Intro: GAmBmC x2
Verse:
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Standing at the bus stop with my shopping in my hands
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When im over hearing elder ladies as the rumours start to fly
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You can hear em in the schoolyard, in a scrapyard, in a chip shop,
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in a phone box, in the pool hall, at the shoe store, every corner turned around
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It started with a schoolgirl, who was running, running home to her mum and dad
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She told them she was playing, in the change room of her local football side
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They said tell us again, so she told them again, they said tell us the truth they
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found it hard to believe
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cause he taught our steve, he even trained me, taught uncle John Whoʼs a father of
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three
Chorus:
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But it only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches
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It only takes one match, to burn a thousand trees, a thousand trees
Verse:
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You see it in the classroom, in the swimming pool, where the matchstick men are made
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In the scouts hall, at the football, where the wise we trust are paid
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They all honur his name, he did alot for the game
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He got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates
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But now there ripping them down, stamping the ground, picture gathers dust
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behind the bar in the lounge
Chorus:
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But it only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches
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It only takes one match, to burn a thousand trees, a thousand trees
Bridge:
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Wake up, smell the rain
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Shake up heʼs back to stay
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He hasnt been on a holiday
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His growing seeds dont believe why heʼs been, yeaah
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Verse:
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Away in the schoolyard, change room, playing fields bathroom
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Phonebox, office box, every corner turned around,
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They keep doubting the flame, tossing the blame,
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He got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates,
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But now there ripping them down, stamping the ground,
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Picture gathers dust behind the bar in the lounge
Chorus:
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But it only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches,
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It only takes one match, to burn a thousand treees.