Paradise

Palm trees swaying in the wind

Dropping all their fronds

On the golden beach

that Im walking

Out where the ocean meets the sky

past the coral reef

boats out in the bay

the horizon

I am never going home

I’ll die on my own

by the side of the road

I am never going home

I’ll die on my own

Out

By the phosphate mine

where they dug a hole

straight into the heart of the island

That’s

where they beat the shit

out of some kids

who were throwing stones the windows

I am never going home

I’ll die on my own

by the side of the road

I am never going home

I’ll die on my own

by the side of the road

Its paradise

don’t you fucking know

its paradise

by the side of the road

its paradise

I am never going home

I’ll die on my own

by the side of the road

I am never going home

I’ll die on my own

by the side of the road

Rubbish blowing down the street

catching at the feet of a suited man up in Brisbane

He’s talking on the phone to someone he knows

199 Gympie road