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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=364323" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Nothing Much Happens in Sydney</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nothing much happens in Sydney<br>Nothing much happens at all<br>Unless you count all the cricket<br>And tennis and squash and football.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nothing much happens in Sydney<br>No life on the streets or in town<br>That's unless you count all the tourists<br>But then they do stick around<br>The things they always call 'icons'<br>Like the bridge and the rocks and the beach<br>You see there's nothing much happens in Sydney<br>Not too much to do in the heat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There's one special building in Sydney<br>Right on the water it stands<br>Its roof looks like sails made of concrete<br>No wonder it's stuck on dry land<br>They called it the Opera House somehow<br>Not sure why they did at the time<br>Its got concerts and shows does the Opera<br>But not that much singing in rhyme.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nothing much happens in Sydney<br>We're too far away don't you see<br>That's unless you count all the cafes, <br>Restaurants and brasseries.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nothing much happens in Sydney<br>Some say it’s the arse end of the world<br>It takes a whole day to get anywhere<br>Anywhere else on this earth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So why has the number of people<br>Who live here quite gone through the roof? <br>There's close on four million in Sydney<br>That's if they're telling the truth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Perhaps things do happen in Sydney<br>Perhaps it isn't that bad<br>Perhaps there is life here in Sydney<br>But we take it for granted and have<br>A view that our city is lacking<br>And I find that really quite sad.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's time to wake up to Sydney<br>It's time to open our eyes<br>Where else in this world that we live in <br>Are signs saying 'Arancini and Pies'? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The truth is this land called Australia<br>Was first settled by the dour pommes<br>Now there's every race in Australia<br>Yet we still feel we don't quite belong.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We think that nothing much happened<br>From when we got here till today<br>Our history's stuck in a closet<br>Locked up with the key thrown away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now two hundred years is a long time<br>A long time in all history books<br>But there's something quite strange about Sydney<br>We miss things 'cause we don’t look<br>For the history that does surround us<br>In every part of this town<br>That history's living and breathing<br>If only we do look around.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There's the barracks and then there's the gaol house<br>Which for maximum impact were planned<br>To keep these new Australians<br>In line with the laws of the land.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The gaol house, it stands on a corner<br>On a higher part of the town<br>People looked up to the goal house<br>And the law on the people looked down.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There's clear sentiment in this story<br>A sentiment best not forgot<br>And that we won’t value our future<br>If we don't value what we have got<br>From the people that were here before us<br>Our ancestors here on this land<br>If we don't get to know our own history<br>Then our present we won't understand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">19 October 2004<br> <br>David Keig	</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Keig">David Keig</a><div class=q>
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Nothing much happens at all
Unless you count all the cricket
And tennis and squash and football.

Nothing much happens in Sydney
No life on the streets or in town
That's unless you count all the tourists
But then the..."></div>
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