a.o.

a.o. children mustn't know that we're living in a city that's built on bones

a.o. all the army go

please enjoy this city before it explodes

a.o. here we here we go

it's a pity it's a feeling i can't control

a.o. the children mustn't know this is adults only

adults only

adults only

kookaburra sits in a tree i named

you can feel the sorrow

i can feel the shame

cause there's no-one laughing round here no more but he

i flew back to the coast on new year's day

little plane tossed 'round by a southerly

and when i stepped outside the streets were clean

but i know deep down lies undiscovered

past the bone foundations of a town corrupted

under creaking piers

under iron cover

past the concrete crown of a million lovers

past strutting and swagger

under coreless rubble

past torn down shanties of forgotten troubles

through its ills and evils

past rants and ravings

lies the cold dark soul of an emerald city

i

a.o. children mustn't know that we're living in a city that's built on bones

a.o. all the army go

please enjoy this city before it explodes

a.o. here we here we go

it's a pity it's a feeling i can't control

a.o. the children mustn't know this is adults only

adults only

walking through the streets i can feel its sting

metal blue snakes screaming round this head i'm in

keeps railing all the way to bed

and from the time it sleeps to its dawn awake

city's dreams rang out like a melody

i finally recognize the tune