Wasted and wounded
And it ain't what the moon did,
I've got what I paid for now.
"See you tomorrow!
Hey, Frank! Can I borrow
A couple of bucks from you?"
To go waltzing Matilda,
Waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me.
I'm an innocent victim
Of a blinded alley
And I'm tired of all these
Soldiers here.
No-one speaks English
And everything's broken
And my strength is soaking away.
To go waltzing Matilda,
Waltzing Matilda,
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me.
Now the dogs they are barking
And the taxicab's parking
A lot they can do for me
I begged you to stab me
You tore my shirt open
And I'm down on my knees tonight
Old bushmills I staggered
You buried the dagger
Your silhouette window light
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me
Now I've lost my St. Christopher,
Now that I kissed her
And the one-arm bandit knows.
And the maverick Chinaman
With the cold-blooded sigh.
And the girls down by the
Striptease shows go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go a waltzing Matilda with me.
No, I don't want your sympathy.
Fugitives say
That the streets aren't
For dreamin' now.
Manslaughter dragnets
And the ghosts that sell memories,
Want a piece of the action anyhow.
Go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me.
And you can ask any sailor
And the keys from the jailor
And the old men in wheelchairs know
That Matilda's the defendant
She killed about a hundred
And she follows wherever you may go
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me
And it's a battered old suitcase
In a hotel someplace
And a wound that
Would never heal.
No prima donnas
The perfume is on
And old shirt that is stained
With blood and whiskey.
And goodnight to the street-sweepers,
The night watchmen flame-keepers
And goodnight Matilda too...
Goodnight Matilda too.....