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Intro

Verse 1

 The city streets beneath your feet can make you tough.

 I’d fought for fame, but when it came too much was never enough.

 But in my mind once in a while I’d find a place to be

 Where air is pure and water’s fresh, and people are your family.

Pre-chorus

It took some time to figure out I’d gone off the track

 but somewhere in a dream I heard a voice calling me back

Chorus

 To New Zealand Kainga Tuturu

 It’s the part of me that no-one else can own.

 New Zealand deep down in my heart

 It can call to me just like a childhood song

That’s where I be - long

Verse 2

 You’ve got to go away from home to find out what home means

 Those tinsel towns the world around were really not a part of me

 I made some friends, but in the end they didn’t sing my song

 I felt the hand of my own land, the land that made me strong.

Pre-chorus 2

Around the world I looked for it but I don’t know why

 It was here all along, it makes you know what money can’t buy

Chorus

 New Zealand Kainga Tuturu

 It’s the part of me that no-one else can own.

 New Zealand deep down in my heart

 It can call to me, the land that I call home

(KEY CHANGE with HAKA - performed simultaneously with lyrics x 4)

 New Zealand, Kainga Tuturu

 It’s the part of me that no-one else can own

 New Zealand, first place in the sun

 New Zealand, it’s my country, it’s my home.

Outro

C#m5

NGA HAKA KUPU:

Ko Aotearoa, taku Kainga Tuturu

Tu Hikitea te iwi, Hoki mai ra

Ko Aotearoa, taku Kainga Tuturu

Hoki mai ra, hoki mai ra

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