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The Wrong California
We come from the wrong California,
No-one but the ironmasters made their fortune here.
The masses that huddles here for work
Did not come for liberty but survival,
Though they dragged tons of stone
And Sydney Harbour Bridge from ancient hills
Amongst other wonders unacknowledged -
Just read the Dorman Long signs on the girders
Of the London Underground!
They formed their unions but found no myth of Zorro
And "fuck off joe shite" sprayed on a Grangetown wall
Does not speak of freedom with a Z but says it all;
We come from the wrong California,
Dream of cheap holidays, casual work and sweet football.
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