Mother and child playing on the lawn
It's a middle class home on a Sunday morning
And the mother says, "Son, where ya gonna run
Where ya gonna run to now?"
"I just jumped bail on a dope bust, Mum
And I'm saying goodbye" and then the drug squad comes
And in the name of the law
They punch him in the jaw
Where ya gonna run to now?
He did it for a dare on the night he turned eleven
His first shop break, Magnum 357
A frightened young cop
And the kid doesn't stop
Where ya gonna run to now?
A long white car out at Tullamarine
A Government Member to the Carribean
And a man with a broom
Yells across the room
Where ya gonna run to now?
Will you have to tell lies when the kids ask you why
The horizon's a blanket of gloom?
When the battle lines draw
Which way will you turn?
Terania Creek's got a dozer track
And we'll never ever get Lake Pedder back
A director and a graph
And a million dollar laugh
Where ya gonna run to now?
Enrich the oxide out of Port Pirie
And the toxic gases they won't even see
But where ya gonna go
When the North wind blows
Where ya gonna run to now?
And your loungeroom is screening Nationwide
And you've just given blood to the bank
And the books on your shelves
Are a measure of all that you've earned
Will you have to tell lies when the kids ask you why
The horizon's a blanket of gloom
When the battle lines draw
Which way will you turn?
Shake me, wake me, tell me it's a dream
I've got a B-52 on my TV screen
And a man in a tie
Pointing to the sky
Where ya gonna run to now?
Mother and child playing on the lawn
It's a middle class home on a Sunday morning
And the mother says, son, where ya gonna run
Where ya gonna run to now?
Much to the chagrin of Redgum's management, I found that song-writing and touring were mutually exclusive activities. Initially, however, being on the road did provide me with song-writing material. "Where ya gonna run to?" was an amalgam of the experiences, conversations and issues we were exposed to in our first year on the road. - JS
It's a middle class home on a Sunday morning
And the mother says, "Son, where ya gonna run
Where ya gonna run to now?"
"I just jumped bail on a dope bust, Mum
And I'm saying goodbye" and then the drug squad comes
And in the name of the law
They punch him in the jaw
Where ya gonna run to now?
He did it for a dare on the night he turned eleven
His first shop break, Magnum 357
A frightened young cop
And the kid doesn't stop
Where ya gonna run to now?
A long white car out at Tullamarine
A Government Member to the Carribean
And a man with a broom
Yells across the room
Where ya gonna run to now?
Will you have to tell lies when the kids ask you why
The horizon's a blanket of gloom?
When the battle lines draw
Which way will you turn?
Terania Creek's got a dozer track
And we'll never ever get Lake Pedder back
A director and a graph
And a million dollar laugh
Where ya gonna run to now?
Enrich the oxide out of Port Pirie
And the toxic gases they won't even see
But where ya gonna go
When the North wind blows
Where ya gonna run to now?
And your loungeroom is screening Nationwide
And you've just given blood to the bank
And the books on your shelves
Are a measure of all that you've earned
Will you have to tell lies when the kids ask you why
The horizon's a blanket of gloom
When the battle lines draw
Which way will you turn?
Shake me, wake me, tell me it's a dream
I've got a B-52 on my TV screen
And a man in a tie
Pointing to the sky
Where ya gonna run to now?
Mother and child playing on the lawn
It's a middle class home on a Sunday morning
And the mother says, son, where ya gonna run
Where ya gonna run to now?
Much to the chagrin of Redgum's management, I found that song-writing and touring were mutually exclusive activities. Initially, however, being on the road did provide me with song-writing material. "Where ya gonna run to?" was an amalgam of the experiences, conversations and issues we were exposed to in our first year on the road. - JS