ACROSS THE WESTERN SUBURBS (Denis Kevans & Seamus Gill) Tune: traditional 'All for Me Grog' Oh, me name it is Fred I'm Sydney born and bred And the inner-city used to be me home, boys But it's caused me heart to grieve For I've had to take me leave Now across the western suburbs I must wander Chorus: Under concrete and glass Sydney's disappearing fast It's all gone for profit and for plunder Though we really want to stay They keep driving us away Now across the western suburbs we must wande Now where is me house, Me little terrace house It's all gone for profit and for plunder For the wreckers of the town Just came up and knocked it down; Now across the Western Suburbs we must wander Before I even knew it We were shifted to Mount Druitt And the planners never gave me any say, boys Now it really makes me weep I am just at home to sleep For it takes me hours to get to work each day, boys What's happened to the pub Our little local pub Where we used to have a drink when we were dry, boys Now we can't get in the door For there's carpets on the floor And you won't be served a beer without a tie, boys Now I'm living in a box In the west suburban blocks And the place is nearly driving me to tears, boys Poorly planned and badly built And it's mortgaged to the hilt But they say it will be mine in forty years, boys Now before the city's wrecked Those developers must be decked For it's plain to see they do not give a bugger Or we soon will see the day If those bandits have their way We will all be driven out past Wagga Wagga Youtube clip --Stewie.
|