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matters to me - anderson, of a painter lyrics

‘forget about your carpentry
forget about your family tradition’
the teacher crowed
‘i went to university
and no one takes that piece of paper from me
believe me i know
when i say the world’s your oyster
don’t bother with a trade
(toiling through all weather; snow, rain and hail)
a bsc, a phd and you’re made’

as a member of a junior team
i thought that maybe one or two were odd
not a big deal
but as a senior executive
there sеriously was something in the water
so unrеal
the higher the salary
the less integrity
values that you might have held
left beside the tree
how on earth could mathematics
help me deal with sociopathic fools?

but it didn’t matter to me
it didn’t matter to me
it didn’t matter to me
it didn’t matter to me
for i left all that skulduggery
and got a job working in the forest
chopping wood
i loved the smell of timber
i loved the way it felt between my fingers
felt so good
then i noticed the plantation
grew bigger by the year
buying up land wrecked by
fire, drought and fear
and rivers and streams
where wildlife seemed to disappear

and it kinda mattered to me
it kinda mattered to me
it kinda mattered to me
it kinda mattered to me

so back i go in government
to play a lead role in a solution
something with t**th
we diagnosed the problem
and everyone agreed that the right action
was option b
allocate resources
responsibility
delegate the duties
accountability
but 9 months down the track
what’s reported back was option g
with figures that show
that the budget’s been blown by a factor of 3
and all of the money
has gone to some offshore company
and the project won’t deliver
even if we were to give it a century
but it doesn’t matter to me
it doesn’t matter to me
it doesn’t matter to me
it doesn’t matter to me

i’m living on an island
living off the land and off the ocean
but as beautiful as it is
i swear that the water’s getting warmer
and closer to my door

- anderson of a painter lyrics

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