What Am I Doing In This Town

One main street, one hotel if you're lucky

Or the general store just closed the door

And you find you've got no bread

The road you travelled had more corrugations than a tin roof

It's not your day in any way

And how you wish you'd stayed in bed

You walk up to the pub verandah slowly

But don't move too fast when you go past

That old blue heeler hound

Keep facing him until you think

You can beat him to the doorway

And ask yourself just what the hell you're doing in this town

What am I doing in this town?

I just landed here and maybe they don't want me 'round

Hey tell me, what am I doing in this town?

Find the man who has the key to the town hall

You'd think that it was made of gold the way he carries on

Says don't forget to leave it clean, same way you find it

Well it won't be hard, I'll just forget to sweep it when I'm gone

You camp beside the stage door where there's no shade

Park the car, get your guitar, put seats out in a row

The empty stage is dusty and the curtain's just not working

You read the posters on the walls of an old time travelling show

What am I doing in this town?

They don't want me here and I don't want to stay around

Hey tell me, what am I doing in this town?

Sun goes down, lights go on in the windows

Turn on every light we've got and play the music loud

Once again the magic comes across the yellow footlights

And every song you sing you give your soul out to the crowd

Some may come to laugh and some to listen

Or maybe bring a story they know you'd like to hear

You feel at home on every stage in every town you come to

And you know the answer

When you ask the same thing every year

What am I doing in this town? Oh yeah

I feel welcome here, I feel I've got good friends around

I tell ya, that's what I'm doing in this town

That's what I'm doing in this town

That's what I'm doing in this town

That's what I'm doing in this town

That's what I'm doing in this town