the golden mile

V.spy V.spy

The Golden Mile

The whole townââ?¬â?¢s on the loop line
Two up rules the day
Pennies rising with the sun
Except for the day that mum gets her pay

The black man
And the white man
Are scratching their sunburnt face
While digging themselves
A hole in the ground
To find a better place

Everybody wants a holiday
With a full dayââ?¬â?¢s pay
Some people need it
Some people steal it
Some people have it anyway

Children watch a father
Twelve hours full of sweat
Look in his eye and see the future
In the leather skin spinners bet
While the black man
And the white man
Are scratching their weary face
While theyââ?¬â?¢re digging themselves
A hole in the ground
To find a better place

Everybody wants a holiday
With a full dayââ?¬â?¢s pay
Some people need it
Some people steal it
Some people have it anyway

Can you see your children falling
Down Kalgoorlieââ?¬â?¢s hill
Can they see the future in the minerââ?¬â?¢s

Golden swill golden swill
Golden swill golden swill

Itââ?¬â?¢s been a long time sweating
When you run the golden mile
The golden mile

Oh Kalgoorlie Whenââ?¬â?¢s it gonna rain
Oh Kalgoorlie Whenââ?¬â?¢s it gonna co