Rushcutter's Bay

Christine Lavin

The boats are bobbing on Rushcutters Bay 
The joggers are jogging their lives away 
My knees give out before I run a quarter K 
I'm not an athletic girl 
The Sydney sun is heating up the ground 
The cricket batsman hits the ball then he runs around 
I can't believe it's November, I'm upside down 
The other side of the world 
But I still dream about him every night 
I still dream about him every night 
He comes to me when I turn out the light 
I still dream about him 
Austrailian boys know how to toss back a beer
The Aussie girls all want to get away from here
It's a universal problem, so far and so near 
I see it everywhere I go 
It's a battle of the sexes, it's a battle of wills 
It's a push, it's a pull, it's a bittersweet pill 
Ten thousand miles away and my heart beats still 
For a man I may never know 
But I still dream about him every night 
I still dream about him every night 
He comes to me when I turn out the light 
I still dream about him 
Crossing the street gives me a terrible fright 
I look right, I look left, I look left, I look right 
It's a mirror image, it's day for night 
I hesitate, I run
I am a constant stranger, I'm a long lost-friend 
Remind me of your name should we meet again 
In a darkened alley up around the bend 
Or in the Sydney sun. 
And I still dream about him every night 
I still dream about him every night 
He comes to me when I turn out the light 
I still dream about him 
The boats are bobbing on Rushcutters Bay 
The joggers are jogging their lives away 
My knees give out, I can't run a quarter K 
I'm still not an athletic girl 
-ac