Are You Lookin' At Me? Lyrics - Colin Hay

Well I loved the Lone Ranger and I loved that Dennis Law 

Him and George Best, sure knew how a kick a ball 

I wanted tae be a cowboy, and learn a crack a whip 

Stand up in that lonely street, two six guns on my hip 

Along the mighty Beatles came, and everyone went ahhh 

They could play and sing and everything, and of course that John could draw 

Well that was it for me, I never once looked back 

Tricks to learn, waves to catch, had a plan of attack 

Are you lookin' at me? 

Are you lookin' at me? 

Are you lookin' at me? 

Are you lookin' at me, pal? 

Then we headed south, where the surf came crashing in 

From black and white to colour, from innocence to sin 

It was summer in December, blowing heatwaves in my mind 

People talking funny, some cruel and some were kind 

From the crackle of the cane, to the frown of a big black snake 

From the breakers at Bondi, down to Wallaga Lake 

From the sound of a million fly screen doors, closing on the past 

Like that chimney the fires couldn't burn, I was built to last 

Are you lookin' at me? 

Are you lookin' at me? 

Are you lookin' at me? 

Are you lookin' at me, pal? 

When I flew across the ocean, I was number one 

People gave me everything, and I didn't need a gun 

Walking down that avenue, I never felt so alive 

People calling out my name, and i'd only just arrived 

It was a tight rope walking bagpiper, in the middle of Central Park 

Steam was rising from the ground, and I wore my cape out after dark 

I had myself a moment, my day out in the sun 

It's an unfinished story, but it's more than just begun 

And I know more than one thing, but not more than two or three 

An I'll tell you if you'll listen, and I'll tell you for free 

It's no life being a cowboy, and eating all them beans 

The coffee's cold, the herd is gone, and all you've got's your dreams 

You can always put your spurs back on, but save them for Halloween 

You're better off heading north, or somewhere you've never been 

Are you lookin' at me? 

Are you lookin' at me? 

Are you lookin' at me? 

I said, are you lookin' at me, pal?