Living the Dream

Now I'd made a name for myself playing safe
I never took a chance and I never made mistakes
Bound up in bubble wrap behind a big gate
Where never was better than late
But time knows the way to creep up on your shoulder
Today you be young but tomorrow you're older
So I took my car to the yard and I sold her
To start a new life in a van
And I drove to the coast feeling free from the motion
To the left there was land, to my right was the ocean
With no other plans than to follow my nose
I set forth on living the dream
There were ups there were downs as I travelled around
Each day a new face in each place a new town
For years I'd been lost but I was finally found
In my new start at life in a van
I met singers and poets, helped people in need
I saw sunrise in the desert, sunset over seas
And the stars shine so bright in the outback at night
When you're loving living the dream
And I drove to the coast feeling free from the motion
To the left there was land, to my right was the ocean
With no other plans than to follow my nose
I set forth on living the dream
Something told him that there's a new life to begin
Something told him that there's a new life to begin
Something told him that there's a new life to begin
Something told him begin
Now I'm feeling weary, I'm low and alone
I'm so far from somewhere, I'm soaked to the bone
I'm sick of this living of life on the road
Hey Mumma your boy's coming home
'Cause home's where the heart is wherever that be
For me it's in my family and friend's company
And now I can walk so unfettered and free
'Cause I've learned to love being me
And I drove straight for home feeling full of emotion
With an ache in my chest and a lump in my throat and I
Opened my arms to the ones I love most
And I know I'm living the dream
If you're lost and confused here's a plan that may save ya
Take twelve months in a van travelling 'round Australia
And if by the end you can do it again
Go on go live the dream
I drove to the coast feeling free from the motion
To the left there was land, to my right was the ocean
With no other plans than to follow my nose
I set forth on living the dream
(And the campfire choir sang)
I drove to the coast feeling free from the motion
To the left there was land, to my right was the ocean
With no other plans than to follow my nose
I set forth on living the dream