Standing On The Outside
by Cold Chisel
From the album: East
Track 1 of 14 on East (1980).
Lyrics for Standing On The Outside
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in I'm standing on the outside lookin' in Whoa-oh, I never strayed outside the law I'm standing on the outside lookin' in A room full of money and the born to win And no amount of work's gonna get me through the door When I go walkin' down Bluewater Bay I surface in the city at the end of the day Whoa-oh, I got a bad case of the bends I'm standing on the sidewalk, you can see Somebody everybody wants to be And they got the means to justify every end I got a friend broke through illegally Pulled a job on a small-town T.A.B Five grand down on his own little piece of Eden And I know And I know The first thing I do when I get into town Is buy a .22 and cut the whole thing down No amount of work's gonna buy my way to freedom I'm on the outside lookin' in I'm standing on the outside lookin' in Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh yeah I'm standing on the outside lookin' in I'm standing on the outside lookin' in Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh yeah Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh yeah Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh yeah!