[Verse 1]
Her name was Pauline
Not ugly
Not a beauty queen
Just everyone’s mum
Aunty
Sister or wife
Fish and chips on a Friday night
Cold cans with your mates
She’d shout
“My God
I was right”
And you’d half laugh
Half doubt

[Chorus]
Pauline
Foreigners beware
Pauline
You made them aware
Pauline
Yelling over the line
“Just fuck off and we’ll get along fine”
Australia
Aussie in your mind
Pauline
Drawing that hard old line

[Verse 2]
They even tried incarceration
Thought they’d shut you in your cell
But out of that came One Nation
You rode that backlash well
From the bowls club bar to the radio car
You turned fear into a sign
Said you’re only saying what they’re thinking
And they cheered every time

[Chorus]
Pauline
Foreigners beware
Pauline
You made them aware
Pauline
Yelling over the line
“Just fuck off and we’ll get along fine”
Australia
Aussie in your mind
Pauline
Drawing that hard old line

[Bridge]
Is this home
Or is this hate
Is it pride
Or pulling up the gate
You said it straight
We can read between the lines
We live together
Or we choke on these divides

[Chorus]
Pauline
Foreigners beware
Pauline
You made them aware
Pauline
Yelling over the line
“Just fuck off and we’ll get along fine”
Australia
Calling out this time
Pauline
History will decide
Pauline
How we drew that line