I've Been To Bali Too - Redgum (John Schumann)
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On The Frontline (1984)
Anything's Legal, Anything Goes (1985)
If You Don't Fight You Lose (1985)
The Very Best of Redgum (1987)
Against The Grain (2004)
Gelignite Jack - The John Schumann Collection (2007)
The Essential Redgum (2011)
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[Verse 1]
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Qantas flight 20, Denpasar
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Meals and Accom, and a rent-a-car:
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I’ve been to Bali, I’ve been to Bali too.
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Took a two week course at a suntan clinic
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So lying round Legian, I wouldn’t look anemic
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You can’t impress me, ‘Cause I’ve been to Bali too.

[Chorus 1]
      B 
Got a ride out to Kuta in the back of a truck,
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Cost me twenty dollars and it wasn’t worth a buck:
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Hustled to a losmen down Poppies Lane
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By a Javanese guy in a tropical rainstorm,
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Lock up your daughters,
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I’ve been to Bali too.

[Verse 2]
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Life is tragic hanging out at Kuta
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If you haven’t got a car, A bike or a scooter:
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Show me the bike shop, I’ve been to Bali too.
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Got myself a Honda, had to get away,
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No brakes, bald tyres five-thousand
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rupes a day, I’ve been to Bali too.

[Chorus 2]
      B 
Well I don’t ride a bike much at home in Australia,
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As a motorcycle hero, I guess I’m a failure:
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Bemos to the left, trucks to the right,
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The Honda was a wreck but I was alright:
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Hello Mercurachrome,
              B    E   F#m  A  B
I’ve been to Bali too.

[Instrumental]
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[Chorus 3]
      B 
Wired home for money – short of cash,
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A dose of Bali belly and a tropical rash:
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Daddy came through – American express:
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Bali T-shirts, magic mushrooms,
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Redgum bootlegs, I've been to Bali too.

[Verse 3]
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Took my bag and mozzie coils to Peliatan
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It's there were my Bali trip really began
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Been there, done that, I've been to Bali too
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Tourists from Holland, Britain and France,
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Late night puppet shows, legong dance:
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Wanna see my slides? I’ve been to Bali too.

[Chorus 4]
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Wandered off to Ubud, Just a little up the track,
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One week there didn’t want to come back:
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Listening to Gamelon, playing guitar,
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Tjanderi’s Tacos, Hotel Menara, Two month visa,
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I’ve been to Bali too.

(Key Change)

[Verse 4]
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Flying kangaroo out of Denpasar-
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Left me camera in the airport bar:
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I’ve been to Bali, I’ve been to Bali too.
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Touch down, touch down Tullamarine,
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They sprayed me on the plane so I’d be real clean
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Coming through customs, I’ve been to Bali too.

[Verse 5]
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They went through my bags like, McCartney in Japan
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I didn’t have a thing, So I didn’t give a damn:
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You can’t trick me, ‘Cause I’ve been to Bali too.
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You’ve been to Paris and you’ve been to Boston,
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You’ve been to Fiji and You’ve been to London,
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But you can’t impress me, ‘Cause I’ve been to Bali too.