Qantas flight 20, Denpasar
Meals and accom and a rent-a-car
I've been to Bali
I've been to Bali too
Took a two week course at a suntan clinic
So lying round Legian I wouldn't look anaemic
And you can't impress me
'Cause I've been to Bali too
Got a ride out to Kuta in the back of a truck
Cost me twenty dollars and it wasn't worth a buck
Hustled to a losmen down in Poppy's Lane
By a Javanese guy in a tropical rainstorm,
Lock up your daughters
I've been to Bali too
Life is tragic hanging out at Kuta
If you haven't got a car, a bike or a scooter
Show me the bike shop
I've been to Bali too
Got myself a Honda, had to get away
No brakes, bald tyres,
five thousand 'rupes' a day
I've been to Bali too
Well I don't ride a bike much home in Australia
As a motorcycle hero, guess I'm a failure
Bemos to the left, trucks to the right
The Honda was a wreck but I was alright,
Hello Mercurochrome
I've been to Bali too
Wired home for money, I was short of cash
A dose of Bali-Belly and a tropical rash
Daddy came through - American Express
Bali T-shirts, magic mushrooms, Redgum bootlegs
I've been to Bali too
Took my bag and mozzie coils to Peliatan
It was there where my Bali trip really began
Been there, done that
I've been to Bali too
Tourists from Holland, Britain and France
Late night puppet shows, legong dance
Want to see my slides?
I've been to Bali too.
Well, I wandered off to Ubud, just a little up the track
One week there didn't want to come back
Listening to gamelon and playing guitar
Tjanderi's tacos, Hotel Menara, two month visa
I've been to Bali too.
Flying Kangaroo out of Denpasar
Left me camera in the airport bar
I've been to Bali
I've been to Bali too
Touch down, touch down Tullamarine
Sprayed me on the plane so I'd be real clean
Coming though Customs
I've been to Bali too
They went through my bags like McCartney in Japan
I didn't have a thing so I didn't give a d***
You can't trick me
'Cause I've been to Bali too
You've been to Paris and you've been Boston
You've been to Fiji and you've been to London
But you can't impress me
'Cause I've been to Bali too
This song's first incarnation was "Bali Blues", a three-chord wonder written in 1976 to amuse my Balinese mates in Ubud. I found the lyrics in a drawer when we were recording "Frontline" in 1984. I rewrote the lyrics and Steve c***ey, heavily steeped in reggae as he was then, wrote the bass riff. Bless his heart. - JS
Meals and accom and a rent-a-car
I've been to Bali
I've been to Bali too
Took a two week course at a suntan clinic
So lying round Legian I wouldn't look anaemic
And you can't impress me
'Cause I've been to Bali too
Got a ride out to Kuta in the back of a truck
Cost me twenty dollars and it wasn't worth a buck
Hustled to a losmen down in Poppy's Lane
By a Javanese guy in a tropical rainstorm,
Lock up your daughters
I've been to Bali too
Life is tragic hanging out at Kuta
If you haven't got a car, a bike or a scooter
Show me the bike shop
I've been to Bali too
Got myself a Honda, had to get away
No brakes, bald tyres,
five thousand 'rupes' a day
I've been to Bali too
Well I don't ride a bike much home in Australia
As a motorcycle hero, guess I'm a failure
Bemos to the left, trucks to the right
The Honda was a wreck but I was alright,
Hello Mercurochrome
I've been to Bali too
Wired home for money, I was short of cash
A dose of Bali-Belly and a tropical rash
Daddy came through - American Express
Bali T-shirts, magic mushrooms, Redgum bootlegs
I've been to Bali too
Took my bag and mozzie coils to Peliatan
It was there where my Bali trip really began
Been there, done that
I've been to Bali too
Tourists from Holland, Britain and France
Late night puppet shows, legong dance
Want to see my slides?
I've been to Bali too.
Well, I wandered off to Ubud, just a little up the track
One week there didn't want to come back
Listening to gamelon and playing guitar
Tjanderi's tacos, Hotel Menara, two month visa
I've been to Bali too.
Flying Kangaroo out of Denpasar
Left me camera in the airport bar
I've been to Bali
I've been to Bali too
Touch down, touch down Tullamarine
Sprayed me on the plane so I'd be real clean
Coming though Customs
I've been to Bali too
They went through my bags like McCartney in Japan
I didn't have a thing so I didn't give a d***
You can't trick me
'Cause I've been to Bali too
You've been to Paris and you've been Boston
You've been to Fiji and you've been to London
But you can't impress me
'Cause I've been to Bali too
This song's first incarnation was "Bali Blues", a three-chord wonder written in 1976 to amuse my Balinese mates in Ubud. I found the lyrics in a drawer when we were recording "Frontline" in 1984. I rewrote the lyrics and Steve c***ey, heavily steeped in reggae as he was then, wrote the bass riff. Bless his heart. - JS