Come around friends there's a party at mine
Get your deep seeded thoughts
Get your bottles of wine
Get yourself some shelter from the storming hell
From a little southern city that we all know well
Hard times in the city
Living out in Melbourne now
A thousand K's away from an Opera House
Got the Eureka Tower got the sporting grounds
Mr. Premier be sitting in a corporate box
Politicians doing nothing but be blaming us
Hard times in the city
Living out in Melbourne now
Out and about trying to find a place to stay
Rents to high unless your parents help you pay
Old terrace house so cold you got to shiver
Make you want to jump inside the Yarra River
Hard times in the city
Living out in Melbourne now
Waking up early going to find yourself a job
Stay back late to show them that you love
They won't pay you what your worth
They'll pay you what they can
Till your boss drives home in a Mercedes Benz
Hard times in the city
Living out in Melbourne now
Meet me outside Flinders underneath them clocks
Start at the top and go down to the docks
Go and see the art see the flora and fauna
Until you hop on a tram inspector got you in the corner
Hard times in the city
Living out in Melbourne now
Running round the town we're on stolen land
We forget about the ones who called it theres
We took it all away on a one-way track
If I had my way I'd give it all right back
Hard times in the city
Living out in Melbourne now