[Intro]
(One, two) Not much

[Verse 1]
Dougie's in the South Island
In Hickory Bay
Catch me when I'm falling
Or slipping (Slipping), away

[Verse 2]
Coffee and I'm yawning
Whitebait by the side of the road
Walking to Invercargill
We hate to see you go

[Bridge]
Seas grew dark and the waves grows high
My broomstick mind is flying me
Still I wish, I wish that rather soon, I'd be under pohutukawa trees

[Verse 3]
Here comes Dougie, he's overheating
At a motel by the side of the road
Piha to find a mother
We hate to see you go
Captain saved by a dolphin
Out of the golden dawn
The road you travel goes forever
Anywhere and evermore