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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