♫ Verse 1: E Em Em Here's a version of the Australian dream E Em Em Some outer suburb, in the 1950s E Em Em Exchanging pleasantries like a sport E Em Keep it polite, Em keep it short, firm hand shakes E Have a nice day Em Em Oh would you look at that F# B Might be rain
E F# B E F# ♫ Verse 2: E Em They had a few kids Em Frank had a good job They looked the part E Em Em He wasn't a doctor, or a lawyer, But not far off, E Em Church on Sundays Em The kids, they were bright enough E Em Em F# B Nothing for the neighbours to talk about E F# B E F# ♫ Verse 3: E Em but then dot changed Em after the last child came along E Em Her behaviour became erratic Em in her brain was substatic E Em And she gave the neighbours Em Something to talk about E Em All the eyebrows starting raising Em over cuppas, scones and raisins E Em Em Just a few bad days they'd say E Em Em F# B She'll be right as rain ♫ Chorus: F# E F# B Spooked like a horse in a passing storm F# E F# B Look away be the loveable larrikin F# E F# B Look away like we have from the beginning F# E F# B I'm sleepwalking through your Australian dream ♫ Verse 4: E Em Em The old Holden started to shake until the wheels fell off E Em Something wasn't right Em The numbers weren't stacking up E Em There's posttraumatic stresses Em and financial pressures E Em Em And all those kids, howling for attention E Em Em All those things that people just couldn't mention E Em Em Weak, soft as butter, stop seeking attention E Em Two world wars, faught and won Em The dark days were over E Em Em F# All those boys died so we could live in peace B F# E F# B and prosperity F# E F# B everything's a blessing for you and me F# E F# B and all those aches and pains F# theyre just tricks of the mind, E F# B theyre illusions a waste of time F# E F# B I'm sleepwalking through your Australian dream ♫ Verse 5: E Em They put Dot in a home Em Sent her off to the funny farm E Em Her problems couldnt be fixed Em with a walk around the block E Em Em they found her in the middle of the street crying out "arnt we lucky? aint life sweet " E Em frank couldnt deal with her mess Em the kids were sent away with the shame of it E one of them was orphaned Em Em the youngest with mrs gorden around the corner E the eldest he was six Em stayed at home looking around Em F# B wondering where everyone had fucking gone ♫ Chorus: F# E F# B Spooked like a horse in a passing storm F# E F# B Look away be the loveable larrikin F# E F# B Look away like we have from the beginning F# E F# B I'm sleepwalking through your Australian dream F# E F# B The mirage at the bottom of all your talking ♫ Verse 6: E Em after a few years Em things became stable E Em it was put down as suburban bad dream Em in some outer suburb in the 50s E Em a speedhump, an anomaly, Em a strange turn in the quest for normality E Em in the end they achieved their goal Em E Em Em everyone including the neighbours stopped talking about the entire episode E but what of the hangover Em the dodgy foundations Em supporting the next generation E Em all those things i mentioned Em mis-rememebered too embarrassed to admit it E Em Em to committed to a concept to express ? E Em Em and anyways we got all those photos hanging on the wall But dont the eyes say it all E Em But dont the eyes say more Em F# B than the smiles ever could ♫ Chorus: F# E F# Em Spooked like a horse in a passing storm F# E F# B Look away be the loveable larrikin F# E F# B Look away like we have from the beginning F# Em F# B I'm sleepwalking through your Australian dream F# E F# B The mirage at the bottom of all your talking F# Em F# B How Do we fix something so broken F# Em F# B How Do you fix something so broken F# Em B And what of the giant when hes broken ♫ Outro: E Em Em E Em Em E Em Em E Em Em E
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