© Glen B Powell 1985
Audio: From the album ‘Burn’ by Quick and the Dead (1996)
Audio: From the album ‘Burn’ by Quick and the Dead (1996)
Great Australian Dream – Lyrics
The TV fills the vacuum in the back room
Voices raise the volume in the bedroom
Second mortgage, second car
Mice run the wheels of the credit card
Hills hoist and a lemon tree
Dad’s not the man he used to be.
My mum’s always hiding from the neighbours
Our dirty linen up and down the street
But she never misses out that lotto form
If she skipped one week her lucky numbers would fall.
Daddy’s home, daddy’s pissed
Will he raise his voice or just his fist?
Wipe your shoes, come on through
Welcome to the Great Australian Dream.
Argue, sweat and bleed to feed the loan
Working all ten fingers to the bone
I see so many people like you
Hoping to hell you’ll find a way through
I see so many people like you
Down on their knees trying to make ends meet.
Pressure’s building in this precious building. The pressure’s building.
Pressure’s building in this precious building. The pressure’s building.
Pressure’s building in this precious building. The pressure’s building.
Wipe your shoes, come on through
Welcome to the Great Australian Dream