Standing on the Outside
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Standing on the Outside Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in, oh-woh-oh
I never strayed outside the law
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
When I go walkin' down Bluewater Bay
I surface in the city at the end of the day, oh-woh-oh
I got a bad case of the benz
[Verse 4]
I'm standing on the sidewalk you can see
A somebody everybody wants to be
And they got the means to justify every end
[Verse 5]
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
[Bridge]
And I know
And I know
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in, oh-woh-oh
I never strayed outside the law
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
When I go walkin' down Bluewater Bay
I surface in the city at the end of the day, oh-woh-oh
I got a bad case of the benz
[Verse 4]
I'm standing on the sidewalk you can see
A somebody everybody wants to be
And they got the means to justify every end
[Verse 5]
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
[Bridge]
And I know
And I know
[Verse 6]
The first thing I do when I get into town
Is buy a twenty-two and cut the whole thing down
No amount of work's gonna buy my way
To Freedom!
[Chorus]
I'm on the outside lookin' in
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
Oh-woh-oh, oh-woh-oh, oh yeah!
[Chorus]
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
[Outro]
Oh-woh-oh, oh-woh-oh, oh yeah!
Oh-woh-oh, oh-woh-oh, oh yeah!
Oh-woh-oh, oh-woh-oh, oh yeah!
The first thing I do when I get into town
Is buy a twenty-two and cut the whole thing down
No amount of work's gonna buy my way
To Freedom!
[Chorus]
I'm on the outside lookin' in
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
Oh-woh-oh, oh-woh-oh, oh yeah!
[Chorus]
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
[Outro]
Oh-woh-oh, oh-woh-oh, oh yeah!
Oh-woh-oh, oh-woh-oh, oh yeah!
Oh-woh-oh, oh-woh-oh, oh yeah!
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Credits
Producer
Writer
Vocals
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums
Recorded At
March - April 1980 at Paradise Studios, Sydney
Released on
June 2, 1980
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