The lyrics to You’re the Voice, so you don’t end up looking embarrassed like Malcolm Turnbull

MALCOM Turnbull was slammed for not knowing the words to our unofficial national anthem. Do you share his secret shame?

Malcolm Turnbull mangled the words to You’re the Voice. Picture: Dan Mullan/Getty Images.

FOR days now, actually years to be honest, Tony Abbott has been urging the PM to fall on his sword.

Is Australia listening? Nope.

But last night, on the Gold Coast, Australia was listening good and proper. We collectively wailed as Malcolm Turnbull did the most sackable of offences for any true blue, dyed-in-the-wool Aussie.

He didn’t know the words to John Farnham’s You’re the Voice .

Thirty Newspolls in a row? Pffft. Mangling that patriotic power ballad cum protest anthem?

THE PM shouting all the wrong words. Picture: Dan Mullan/Getty Images.

It’s fair to say the PM has only cemented his silvertailed reputation of being slightly out of touch with everyone outside the Point Piper neighbourhood.

Farnham’s absolute belter was written by Andy Qunta, Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder and Chris Thompson and topped the charts in Australia, Germany — and Sweden no less.

But while we all think we can remember famous ditties at the drop of the hat, turns out lots of other Australians also didn’t know the lyrics.

Better at selfies. Picture: Dan Mullan/Getty Images.

The hosts of Melbourne’s 3AW breakfast show, Ross Stevenson and John Burns, attempted to burst into Farnham’s famous song. It didn’t go well.

“It’s time to look at each other through the barrel of a gun,” was one suggestion for the opening line.

Guess again.

“You’re the Voice?” No.

“It’s time?”

Even when the duo was given the first five words of the first line, “we have the chance to ...” they still couldn’t complete the sentence.

Malcolm Turnbull is today being judged for not knowing the lyrics to 'You're The Voice'.

Don't worry, PM, we're going down with you... pic.twitter.com/LHQQ2gaMGl

— 3AW Breakfast (@RossAndJohn) April 10, 2018

Given some Australians struggle with the entire first verse of the national anthem, let alone the second verse (hint, it starts “Beneath our radiant Southern Cross”) should we be the first to judge Mal over his lack of knowledge of an Aussie classic?

To avoid embarrassment at major sporting events in future, here are the lyrics to You’re the Voice in full.

Save them, print them out and keep them handy.

(If you forget any words, just say wo wo wo — there’s so many of them, it may just suffice.)

This guy knows the words.

You’re the Voice lyrics

We have the chance to turn the pages over

We can write what we want to write

We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older

We’re all someone’s daughter

We’re all someone’s son

How long can we look at each other

Down the barrel of a gun?

You’re the voice, try and understand it

Make the noise and make it clear, oh, woah

We’re not gonna sit in silence

We’re not gonna live with fear, oh, woah

This time, we know we all can stand together

With the power to be powerful

Believing we can make it better

Ooh, we’re all someone’s daughter

We’re all someone’s son, oh

Give a look at each other

Down the barrel of a gun

You’re the voice, try and understand it

Make the noise and make it clear, oh, woah

We’re not gonna sit in silence

We’re not gonna live with fear, oh, woah

Ooh, we’re all someone’s daughter

We’re all someone’s son

How long can we look at each other

Down the barrel of a gun?

You’re the voice, try and understand it

Make the noise and make it clear, oh, woah

We’re not gonna sit in silence

We’re not gonna live with fear, oh, woah

You’re the voice, try and understand it

Make the noise and make it clear, oh, woah

We’re not gonna sit in silence

We’re not gonna live with fear, oh, woah

You’re the voice, try and understand it

Make the noise and make it clear, oh, woah

We’re not gonna sit in silence

We’re not gonna live with fear, oh, woah

You’re the voice, try and understand it

Make the noise and make it clear, oh, woah

We’re not gonna sit in silence

We’re not gonna live with fear, oh, woah

We’re not gonna sit in silence

We’re not gonna sit in silence

We’re not gonna live with fear, oh, woah

You’re the voice, try and understand it

Make the noise and make it clear, oh, woah

We’re not gonna sit in silence

We’re not gonna live with fear, oh, woah

Originally published as The lyrics to You’re the Voice, so you don’t end up looking embarrassed like Malcolm Turnbull