A simple message for when the music finishes
You Made Them Aware
[Verse 1]
Her name was Pauline
Not ugly
Not a beauty queen
Just everybody’s mum
Aunty
Sister or wife
Fish and chips every Friday night
Laughing on the curb under old pub light
Beer with your mates
Cheap wine in a glass
She’d roll her eyes as the headlines passed
[Chorus]
Pauline
You made them aware
(you made them aware)
Pauline
You stood and you stared
At a country scared of its own front yard
Talking tough
Talking hard
Pauline
You sang that old line
“Just fuck off and we’ll get along fine”
Australia
Shouting at the sky
Trying to work out why
[Verse 2]
They tried to shut you up
A little time inside
Turned into One Nation on the rising tide
Talkback callers
Letterbox rage
Your name scribbled big on the front page
From the RSL bar to the local mall
Everyone swore they “barely cared at all”
[Chorus]
Pauline
You made them aware
(oh Pauline)
Pauline
Foreigners beware
You cracked the joke and you drew the knife
Straight through the middle of suburban life
Pauline
You sang that old line
“Just fuck off and we’ll get along fine”
Australia
Raw and unrefined
Looking for someone to blame
To find
[Bridge]
BBQ smoke in the evening air
Kids run wild
No one really stares
Till someone says your name like a worn-out prayer
And we all hear the old song there
[Chorus]
Pauline
You made them aware
(you made them aware)
Pauline
Still hanging in the air
From the outback dust to the harbour shine
We’re arguing over the same old sign
Pauline
You sang that old line
“Just fuck off and we’ll get along fine”
Australia
Drink it down
Then sigh
Still learning how to share the sky
Written, produced - Rick Dean
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