I could have wasted my life in an office
I could have spent it out on the road
They kicked me right out of the volunteer service
I never fell in love, I’ll never own a home
But I pursued a discipline you cannot understand
Searching for that striped dog across this feral land
I tracked the fossil footprints in North Queensland,
Found petrified droppings down in New South Wales
I cataloged the geologic record
And even glimpsed the awkward stiff brush tail
Pursuing the discipline you cannot understand
Searching for the last existing members of their clan
Thylacine, o thylacine
I spied your fearsome jaws upon the movie screen
Black and white, it haunts me to this day
Now I lay dying in some Outback billabong
Wondering where I went wrong
And why I’ve thrown my life away
Thylacine, o thylacine
I spied your fearsome jaws upon the movie screen
Open wide, they snatched my life away
Now I lay dying in some Outback swamp
The sun beats down, the gators start to chomp,
I chased a dream, this is the price I pay
A petty failure full of doubt
I took the golden hook among the school of trout:
My calling and my hangman and my curse
I took for granted that the past and all our wrongs lived on and on and on and on
And now I wonder which is worse
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