The Outskirts

Susie wants a baby but her husband wants divorce
A job in the mines and a bottle of Kahlua
The private school kids catch a private bus
The public school kids hanging at the skate park

The lady at the Laundromat won't talk to me
I drove my car to the little shop after one too many
Now she thinks I don't deserve my good-looking man
She looks at him like a Coles Christmas ham

On the outskirts
Way down in the neighbourhood
Down south where the light don't go
Down south where it's always cold
The outskirts

Nobody took the skip bin for the second time
There's KFC packets along the train line
Council doesn't mow the lawn on the median strip
No civic pride they just don't give a shit

On the outskirts
Way down in the neighbourhood
Down south where the light don't go
Down south where it's always cold
The outskirts
Way down in a bad neighbourhood
Down south where the light don't go
Down south where it's always cold
The outskirts

I'd like to buy a house anywhere but here
But I screwed up my credit before I could drink beer
My parents got no money, got no silver spoon
So I smoke a cigarette and I howl at the moon

On the outskirts
Way down in the neighbourhood
Down south where the light don't go
Down south where it's always cold
The outskirts
Way down in a bad neighbourhood
Down south where the light don't go
Down south where it's always cold
The outskirts
On the outskirts
On the outskirts