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Paul Kelly and the Messengers – Special Treatment (1992) | Track profile | Dork

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Hidden Things
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Paul Kelly and the Messengers

Special Treatment

Release date: 1st March 1992

From Hidden Things

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"Special Treatment" is a track by Paul Kelly and the Messengers, from the album Hidden Things, released 1st March 1992. Full lyrics are available below.

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Paul Kelly and the Messengers

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Lyrics

Special Treatment

Grandfather walked this land in chains

A land he called his own

He was given another name

And taken into town

He got special treatment

Special treatment

Very special treatment

My father worked a twelve-hour day

As a stockman on the station

The very same work but not the same pay

As his white companions

He got special treatment

Special treatment

Very special treatment

Mother and father loved each other well

But together they could not stay

They were split up against their will

Until their dying day

They got special treatment

Special treatment

Very special treatment

Mama gave birth to a stranger's child

A child she called her own

Strangers came and took away that child

To a stranger's home

She got special treatment

Special treatment

Very special treatment

I never spoke my mother's tongue

I never knew my name

I never learnt the songs she sung

I was raised in shame

I got special treatment

Special treatment

Very special treatment

We got special treatment

Special treatment

Very special treatment

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From Hidden Things

1992

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Paul Kelly and the Messengers

Release year

1992

—Little Decisions
—Brand New Ways
—From St. Kilda to Kings Cross
—When I First Met Your Ma
—Other People's Houses
—Yil Lull
—Rally Round the Drum
—Sweet Guy Waltz
—Beggar on the Street of Love
—Special Treatment
—Ghost Town
—Pouring Petrol on a Burning Man

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