Cold Chisel - One Long Day Lyrics
City life is closing in on meThe way things go, thirty years,Bus timetable'll be my elergyUp at seven every working dayPay comes in, pay goes outIt's a week-by-week charadeGeneral panic in the marketplaceBoss found hung in officeCould not stand the paceAnd as the peak-hour traffic jams belowSomeone gets the story, somebody spread the rumourPeople come and goWandered down along the river last nightCall me romantic, I say I couldn't sleepUntil the first-light struck me downPadding homeward on the inside laneEarly morning, freeway's cool and quietDodging rubber stainsPeople talking in a seaside barI ain't sentimental, but LordSometimes I get that gypsy urge to travel farYou know I'll disappear some long weekendFind a mangrove landscapeStretch out along some busted jettyAnd forget who I amYou go to moveYou got to goYou go to be somebodyYou got to rollYou got to stopYou got to changeYou got to make a little moneyAnd be a little strangeAnd one long dayIs all it takes to steal her heart awayOne long nightAnd it's allright, you've done it againSoft, low wordsAnd slender ladies, beneath the cafe fansOne long dayLayed by dreamsCotton dresses, a Spanish border townDreams so farFrom the subway, the crowds heading homeClose each dayIn technicolor, a million miles awayOne long night and you're aloneMeanwhileCity waysLife goes creeping onSometimesI get the blues
