I'm standin' on a north-bound highway
Maybe you're goin' my way
Can you wake me up when we reach the border?
I've given the south my best shot
And I've seen most things that you've got
And there's nothin' down here
That makes me want to stay

What a rat race
What a mistake
I learnt my lesson but

Goin' back to Queensland
Sweet home Queensland
State of sunshine
State of ease
Where life is simple
And folks who live there agree
That we don't give a damn
We don't give a damn
We don't give a damn
'Bout nothin' but Queensland

You thinks our necks are red and
We're just dumb hicks with suntans
Gettin' drunk with the cops and the politicians
And we know what you say about us
But you can't live without us
You need us to pretend that you've got style

From New York
To Cape York
It's just a question of degrees
So please ...

Take me back to Queensland
Sweet home Queensland
State of sunshine
State of siege
Where folks are simple
And no one seems to mind the greed
And we don't give a damn
We don't give a damn
We don't give a damn
I said we don't give a damn
We don't give a damn
'Bout nothin' but Queensland

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