You may well be right, Jim, but I've never thought of the lines I quoted that way. I don't think "can't understand" means lacking the intellect or sophistication to understand, I think it means living in a way that is so different that there's no frame of reference.

Anyway, that being said, I've never sung the song precisely because I think the whole song is, if not demeaning, at least inappropriate as entertainment, especially outside Australia.

Claire