The Boys Are Killing Me
Back in early '96 in North-West Australia
I wondered why you were lying on the street
Accidents inflicted on an innocent child
In the home, while I was on the see-saw
I was in the garden reading Papillion
Telling myself real people couldn't be so cruel
She said, "Honey, what's wrong?"
I said, "Babe, what's right?"
So we stayed up into the night
Oh, I'm lucky, I'm lucky
I'm lucky just to sleep at night
Oh, so we linked arms
And we staggered off into the night
Drunk, but overjoyed
Just to be employed
By the boys
The boys are killing me
I'm just a sailor and a miner
I'm coming as I am, coming as I am
If you tell me I'm a liar
The boys are killing me
I'm just a sailor and a miner
Mantajarra Walyakarra
Take a deep breath and hold your fire
Gesticulating wildly and passionate at cars
Parked in the dark on the street, oh
I would've fallen in a hole
If you didn't have my shoulders tight
You're swaying like a see-saw
If that's what it is to trust another, then you got it all
But I don't know if I can trust my country anymore
She said, "Honey, what's wrong?"
I said, "Babe, what's right?"
So we staggered off into the night
Drunk, but overjoyed just to be employed
By the boys
The boys are killing me
I'm just a sailor and a miner
I'm coming as I am, coming as I am
If you tell me I'm a liar
The boys are killing me
I'm just a sailor and a miner
Mantajarra Walyakarra
Take a deep breath and hold your fire
I wondered why you were lying on the street
Accidents inflicted on an innocent child
In the home, while I was on the see-saw
I was in the garden reading Papillion
Telling myself real people couldn't be so cruel
She said, "Honey, what's wrong?"
I said, "Babe, what's right?"
So we stayed up into the night
Oh, I'm lucky, I'm lucky
I'm lucky just to sleep at night
Oh, so we linked arms
And we staggered off into the night
Drunk, but overjoyed
Just to be employed
By the boys
The boys are killing me
I'm just a sailor and a miner
I'm coming as I am, coming as I am
If you tell me I'm a liar
The boys are killing me
I'm just a sailor and a miner
Mantajarra Walyakarra
Take a deep breath and hold your fire
Gesticulating wildly and passionate at cars
Parked in the dark on the street, oh
I would've fallen in a hole
If you didn't have my shoulders tight
You're swaying like a see-saw
If that's what it is to trust another, then you got it all
But I don't know if I can trust my country anymore
She said, "Honey, what's wrong?"
I said, "Babe, what's right?"
So we staggered off into the night
Drunk, but overjoyed just to be employed
By the boys
The boys are killing me
I'm just a sailor and a miner
I'm coming as I am, coming as I am
If you tell me I'm a liar
The boys are killing me
I'm just a sailor and a miner
Mantajarra Walyakarra
Take a deep breath and hold your fire
Credits
Writer(s): Nicholas Roland Allbrook, Jay Watson, Joseph Ryan, James Terry, James Ireland, John Watson, Annie Milgun
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