Australia

I met the girl at a coffee shop, beyond the reservoir
I was taken back by her boss's rage, how the words never got to her
I pushed myself to be a regular, stopping in four times a week
On a flustered morning, her coffee spilled, I got the nerve to speak

She whipped around saying, hey there boy, it's here I'd like to leave
I'm pointing out to the windowsill, gotta see the sights and scenes out there
Babe, it's Australia

So I cut my ties and I packed my things, headed for a life of change
She took me outside my built-up walls and showed me how to live outside my lane
I kissed with her just off Albert Park, underneath the sporting light
It happened once, so I asked her twice, I was a passenger in her life

On my car ride home, along the hillside, the stars they shined so bright
Pouring down into her hands, marked the endless night, loved her there
Babe, it's Australia

Trouble poured in when my money ran out and they all came after me
They put some strings to get her a spot up at some university

So I bummed around the Upper East Coast as my work it was cut down
Then I found a job, picking fruit outside a little mining town

And the days were warm, the nights so cold, the weeks went twice as long
But I never forgot about the new dimension, every love song I sung about her
Babe, it's Australia

I got invited to a play in the Melbourne Theatre Hall
She was a leading lady in a touring play about the late Richard III
So I hopped a train, dropping three state lines to make the unlikely pair
I left back home in the blistering sun, the boy with the long hair, yeah

At the foyer doors, immediately I could see her there
She looked at me from the west wing the light shined up her blonde hair
Found her there
Babe, it's Australia