The whole town'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 day's pay Some people need it Some people steal it Some people have it anyway Children watch a father Twelve hours full of sweat Look in his eye and see the future In the leather skin spinners bet While the black man And the white man Are scratching their weary face While they're digging themselves A hole in the ground To find a better place Everybody wants a holiday With a full day's pay Some people need it Some people steal it Some people have it anyway Can you see your children falling Down Kalgoorlie's hill Can they see the future in the miner's Golden swill golden swill Golden swill golden swill It's been a long time sweating When you run the golden mile The golden mile Oh Kalgoorlie When's it gonna rain Oh Kalgoorlie When's it gonna co