Hobart in the Sixties

Hobart was the place to live in the sixties

Tucked away from murder and war

You could wear weird clothes and listen to Arlo Guthrie.

We didn’t have much poetry

Revolution was in the air, but we didn’t need to dare

So, Hobart was the place to live in the sixties.

We had records of the Dylan mysteries

We had the mini-skirt, for sure

You could wear weird clothes and listen to Arlo Guthrie.

We had the radio and most of us had TVs

JFK was shot and Vietnam was just next door

But, Hobart was the place to live in the sixties

We had The Beatles and Bee Gees

Martin Luther King was murdered, but not on our shore

You could wear weird clothes and listen to Arlo Guthrie.

Calwell was shot in the face in Sydney 

The Middle East had their six-day war

Hobart was the place to live in the sixties

You could wear weird clothes and listen to Arlo Guthrie.