Long Run Lyrics - Redgum Anthology 1976-1986 - Redgum

Oh You look out your window at the cold grey dawn 

It's seven o'clock on a Monday morning 

Pour a cup of coffee, better make it a strong one 

Weather man on the radio says 

It's going to rain and it's going to blow 

It'll be all right, it'll be all right 

It'll be all right in the long run 

Australia marched out of Vietnam 

Out on the streets against Uncle Sam, 

We won the fight, it was a long one 

Uranium demo the other day 

One of my mates got dragged away 

As they slammed the door I heard her say 

It'll be all right in the long run 

Italian bloke who works with me 

And we swap laughs and company 

And he slapped me on the back 

Said "Your wrong, son 

This isn't the land I was told it would be 

It's not so equal and not so free" 

It'll be all right, it'll be all right 

It'll be all right in the long run 

It'll be all right, it'll be all right 

It'll be all right in the long run 

It'll be all right, it'll be all right 

It'll be all right in the long run 

It'll be all right, it'll be all right 

It'll be all right in the long run 

It'll be all right, it'll be all right 

It'll be all right in the long run 

It'll be all right, it'll be all right 

It'll be all right in the long run 

From the shadow of history a convict screams 

The shearers curse, the people dream 

We've taken some right turns 

They've been the wrong ones 

Troop ships leave and the headlines blaze 

Australia remembers happier days 

Faith lives on within the haze 

It'll be all right in the long run 

So you sit in your camp and you stare at the fire 

The doubts drop away as the hopes get higher 

And you sing to yourself 

It'll be all right 

It'll be all right in the long run 

And the sun gives ground to a long cold night 

Screw up your courage for another night 

But you know in your heart 

It'll be all right 

It'll be all right in the long run 

And the sun streams in with power and might 

And you look at your kids in a different light 

And you know in your heart as you kiss them goodnight 

It'll be all right in the long run