The whole townÂ’s on the loop line
Two up rules the day
Pennies rising with the sun
Except for the day that mum gets her pay

The black man
And the white man
Are scratching their sunburnt face
While digging themselves
A hole in the ground
To find a better place

Everybody wants a holiday
With a full dayÂ’s pay
Some people need it
Some people steal it
Some people have it anyway

Children watch a father
Twelve hours full of sweat
They look in his eye and see the future
in the leather skin spinners bet
While the black man
And the white man
Still scratch a weary face
While theyÂ’re digging themselves
A hole in the ground
To find a better place

Everybody wants a holiday
With a full dayÂ’s pay
Some people need it
Some people steal it
Some people have it anyway

Can you see your children falling
Down kalgoorlieÂ’s hill
Can they see the future in the minersÂ’

Golden swill, whenÂ’s it going to rain
Golden swill, whenÂ’s it going to come

ItÂ’s been a long time sweating
When you run the golden mile

Oh kalgoorlie whenÂ’s it gonna rain
Oh kalgoorlie whenÂ’s it gonna come