Gone The Aussie Dream

Verse 1 Seems like the Aussie dream’s been blown to bits The homes we dreamed of don’t exist Work a little harder, save that deposit Then we’d be right, or so they said That little piece no one could take A patch of ground, a life we’d make Sacrifice and overtime Just to one day call something mine Pre-Chorus Where’s it going? Where’s it gone? Life keeps moving But we can’t hold on Chorus Gone the Aussie dream Slipping through our hands Families in the shadows Living in cars and tents again We put on our blue-collar masks Walk the line and break our backs And what for now? Tell me what for now? Verse 2 One day’s food is all we chase Can’t think tomorrow in this place Fuel to work, then work to live But the money ain’t enough to give Prices eating at my pride Destroying me from deep inside Look into my eyes tonight Tell me everything’s alright Bridge Help me Help my family We’re not just a few out here We are many Suits and uniforms alike Walking tired through hard nights Advanced times, that’s what they say So why are people fading away? Final Chorus Gone the Aussie dream Blown apart somehow The lucky country’s hurting And nobody sees us now We put on our working clothes Carry burdens no one knows And what for now? Tell me what for now? We are many We are many