Two songs about good old Welly:
[quote]She loves Wellington she was born there,
Out in the Hutt valley,
Then she left home looking for something,
She thought she’d find it in the city.
She’d go dancing in the weekends,
Her friends were starting up new bands,
Tight black dresses and hairspray,
Talking about,
Tomorrow night,
About 8 o’clock,
Tomorrow night
When the town starts filling up,
Tomorrow night about the time when the pubs start jumping,
And the drunks start fighting,
We’ll start dancing.
She went to London to find work there,
To claim her colonial birthright.
Cleaning hotel rooms in the mother country,
While people trudged to work in the dim light,
She’d go dancing in the nightclubs,
On the underground she’d ride,
Talking loud in a kiwi accent,
Talking about,
Tomorrow night,
About 8 o’clock,
Tomorrow night
When the town starts filling up,
Tomorrow night about the time when the pubs start jumping,
And the band starts playing,
La la la la la la la,
We’ll start dancing.
La la la la la la la,
We’ll start dancing.
La la la la la la la,
We’ll start dancing.
She flying over Wellington harbour,
Oriental bay is standing there in the sunlight,
And they’re playing a tape for the landing,
Speed bonny boat, like a bird on the wing,
Onward the sailors cry,
No She didnt want to stay there,
She’s on her flight,
She’ll be standing on the same ground as we are,
Tomorrow night,
About 8 o’clock,
Tomorrow night
When the town starts filling up,
Tomorrow night about the time when the pubs start jumping,
And the band starts playing,
La la la la la la la,
We’ll start dancing.
La la la la la la la,
We’ll start dancing.
Tomorrow night about the time when the pubs start jumping,
And the drunks start fighting,
We’ll start dancing.[/quote]
[quote]I wish I was in Wellington, the weathers not so good.
The wind it cuts right through you and it rains more than it should.
But I’d be there tomorrow, if I only could,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington.
I wish I was in Wellington, the bureaucracy,
The suits and the breifcases along Lampton Quay.
The Harbour City Capital, the lights beside the sea,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington.
It just isn’t practical, with you down in the capital,
And me at the other end of the island.
The problem is the gap between us on the map,
And there’s no easy way to reconcile it.
I wish I was in Wellington, the cafes and the bars.
The music and the theatre, and the old Cable Car,
And you can walk everywhere, 'cause nowhere’s very far,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington.
Oh I wish…
I wish I was in Wellington, the wind it cuts right through,
I wish I was in Wellington, there’s so much more to do,
I wish I was in Wellington, and you wish I was too,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I’d be with you.
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I’d be with you.[/quote]