He was just a friend of mine I'd run into from time to time Long before he moved away We used to share a taste for wine Still I never knew that he was sad back then He said the time had come for him to take a holiday
And he says it's brilliant there There's something in the air And sunshine everywhere He's on the beach I know he's changed somehow He sends those postcards now I'm not sure where he is But he's out of reach
When he called me up one day And said that he was going away I thought he meant a week in France And not twelve thousand miles to Sydney Bay Still he had to take his chances He said the time had come for him to make a move away
And he says it's brilliant there There's something in the air And sunshine everywhere He's on the beach I know he's changed somehow He writes those postcards now He's on his own again And he's out of reach (my baby gets it on the beach)
And I don't blame him Leaving was the best thing he could do He longed for changes I just hope he's happy When he does the things he thinks he has to do And he tries, and he tries Yes he tries but he's a little bit hard on himself Somehow he's trying to be someone else
And he says, he says, he says it's brilliant there There's something in the air And sunshine everywhere He's on the beach I know he's changed somehow It's in his postcards now He's on his own again So far out of reach
And he says it's brilliant there There's something in the air And sunshine everywhere He's on the beach I know he's changed somehow It's in his postcards now He's in Australia So far out of reach And he says it's brilliant there
For the 1995 BBC Sessions version, the lyrics are slightly altered (not radically)
He was just a friend of mine I'd run into from time to time Long before he moved away We used to share a taste for wine Still I never knew that he was sad back then He said the time had come for him to make a move away
And he says it's brilliant there There's something in the air And sunshine everywhere He's on the beach I know he's changed somehow It's in his postcards now I'm not sure where he is But he's out of reach
When he called me up one day And said that he was going away I thought he meant a week in France And not twelve thousand miles to Sydney Bay Still he had to take his chances He said the time had come for him to make a move away
And he says it's brilliant there There's something in the air And sunshine everywhere He's on the beach I know he's changed somehow It's in his postcards now I'm not sure where he is But he's out of reach
And I don't blame him Leaving was the best thing he could do He longed for changes I just hope he's happy When he does the things he thinks he has to do And he tries, yes he tries Yes he tries but he's a little bit hard on himself I think he's trying to be someone else
And he says, he says, he says it's brilliant there There's something in the air And sunshine everywhere He's on the beach I know he's changed somehow It's in his postcards now I'm not sure where he is But he's out of reach
And he says it's brilliant there There's something in the air And sunshine everywhere He's on the beach I know he's changed somehow He write those postcards now He's in Australia So far out of reach And he says it's brilliant thereTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
