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
 
 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