I woke up this morning, didn't know who I was I looked at the room, I didn't know where I was Or if I ever was I woke up this morning I looked to the skies, they offered reprieve I look to the moon and find you sitting In the right hand seat Stars in your eyes as I study the skies We slowly glide above the Quebec countryside Moon-splashed and frozen, the river our guide And now I hear you exhale a low soft sigh And this is what I lost today This is what I lost This is what I lost today This is what I lost I woke up this morning, I didn't know what to do I looked at the room and didn't know what to do His hands hit the keys, and we are brought to our knees The explosion of sound and our minds are scattered 'round The maestro pounds, and my spine takes hold of me Shakes me around, and that's when I break free And this is what I lost today This is what I lost You ask me how I am What am I supposed to say? When this is what I lost I woke up this morning, didn't know who I was I looked at the room, didn't know where I was If they come around asking, please, tell them in passing This is what I lost If they come around asking, please, tell them in passing This is what I lost This is what I lost I woke up this morning

I've spent a lifetime of searching for that feeling You know That feeling of being out all day And finally making it back home You know That feeling of being on the brink of tears And finally getting to release Because they brought you in near But now I hold me close Now I'm the one that rids the world of demons Since you never really were into practicing what you preach I became everything I needed you to be You never did like when I'd ask you for things You weren't ready to give But I knew what you were on the brink of

A man took a notion, he had an idea Take a trip across the ocean get away from here, He thought something has to give, something has to change So he made himself a plan and got on a plan If there was work in the bed, he'd sleep on the ground He never did a tap at home why would he start now Went over to the Ozzies and he showed them how I think the way it was at home he just wasn't allowed He swapped a Sunday session for a one week bender Not a care in the world in the land down under All his life on the dole now he's a big spender He used to bite my hand off for the lend of a tenner He swapped a Sunday session for a one week bender Not a care in the world in the land down under All his life on the dole now he's a big spender He used to bite my hand off for the lend of a tenner Meant to start in the mines but he landed in Sydney So he said he'd take his time and take in the big city He met up with Billy the Bogans daughter Who sorted him out with his ABN number From a total disgrace to running the place And the cash is rolling in, he's running out of space Think the way it was at home he just wasn't allowed Now he's screaming out how do you like me now He swapped a Sunday session for a one week bender Not a care in the world in the land down under All his life on the dole now he's a big spender He used to bite my hand off for the lend of a tenner He swapped a Sunday session for a one week bender Not a care in the world in the land down under All his life on the dole now he's a big spender He used to bite my hand off for the lend of a tenner He's doing all he can To be an Ozzie man He's doing all he can To be an Ozzie man He swapped a Sunday session for a one week bender Not a care in the world in the land down under All his life on the dole now he's a big spender He used to bite my hand off for the lend of a tenner He swapped a Sunday session for a one week bender Not a care in the world in the land down under All his life on the dole now he's a big spender He used to bite my hand off for the lend of a tenner

I used to pace around a lot thinking deep to myself Why do people like to talk? It can't be good for their health Having strong opinions based on nothing at all Except they heard it from a mighty smart man who knows it all It used to drive me mental, always on the brain The first thing in the morn' and when I go to bed again I heard that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones If they're talking about me, they're leaving someone else alone So, what do you want to know? And I'll tell you the gods honest truth Well, what did you hear last night? Would I ever lie to you? And I couldn't get over that, he didn't lick that off the grass But you never heard that from me That's the way it's always going to be A few years on and I've gone through a transition Calling people out on gossip is no longer a mission Instead, when they come at me with the bullshit There's no better man to give them their fill of it If that's what keeps them going, who am I to deny them? The cycle is recycled and there's no point in rising 'Cause rising leads to ruction, and ruction leads to fighting Fighting leads to jail time, sure that could be a lifetime So, what do you want to know? And I'll tell you the gods honest truth Well, what did you hear last night? Would I ever lie to you? And I couldn't get over that, he didn't lick that off the grass But you never heard that from me That's the way it's always going to be What about the babysitter, a 5th cousin of Hitler? In every single house and I've heard there's badness in her And then the painter John from Tyrone or Inishowen What's he doing painting anyway? He's involved with Al Capone A little birdie told me, I read it in the paper I've seen it on the internet, I heard it from a neighbour And everybody's talking, but I don't know them really well You're not the first one said that, so I would well believe it So, what do you want to know? And I'll tell you the gods honest truth Well, what did you hear last night? Would I ever lie to you? I couldn't get over that, he didn't lick that off the grass But you never heard that from me That's the way it's always going to be So, what do you want to know? And I'll tell you the gods honest truth Well, what did you hear last night? Would I ever lie to you? I couldn't get over that, he didn't lick that off the grass But you never heard that from me That's the way it's always going to be