Heavens, Mister Evans Lyrics

Canberra's never lonelier or colder Than when you feel the heartbreak of defeat You'll never find a sympathetic shoulder On any bureaucratic street So when I must forgive or be for...Read Full Lyrics

Paul Keating: There's a tale I heard Of an island man Tough and undeterred, he said "Haven't you heard? This land - our land! " "We belong" That's what the High Court said So when...Read Full Lyrics

They're counting up the votes across Australia And counting down the seconds of my years I've seen quite a few elections I know how to read projections I can recognise a change whe...Read Full Lyrics

Let's go back to 1990; it's not so far away Where with each misty morning dawns a more exciting day Peace and love are everywhere, defeating hate and greed Thatcher is resigning Ge...Read Full Lyrics

John Hewson: Doctor who? Doctor Hewson! Sit up straight when I'm talking to you, son - the magical might from the radical right, I'm gonna light up the night with a scheme and a dr...Read Full Lyrics

Paul Keating: I've made a habit of collecting clocks Sleek antiques with ticks and tocks Didn't you ever wonder why? I hear the seconds as a perfect space Pushed together in relent...Read Full Lyrics

Paul Keating: And now We're living in a great creative nation Yet we wait somehow The battle for the country can't be won Until we understand How well we know our land How much we ...Read Full Lyrics

John Howard: I was an angel in the beginning I thought of playing but not of winning So frail and weak, so meek and mild, I was the world's most agreeable child I had my share of s...Read Full Lyrics

Paul Keating: I've been out there pacing Bracing for defeat Ready to be roasted And I felt that demon heat But I got lifted When I thought that I would fall Now this feels like the...Read Full Lyrics

Paul Keating: I thought this moment would be nervous But tonight I'm full of joy I bless my twenty years of service As a Blaxland Bankstown boy A chance to make the nation richer A...Read Full Lyrics