Wasted In The Sun
 Versions
Commentary
Lyrics
Versions
| Version |
Length |
Source |
Availability |
| Studio |
4:58 |
Juggernaut album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Studio |
4:56 |
2 CD versions of the Natural
Selection album. |
Moderately rare. |
| Studio |
4:58 |
Suit Your Style single. |
Moderately rare. |
Live
 |
4:32 |
Under One Roof
video. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia on
DVD. |
Recommended Version.
Commentary
Comments from the "Natural
Selection" liner notes (by Mark Seymour):
This song is a requiem for a dream we once had about our
country being some kind of burgeoning utopia. There was definitely a view in the
eighties that Australia was destined for greatness despite the hedonism of its
people. Sadly, the hedonism had us firmly in its grip with this track. Picture
yours truly ranting from a hotel window overlooking Bondi beach, expounding on
the moral decline of those naked people lying on the sand below... it's a little
like a re-run of 'When The River Runs Dry' with an added tinge of hysteria.
Lyrics
Beauty and the beast
Have polished off their feast
They're living on the edge
They're off their heads and on my mind
They're taking off their clothes
For perfect life they chose
Into the emptiness
The gods could not care less
Long live the land down under
Foaming heads and gutless thunder
Killing time has come
For creatures on the run
Getting wasted in the sun
Each and everyone
Slightly overdone
And we are wasted in the sun
I watch the dinosaurs
They manicure their claws
Who knows where they've been
They've lived and lost
The wishful wicked years
They cry but there's no tears
The weak must feed the strong
They know where they belong
I watch the boys go down
The sinking ship is leaving town tonight
Killing time has come
For creatures on the run
Getting wasted in the sun
Each and everyone
Slightly overdone
And we are wasted in the sun
Sun
We live and die like flies
Under perfect skies
The pleasure zone is stung
The trap is almost sprung
Did you feel that you've been cheated?
Ignorance is undefeated
Killing time has come
For creatures on the run
Getting wasted in the sun
Each and everyone
Slightly overdone
And we are wasted in the sun
[repeat]
Sun sun sun
Wasted in the sun
[repeat to fade]
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