Well I was going for my blue belt on the day that she left me A white-robed instructor, looking like Warren Beatty On the set of "Shampoo", saying "What's up with you? Your chops have all gone missing, that's not jiu-jitsu" I said it's easy to be funny But won't you cut me some slack, because my baby just left me Standing there Running my fingers...Learn More

Got a little money and I've got a little tan Washing used cars for the old man Put away the gentry I'm heading up You're looking like a beggar with a coin in a cup Been looking around for my own place I need a little time and I need a little space I've gotta admit you've been cramping my style You might want to stay with your mother for a...Learn More

Yeah it's the story with the happy ending C'mon it's the plot with the patent pending The boss pins the roots of the chords descending The radio's on while the shower is running Hey you gotta take it slow, write what you know Gonna do it all in your own time If it's getting late, we can take a break We can take a walk in the sunshine What I got...Learn More

Tuesdays set aside it's that fine It takes an old man coming to me sometimes It's just a slow dance across a road map baby It's a waste of time, it's just a slow decline It's just a sign, it's just a sign It's just the way it goes baby when you run out of time We're gonna take you for a ride If I could swing my arms around this spine Taking 3...Learn More

Unlock my door, come through my window Find me lying on the floor, I cannot sleep I need a breeze, I'm in the doldrums Like a Portugese ship without a sail Good times, good times coming We've been running for too long Good times, good times coming Good times coming along Throw out your polo necks and stupid berets Gauloises, Gitanes and Camus...Learn More

He's the set up man Over the line 'Cos you know that he can, yeah Over the line Criss cross the nation Over the line This is a one-night stand Over the line Dress it up in heels next time I don't it don't look good Over the line Making love to the white soot Over the line Dial up the station Over the line There's interference here Over the...Learn More

Well we're just defending capitalism Time is running out for you to make your decision You're with us or against us, which side are you on? It's black or it's white, it's white or it's wrong Cos when the bombs start raining and we all hunder down And the mutilated kids are carpeting the ground The oil is ours and the money is safe And we taught the...Learn More

She's just screaming hard wood She's jumping right out of the crowd Pay out on the audience I'm betting this will make her smile Every time I want to go out I'm never allowed Every time I want to go out I'm never allowed to go out Fear never set you up I don't see how you think that it could Your best friends look real good Don't look now we've...Learn More

Turtlenecks and goatee beards I've got a pathological fear of being sideways The game is up I'm never going to star in Spartacus I've got a weak chin Wheel me in Plastic surgeon I hide a lot behind my hand Pull my head in while I'm fronting a band A white swan, my profile's wrong Thank god they shoot passport photos front on I've got a weak...Learn More

It's suitably vague and open-ended It's brief and punchy, and that's intended So you can apply it to your own life If you've lost your job or you're fucking another man's wife Hey baby did he run out on you? Well that's too bad, we know what you're going through Bound by the glue of human experience There's a story for every one of us, yeah Insert...Learn More

When the first punch knocks you down And you are lying prostrate on the ground In your sponsored tracksuit And all your soldiers are disarmed Remember to stay alert but not alarmed While I hit you Cos you're a liar and we are tired We are sick of compromise Diminished by the fucking lies Sick of being patronised Well you've been power walking now...Learn More

Eyeing the gauges, we'll take it in stages Your marks picked up when you dropped all your majors "What's that statue", that's a mystery A very weak grasp of Australian history We're just like kids at the moratorium Your Juni Morosi to my Jim Cairns In the Great Love Story of our time Settle back sister now it's gonna be fine Pull over for a cut...Learn More