[Verse 1]
Sunnies, ciggies, singlets
Forty shots you scored, Alfie Langer wants war
You're sitting in the aisle seat in the bus
When the window seat is free
Come home to Red Hill
Come home to Red Hill
[Verse 2]
They redid the Valley Mall
Poured concrete over it all
The heat, the heat, the heat
The heat, the heat, the heat
Paris, Texas, Queensland
The heat, the heat, the heat
The heat, the heat, the heat
[Chorus]
And you're always, you're always there
Yeah, you were so often always there
When I needed you
When I needed you
Yeah, you're always, you're always there
Yeah, you were so often always there
[Verse 3]
Headdresses high, he's got a needle in the sky
And a personal Christmas motorcade
They tore it down, moved it around
Built a block of apartments up around it
[Chorus]
And you're always, you're always there
Yeah, you were so often always there
When I needed you
When I needed you
You're always, you're always there
Yeah, you were so often always there
[Bridge]
These people are saying, "Just my luck"
These people are saying, "It don't work hard enough"
These people are saying, "Just my luck"
These people are saying, "It don't work hard enough"
[Interlude]
He came from overseas
He got sunburned within an inch of his life
And left with some sort of tropical disease
And spread it out like a yellow billboard over his brain
She came from Logan Beach
She got sunburned within an inch of her life
And left with some sort of tropical disease
For which they prescribed half the Galilee Basin
You see, I had this strange dream
I was looking at a lump of coal
And it exploded and it sprayed down coral
And it covered all of Queensland
[Outro]
These people are saying, "Just my luck"
These people are saying, "It don't work hard enough"
These people are saying, "Just my luck"
These people are saying, "It don't work hard enough"