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[Verse 1]
Pub tab on a coaster
Footy on a busted screen
Half-warm pot in my fingers
Laugh lines cut in deep
Keno bloke calls out numbers
Same faces every day
We talk big
Spend small
And we’re proud that way
[Chorus]
I want Australia back
Rust on the Hilux tray
Kids in the sprinkler
Mozzies at dusk
Burnt snags anyway
I want Australia back
Kmart thongs on hot train tracks
Keep your glass and chrome and apps
I want Australia back
[Verse 2]
Nan’s house on a quarter acre
Lemon tree
Clothesline spin
Bickies in the Sunday tin
“Wipe your feet before you come in”
No one cared ‘bout the label
Just if you’d stay for tea
Now it’s all brands and billboards
Selling what we used to be
[Chorus]
I want Australia back
Rust on the Hilux tray
Kids in the sprinkler
Mozzies at dusk
Burnt snags anyway
I want Australia back
Milk crate chairs out the back
Talk till the stars fade into magpies
I want Australia back
[Bridge]
Yeah
We stuffed up plenty
Yeah
We’ve got to grow
But not like this
Mate
Chasing things we don’t even know
Can we fix what matters
Own the wrongs
Stay kind
Shake hands
Look up
Not just scroll and hide
[Chorus]
I want Australia back
Rust on the Hilux tray
Kids in the sprinkler
Mozzies at dusk
Burnt snags anyway
I want Australia back
Sunburnt necks and paperbacks
Cheap seats
Loud hearts
Calling us home
I want Australia back |
