Dust

Dust
I was sitting on the railroad for the train to Gungedai
Looking at the clouds and wishing I could fly
I was standing in the run of a fairytale career
Going out of my mind by the end of the year

They gave us dust
We didn't understand their money lust
They stood by and watched our bubble burst
They forget it's dust to dust
Four and twenty diggers kneeling by a grave
Looking at the fate of those who misbehave
Woe betide the money man his hand upon his purse
When things are looking better they can only get much worse
They gave us dust
We didn't understand their money lust
They stood by and watched our bubble burst
They forget it's dust to dust
Take your sifting pan to the riverside
Wait for money, fame and would-be-brides
And when you're standing there in your underwear
Just hanging around you'll know
Over the railroad track
There's a mob who wants to hang you
They gave us dust
If you don't stop running
They gave us dust
They'll soon be behind you
Run away from it all
[?] going back inside
Anyway run away
But you can't put it out
Turn upside down
Live it up, put it out
Anyway but you can't
Turn upside down

Dust, they gave us dust
(Over the railroad track)
Dust, they gave us dust
(There's a mob who wants to hang you)
Dust, they gave us dust
(If you don't stop running)
Dust, they gave us dust
(They'll soon be behind you)
Over the railroad track
There's a mob who wants to hang you
If you don't stop running
They'll soon be behind you