There was a big skyrocket at the Lions Park
I could see the whole town through the bars at the top
And I can't pretend to blast off
But I knew that we'd never leave the town back
We didn't have holidays growing up
We were always milking,
always bronc And old Mama wanted was a suntan
She talked Dad into driving up to Queensland
And I met my country from the back of a car
Outside a store saw a big koala Flying up from you to the big guitar
I
come from a little place But I've seen a lot of big things
If you want a family fight, here's a recipe
Pack three of us boys in a cramped back seat
A car for a day to Sydney Get Mum to read a map
Get Dad to tow a van through the city
And every road leads to the Harbour Bridge
And every *'s in the line you want to merge in
Come anyone who has traits in this damn town
Can't you kind hang a Huey with a caravan
And I met my country from the back of a car Saw a big pineapple,
a big banana
So much fruit made of fiberglass
I come from a little place
But I've seen a lot of big things We
filled a camera roll at the picnic spots
Up and down the coast
So many family pics standing awkwardly posed
In front of big
things
When we get back home the cows are waiting
for Dad Mum's sunburn faded and she never tanned
I went back to the rocket park
And I took another look at my town from the top
So Dad's on the rolls on the laundry floor
Blackened and singed from an SES comb
So Mum in a gumboots in the living room Trying
to sweep out the river with the came-out broom
I seen a kitchen bench full of casserole
dishes That the neighbours bought
When my Mum got sick I seen a big fire,
I seen a big flood
I seen a little town with a great big heart
I know that this rocket won't ever launch
But there are big things here without flying up north
I come from a little place But I've seen a lot of big things
I come from a little place But I've seen a lot of big things
From a big sky rocket at the Lions' Park