Eureka Street from October Moon by John Rasmussen

Walking down Eureka Street
Feel the pavement on my feet
Through my holy soles the gravel
rubs the rough flesh as I travel
Shreds of the Australian dream
Blow away like summer scenes
From the 60’s booming times
Like some jaded rhyme

Chorus
(Call it a recession
Call it what you will
Just another lesson
And you’re left with the bill)

Walking down Eureka Street
Many miles beneath my feet
Many years we took for granted
took whatever, what we wanted
Pieces of the times that were
Maybe they won’t come no more
From politicians down the line
Hollow billboard signs

(Chorus)

Searching down Eureka Street
but there’s no gold beneath my feet
Just a road to nowhere rolling
On towards the great unknown
Sold the dream to buy the present
lost the chance, the moon’s sweet crescent
Pawned our children, friends and all
Roll the dice and watch them fall

(Chorus)

It’s lonely on Eureka Street
Empty dreams still drag my feet
Empty pockets to remind me
Any lonely street will find me
Need an army of salvation
to help out this lucky nation
And if I don’t feel so grand
Hey...can you lend a hand

(Chorus)

• Australian folk music
• Blues & Roots
• Folk
• singer-songwriter
• Melbourne