Dancing with Pauline

These days you can’t catch me
Cause I’m always on the fly
And the butcher of Warringah’s got me sharpening his knives
Like an ageing ballerina
He toes the party line
But I wanna dance alone
To a tune that is all mine, and I just can’t
Yeah, I can’t believe that someone would overlook me
But I was burning when I heard her maiden speech
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Now I’m standing at the Sundowner
And I’m dancing with Pauline
Yeah, I’m standing at the Sundowner
And I’m dancing with Pauline again
The media calls it puppetry
They say I’m in control
But the numbers, they don’t argue
We climbed up those polls
With the cameras in our faces
I almost saw her cry
We were swamped by other cultures
And I was shipwrecked in her thighs, that’s when I knew
She wasn’t just the same as the other girls
Looking at her I could change the whole damn world
Yeah
Now I can’t take the weight on my chest any more
It’s almost been ten years since I saw that lie detector score
I know Lisa needs me to keep this secret
Because the show must go on
But I want the world to know
That I’m still standing at the Sundowner
And I’m dancing with Pauline again
Yeah, I’m still standing at the Sundowner
And I’m (I was just) dancing with Pauline (dancing) again
(with Hanson)