| Beautiful girl, from the southland | |
| I don’t quite understand, but | |
| I know who you are | |
| Last night you told me about your sister | |
| How you loved and how you missed her | |
| I don’t know why but you say that you like me | |
| But sometimes yeah, you despise me | |
| You tell me you’re the lost generation | |
| So much anger,and so much frustration | |
| It’s not your fault it’s the situation | |
| When all you want is to rest your body | |
| Under the sun, in the long grass | |
| Your life has not been fun this is clear | |
| You don’t understand why | |
| Everybody else has got every little thing | |
| You joined a group but you don’t sing | |
| I know that you’ve got things to say | |
| You want tomorrow, when it’s still today | |
| You tell me you’re the lost generation | |
| I saw you talk on | |
| Face the Nation | |
| You want the truth, you seek salvation | |
| But you got no time, you got no patience | |
| Your daddy’s a big shot in construction | |
| Your mother’s just had liposuction | |
| You thought that your life came with a list of instructions | |
| All you want is to lay your body down | |
| It’s love that we seek | |
| The future looks | |
| Sometimes we feel so small | |
| Hate the ones who spoiled it all | |
| You tell me you’re the lost generation | |
| All you want is a good occupation | |
| Then you drink too much you spit damnation | |
| Start to sound like my old poor relations | |
| But don’t worry darling it’ll be alright | |
| There’s nothing to win nobody to fight | |
| What seems wrong may soon be right | |
| Under the moon we’ll lay our bodies down | |
| Lay our bodies down in the long grass under the sun | |
| Lay our bodies down down down |
| Beautiful girl, from the southland | |
| I don' t quite understand, but | |
| I know who you are | |
| Last night you told me about your sister | |
| How you loved and how you missed her | |
| I don' t know why but you say that you like me | |
| But sometimes yeah, you despise me | |
| You tell me you' re the lost generation | |
| So much anger, and so much frustration | |
| It' s not your fault it' s the situation | |
| When all you want is to rest your body | |
| Under the sun, in the long grass | |
| Your life has not been fun this is clear | |
| You don' t understand why | |
| Everybody else has got every little thing | |
| You joined a group but you don' t sing | |
| I know that you' ve got things to say | |
| You want tomorrow, when it' s still today | |
| You tell me you' re the lost generation | |
| I saw you talk on | |
| Face the Nation | |
| You want the truth, you seek salvation | |
| But you got no time, you got no patience | |
| Your daddy' s a big shot in construction | |
| Your mother' s just had liposuction | |
| You thought that your life came with a list of instructions | |
| All you want is to lay your body down | |
| It' s love that we seek | |
| The future looks | |
| Sometimes we feel so small | |
| Hate the ones who spoiled it all | |
| You tell me you' re the lost generation | |
| All you want is a good occupation | |
| Then you drink too much you spit damnation | |
| Start to sound like my old poor relations | |
| But don' t worry darling it' ll be alright | |
| There' s nothing to win nobody to fight | |
| What seems wrong may soon be right | |
| Under the moon we' ll lay our bodies down | |
| Lay our bodies down in the long grass under the sun | |
| Lay our bodies down down down |
| Beautiful girl, from the southland | |
| I don' t quite understand, but | |
| I know who you are | |
| Last night you told me about your sister | |
| How you loved and how you missed her | |
| I don' t know why but you say that you like me | |
| But sometimes yeah, you despise me | |
| You tell me you' re the lost generation | |
| So much anger, and so much frustration | |
| It' s not your fault it' s the situation | |
| When all you want is to rest your body | |
| Under the sun, in the long grass | |
| Your life has not been fun this is clear | |
| You don' t understand why | |
| Everybody else has got every little thing | |
| You joined a group but you don' t sing | |
| I know that you' ve got things to say | |
| You want tomorrow, when it' s still today | |
| You tell me you' re the lost generation | |
| I saw you talk on | |
| Face the Nation | |
| You want the truth, you seek salvation | |
| But you got no time, you got no patience | |
| Your daddy' s a big shot in construction | |
| Your mother' s just had liposuction | |
| You thought that your life came with a list of instructions | |
| All you want is to lay your body down | |
| It' s love that we seek | |
| The future looks | |
| Sometimes we feel so small | |
| Hate the ones who spoiled it all | |
| You tell me you' re the lost generation | |
| All you want is a good occupation | |
| Then you drink too much you spit damnation | |
| Start to sound like my old poor relations | |
| But don' t worry darling it' ll be alright | |
| There' s nothing to win nobody to fight | |
| What seems wrong may soon be right | |
| Under the moon we' ll lay our bodies down | |
| Lay our bodies down in the long grass under the sun | |
| Lay our bodies down down down |