In Maling Road By Canterbury Station

In Maling Road by Canterbury station
The trains from Belgrave and Lilydale pass up and down
To Flinders Street and back to outer suburbs
And suburbia now seems one big sprawling town.

In Maling Road an old style shopping center
With tables and chairs outside the cafes by the street
It is a place where people come together
At Maling Road on the weekends they meet.

I spoke to this old fellow he was Turkish
His English as expected not so good
To speak in his own tongue might seem less effort
Still he could make himself be understood.

He said me come here saturday at two o
To meet my Turkish mates at the cafe
For a few hours we eat cake and drink coffee
And talk about the homeland far away.

He's one of many you will meet at Maling
For Maling road's a multicultural place
No matter what part of the globe you come from
At Maling Road you'll meet one of your race.

At Maling Road by Canterbury Station
The trains pass up and down all through the day
And migrants meet in the old fashioned cafes
To talk about the Homelands far away.