The Boys Are Killing Me

Yeah Back in 1996 in northwest Australia I wonder why you were lyin' on the street alone Another accident inflicted on an innocent child In the home, while I was on the see-saw I was in the garden, readin' Papillon Tellin' myself real people couldn't be so cruel And she said, "Honey, what's wrong?" I said, "Babe, what's right?" So we staggered off 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 killin' me I'm just a sailor and a miner I'm comin' as I am, comin' as I am Even if you tell me I'm a liar The boys are killin' 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 killin' me I'm just a sailor and a miner I'm comin' as I am, comin' as I am Even if you tell me I'm a liar The boys are killin' me I'm just a sailor and a miner Mantajarra Walyakarra Take a deep breath and hold your fire --- The Boys Are Killing Me - Pond