Big Smoke
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by Glenn Shorrock

Six hours out of Sydney,
and still no chance to sleep,
I got a blanket round my shoulders,
I got a live-vest under my seat.

Drinking Remy Martin
with a girl from Bonday Beach,
I found out that she's a friend of yours,
and that puts her out of reach.

Heading for the big smoke,
gonna take a long toke (?)
heading for the big smoke,
I'm gonna wait for you there,
I'm gonna wait for you there.

Hurdlin' down the hillside,
it's a hoiliday on ice,
I woke up with some instructor type,
and I for asked for her advice.

Drinking in the lodge that night,
a touch of Après ski,
she said the met you in New York,
and that blows it all for me.

Heading for the big smoke,
gonna take a long toke (?)
heading for the big smoke,
I'm gonna wait for you there,
I'm gonna wait for you there.

Big smoke - how's you time a flame and a multitude of sin,
bid smoke - creeping up on you, it can really surf you in,
big smoke - there's a million people runnin' to and fro',
big smoke - we're all strangers here, but is there anybody you don't know ?

- guitar solo -

Riding in a limo
to a Hollywood affair,
in the full of my new splendour,
I've at least just cut my hair.

I finally found a starlet
who didn't know your name,
and then I saw you with some leading man
it seems two can play that game.

Heading for the big smoke,
gonna take a long toke (?)
heading for the big smoke,
I'm gonna wait for you there,
I'm gonna wait for you there,
I'm gonna wait for you there,
I'm gonna wait for you there,
big smoke,
big smoke,
big smoke
big smoke, ohhohoh,
big smoke, ohhohoh,
big smoke, ohhohoh, ...