[Verse 1]
Aussie kid on the bus at dawn
Salt hair
Still half asleep
Hit Maccas
Coffee in a paper cup
Laughin’ at the gulls in the street
Flip-flops slap through Woolies aisles
Cheap esky
Snag pack for the day
Throw it all in the boot
Mate
Point the bonnet down the bay
[Chorus]
We run waves under the sun
Sydney
Bare feet burnin’ on the sand
Got a barbie smokin’ in the breeze
That brise
Yeah
Ash on my fingers
Bottle in my hand
From the suburbs to the surf
Feel it thunder
We’re loud
We’re proud
We’re down under
[Verse 2]
Car stereo up
Windows down
Shoutin’ words we barely know
Sticker-faded board in the back seat
Ready for that rip and roll
Seagulls dive on a bag of chips
Old bloke laughs from his chair
He says
“Don’t waste that perfect arvo
Kid”
So we dive straight into the glare
[Chorus]
We run waves under the sun
Sydney
Bare feet burnin’ on the sand
Got a barbie smokin’ in the breeze
That brise
Yeah
Ash on my fingers
Bottle in my hand
From the suburbs to the surf
Feel it thunder
We’re loud
We’re proud
We’re down under
[Bridge]
[Guitar breaks into a bending
Singable lead line]
All these small-town
Shoreline stories
Tan lines fading
But they stay in my head
Every burnt snag
Every bad sunburn
Every silly thing we said
[Chorus]
We run waves under the sun
Sydney
Bare feet burnin’ on the sand
Got a barbie smokin’ in the breeze
That brise
Yeah
Ash on my fingers
Bottle in my hand
From the suburbs to the surf
Feel it thunder
We’re loud
We’re proud
We’re down under (hey!)