I wanna live in Australia I wanna do like the aussies do Eat some shrimp off the barbecue Take a ride on a kangaroo
That’s the place where I want to be Scuba dive neath the Coral Sea Go native like a wallaby Take the train to Kalgoorlie
I’m leavin’ today Ten thousand miles on an airplane Above the Nullarbor
New South Wales awaits Sydney’s a dream, it’s a fantasy The jewel of the harbor
By a pair of boardies on Oxford street And hang with the kids at Bondi Beach Here down under it’s summer all year round
I wanna live in Australia I wanna do like the aussies do I wanna groove to the didgeridoo Buy a big house in Wooloomooloo
That’s the place where I want to be A bushranger like Ned Kelly Under the shade of a Coolibah tree I’ll even learn to play footy
Fitzroy, Melbourne The girl in the bookstore remembered me Now I’m never a stranger
Not native born But keep coming back like a boomerang To her mystery and danger
Perth is left, and Brisbane’s right And south of that is Surfer’s Paradise Here down under they really do get around
Go to the pub and tell my new-found mates Thank God that I’m livin’ in this place And we’ll talk about the day that Sir Don Bradman died
I wanna live in Australia (Christmas underneath the summer sun) I wanna do like the aussies do (Manly Beach is so much fun) Eat some shrimp off the barbecue (Kookaburras and koala bears) Take a ride on a kangaroo (Hold my hand, and I’ll take you there)
That’s the place where I want to be (Sonny Hammond and his friend Skippy) Scuba dive ‘neath the Coral Sea (I’ll be trekkin’ cross the Kimberley) Go native like a wallaby (The Dreamtime aboriginal wonder) Take the train to Kalgoorlie (I’m gonna start my new life down under)
I wanna live in Australia (Pie floaters and Vegemite) I wanna do like the aussies do (King’s Cross on a Saturday night) I wanna groove to the didgeridoo (They spend dollars but they’re not the same) Buy a big house in Wooloomooloo (Dame Edna is my favorite dame)
That’s the place where I want to be (Noosa Heads, Jillaroos) A bushranger like Ned Kelly (Bungle Bungles, emus) Under the shade of a Coolibah tree (Swan River, Frente) I’ll even learn to play footy (Big Banana, Home and Away)