Hilltop Hoods - 1955

^N.C."If you're feeling low then give it a go! Try Lambert's Sniffing Salts today" [Suffa:] ^N.C.You know when you're doing a song about a small town ^N.C.You gotta start it with a cliche, you know what I'm sayin' lik^Ae

Time mo^Eves a little slower here The pa^Bint peels 'cause the sum^C#mmers here are so severe An^Ad we're nowhere near n^Eo where you would know of Lo^Bcals here pride, they s^C#mhow up just to show off ^AFour men take a load off, ^Ejust to watch the day go ^Bby Philosophizing with their ^C#mfriends like they're Plato They^A prophecize on the bench ^Eby the main road,^B right They got advice; I'm like '^C#mAyo, if you say so guys' ^ABut what do they know, ^EFox News got 'em lit ^BThey're shockers, fundamentalists,^C#m the new communists ^AA girl with a shopping list, cl^Eutch her handbag close ^BI'm like "damn man" then it's ^C#mall backhands, jokes ^A'Cause I'm a gentlemen, but th^Een again most of are ^BFirst name basis in the bank, ^C#mthe post-office, the bar ^AThe grocery, parks, hey lady I^E ain't tryna grab your p^Bension ^C#mThe old men on the bench hum

^N.C."Direct from the transistor radio in your lounge room.It's the entertainment that the whole family can enjoy." ^N.C."Well I say looking slick will do the trick so try Barry's Brylcreem cream today!"

^N.C.Well lets go, lets go ^AWe're living in the days when ^Eeverybody sayin' ^B"What a time to be ali^C#mve" ^ABut I'm feeling out of place^E like I live in outer space ^B'Cause it seems I'm stu^C#mck in time ^AIt's like we ride throug^Eh life ^BRight in the shadow of the ^C#mcold war It gets so q^Auiet at night^E Like ^Bmartial law took a hold of '55^A.

Time m^Eoves a little slower here A ^Bday feels like a week, a weekend f^C#meels like it could go a year ^AAnd we're nowhere near n^Eothing, man it's so true ^BI don't tell 'em where I'm from, I t^C#mell 'em where I'm close to ^AAnd I can go through an At^Elas and show you on a ^Bmap but You'd still look ^C#mme sideways and treat me like I'm backw^Aards But that's just fine, i^Et so happens I'm ^BHappy living in a city that^C#m is trapped in time ^AWhile you're lined up in^E traffic I'm ^BNot panicked 'bout transit,^C#m I'm back in time ^AFor a TV dinner and an e^Early night 'C^Bause we get dressed to travel, go^C#mt an early flight ^ABeen doing laps of the earth whi^Ele doing laps of the sun ^BTryna put where I'm at on the map ^C#m'cause where I'm from ^AWould never get a mention, but al^El that and then some ^BOnce again the old men on t^C#mhe bench hum

^N.C."And across the country they came in waves. Thousands upon thousands of flying discs ^N.C.descending from the planet Mars." ^N.C."For the closest shave try a Wilson's razor today."

^N.C.Well lets go, lets go ^AWe're living in the days when ^Eeverybody sayin' ^B"What a time to be ^C#malive" ^ABut I'm feeling out of place ^Elike I live in outer space ^B'Cause it seems I'm stu^C#mck in time ^AIt's like we ride throu^Egh life R^Bight in the shadow of^C#m the cold war It g^Aets so quiet at nig^Eht Like^B martial law took a hold of ^A'55

Where I go, where ^EI go This will always be ^Bhome,^C#m no matter ^AWhere I go, where I ^Ego This will always be ^Bhome,^C#m no matter ^AWhere I go, where I ^Ego This will always be ^Bhome^C#m, no matter ^AWhere I go, where I^E go This will always b^Be home

^N.C."If you can't beat the summer heat then what you need is a Wordell's. Wordell ^N.C.Refrigerators: the cooler choice." ^N.C."The dieting revolution taking the world by storm."

^AWe're living in the days when ^Eeverybody sayin' ^B"What a time to be a^C#mlive" ^ABut I'm feeling out of place like^E I live in outer space ^B'Cause it seems I'm stuck in t^C#mime ^AIt's like we ride through^E life ^BRight in the shadow of the ^C#mcold war ^AIt gets so quiet at ^Enight ^BLike martial law took a hold of^A '55 ^B