Lyrics

[Verse 1: Paul Kelly] Side by side We walk along To the end of Gertrude Street Then we topple in muster foraquart of wine Thickor thin Right or wrong In the coldor in the heat We cross over Smith Street to the end of the line [Chorus 1: Courtney Barnett & Paul Kelly] And we laugh and sing And do anything To take away the pain Trying to keep it down as it first went round In Charcoal Lane [Verse 2: Courtney Barnett] Spinning yarns And telling jokes Now the wine is tasting good As its getting closer and closer to it's end Have a sip And roll some smokes We'd smoke 'Tailor mades' if we could Oh, we just make do with some city street blend [Chorus 2: Courtney Barnett & Paul Kelly] And we'd all chuck in And we'd start to grin When we had enough to do it again But if things got tight then we'd have to bite For Charcoal Lane [Verse 3: Courtney Barnett & Paul Kelly] Up Gertrude Street We walk once more With just a few cents short And we stop at The Builders to see who we could see And we barter around Until we score A flagon of McWilliams port Enough to take away our misery [Chorus 3: Courtney Barnett & Paul Kelly] And we'd all get drunk Oh so drunk And maybe a little insane And we'd stagger home All alone And the next day we'd do it again Have a reviver in Charcoal Lane I'm a survivor of Charcoal Lane