Ah the Sunday smell of pizza at the Five Rivers Club tonight Is shattered by a disco of red and blue lights Hear the sirens wailing, the cops hot on the tail of a Busted Hilux doin’ fifty, tryin’ to get away and It’s six miles to the old town and a whole six back again Maybe he’ll run ‘em outta fuel before they run ‘im into jail And all the town is watching, it’s on for young ’n old Dis mellow drama in Five Rivers, the car chase in slo mo
He’s up a crocodile river on a moonless night Tryin’ to shine a light on those red beady eyes In a dinghy with no paddle on a turning tide At the mercy of a salty, ah such is life
Well we used to spray weed for the APB Now secret agent orange is investigating me In a rainbow river take a bogey every night And bring home more than the pay to the darlin’ wife
Up that crocodile river on a moonless night Tryin’ to shine a light on those red beady eyes In a dinghy with no paddle on a turning tide At the mercy of a salty, ah such is life
Well Ned and Ben were talkin’ tough on who would right the wrongs Who would stand and fight and who was gonna run Are you gonna hold the candle or you gonna hold the gun? When there ain’t no use in waking if your dreaming’s done
They’re up a crocodile river on a moonless night Tryin’ to shine a light on those red beady eyes In a dinghy got no paddle on a turning tide At the mercy of a salty, ah such is life
From his 'Wanderer' album. Lyrics as printed in album booklet.