On stinking hot days when the ground burns your feet You stare at the ceiling the trains break your sleep The roads have got pot holes and your car falls apart And the milkbar attendant would like to sell up
And our neighbours hold on to the things they know best they sweep out verandahs and cry for their kids
The primary school children on the gravel school yard they've got grins that start one side and go all around happy as they play make-believe games with themselves for a while
And it's the older Greek women who are the ones dressed in black not new wave guitarists with cows on their backs
And the Thistle Hotel is a dream on it's own and every pool table has blood on the cloth The motor car workshop has dogs chained and tied to the fence for the night
And the further you travel the longer it takes Your car takes a beating, the roads aren’t the best And I don't think the Colbys have been out to Thomastown Somehow I doubt that they will Somehow I doubt that they will