Her dream is to live in Inverloch in south Gippsland's
coastal country
In mudbrick house built on the high ground where she can
look out at the sea
Alone in her room in the morning enjoying a nice cup of tea
Away from polluted suburbia, unhurried and totally free

She's tired of her humdrum existence her lot of the mother
and wife
And she'd like to break shackles that bind her and bring
back some peace to her life
Her children of her time demanding their screaming on her
nerves so grates
And her husband is down at the local enjoying the night out
with his mates.

Fear stops her of breaking her shackles and from it all
walking away
Fear of reneging on her duty and fear of what others might
say
Her children of ten and eleven with them she feels obliged
to stay
For love and for duty and honour there has to be some price
to pay.

Her husband has been cheating on her 'he's having his bit on the side'
And she feels a devalued woman and damage been done to her
pride
He once showed her lots of affection but that was a long
time ago
And loving has turned to loathing and hatred like noxious
weed grow.

She married for love not for money she hoped happiness she
might gain
But happiness lasted a brief while and only the memory
remain
Of something that should or that might be till flame of
love flickered and died
She only craved love and affection and that to her has been
denied.

Her husband only give her quarter of his earnings just
twenty five dollars a day
And she has to work for a living there's food to buy and
bills to pay
She cannot walk out on her children there's more than self
interest at stake
Her duty comes before self interest and her duty she cannot
forsake.

Her dream in these times give her comfort a home in the
coastal country
In Inverloch close to Wonthaggi on hill overlooking the sea
Alone in her room in the morning enjoying a nice cup of tea
Away from polluted suburbia, unhurried and totally free.

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