Living with the Angels

NO, I DON’T WANT TO LIVE IN THE CITY
AND I DON’T WANT TO LIVE DOWN BY THE SEA,
AND I DON’T WANT TO HAVE ANY NEIGHBOURS
TO HAVE A CONFLICT WITH ME,
SO I LIVE UP ON A MOUNTAIN
WHERE MOST PEOPLE... THEY JUST PASS ON THROUGH,
I LIVE UP HERE WITH THE ANGELS
UP HERE, IN KALANGADOO.

I NEVER FEEL ANY LONELINESS
CAUSE THERE’S ALWAYS SOMEONE BY MY SIDE,
AS I SIT OUT ON MY VERANDAH
AND WATCH THE EAGLES SOAR UP HIGH,
I WATCH THE SUN ILLUMINATE THE DAY
AND I WATCH THE MOONBEAMS DANCE UPON THE LAKE,
I HAVE NO ONE TO ANSWER TO
FOR WHATEVER MY IMAGINATION MAY CREATE.

EACH DAY UP HERE ON THE MOUNTAIN
ALWAYS DELIVERS SOMETHING NEW,
BE IT ONLY A NESTING SWALLOW
OR A CHEEKY KANGAROO,
IT COULD BE A POSSUM ON THE ROOF
THAT NEEDS MY IMMEDIATE ATTENTION,
OR MAYBE A BRAISED WILD RABBIT, WITH RED WINE
THAT PERHAPS I SHOULD MENTION.

I MOSTLY LIVE A SIMPLE LIFE
AND FROM THE ANGELS, I DON’T TRY TO HIDE,
I GET OUT AND WALK THE TRACKS…..
IT’S THE CALL OF THE BUSH THAT I ABIDE,
WHEN I FLICK A FLY UPON THE LAKE
OR REPOSE WITH OLD FATHER TIME,
GOOSEBUMPS GATHER UPON MY SKIN
AND CHILDHOOD MEMORIES SPRING TO MIND.

BUT LIVING UP HERE WITH THE ANGELS
IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOU MAY THINK,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LOCAL WATERIN HOLE
EXHAUSTS ITS SUPPLY OF MOUNTAIN DEW TO DRINK,
THIS SORT OF LEAVES THE PATRONS
SOMEWHAT BEMUSED, AND IN FROWN,
BUT WHEN THE COASTAL CARRIER ARRIVES
THEY RECKON IT WAS MY ANGELS THAT GUIDED IT TO TOWN.

SO THERE YOU GO, THAT’S WHY I DON’T LIVE IN THE CITY
WHY I DON’T LIVE DOWN BY THE SEA,
WHY I DON’T HAVE ANY NEIGHBOURS
TO HAVE A CONFLICT WITH ME,
THAT’S WHY I LIVE ON A MOUNTAIN
WHERE MOST PEOPLE ...THEY JUST PASS ON THROUGH,
THAT’S WHY I LIVE UP HERE WITH THE ANGELS
UP HERE.....IN KALANGADOO.