Lyrics:

(Kirsty MacCollGavin Povey) He was just a friend of mine I'd run in to from time to time And 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 us postcards now I'm not sure where he is, but he is 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 12,000 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 us postcards now He's on his own again And he is out of reach (I bet he 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 So now 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 hec