VERSE 1

Hands of cracked old leather, eyes are blue as steel

She don't need no man to slow her down and take the wheel

Go toe to toe with any man from here to anywhere

Quicker than a feral cat and meaner than a bear


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VERSE 2

Eliza has her own way of walking down the road

And the country shook from side to side as the gravel meets her toes

She's wirey liked barbed wire fence and sharp as one yeah too

She's tough as nails through and through


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VERSE 3

She'll drink with all the fellas and you bet that she is able

Drink them one and drink them all right under any table

And when it comes to brawlin', she's the knuckles of the town

You bet your ass she'll give you grass if you try to bring her down


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VERSE 4

But in the end, my fellas, we'll brag about her true

She'll go and be just like she is, no mindin' what you do

You go and do you busines and I'll be doin' mine

But don't disturb Eliza and don't step across her line


CHORUS x 2

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We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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