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Norm at the waterfront Alice stayed home She watched the street As she stood on her feet She knew what went on Up down the street When something was strange Or about to change Sixty five years across the road Brought up three girls No frills or pearls The salt of the earth ran through their veins Forgotten actors but everyday heroes Norm and Alice across the road A house of sticks with some fake bricks A green tin roof a small chimney An Aussie car in the garage Clothes on the hoist in the yard Happy children in the den And now Norm’s house is gone When Norm retired He stayed home with Alice Swept the gutter Did things that matter Some days a brush He would pick up Or hammer a nail Just here and there If you needed a hand You just had to ask They did what they could ‘Cause they felt they should The salt of the earth ran through their veins Forgotten actors but everyday heroes Norm and Alice across the road A house of sticks with some fake bricks A green tin roof a small chimney An Aussie car in the garage Clothes on the hoist in the yard Happy children in the den And now Norm’s house is gone Sixty five years He never strayed Norm cared for Alice ‘Till they finally took her His eyes could not see The years that were left His mind in the past So the pain would not last A sign went up and the house was sold No clothes on the hoist no light or noise One day they came and took the roof Then they came back And they tore the house flat Norm and Alice across the road A house of sticks with some fake bricks A green tin roof a small chimney An Aussie car in the garage Clothes on the hoist in the yard Happy children in the den And now Norm’s house is gone And now Norm’s house is gone And now Norm’s house is gone