Lyric discussion by toragurl 

Cover art for Good Excuse lyrics by John Butler Trio

no halaku, i disagree.i think the song's talking about people in general who complain about their small problems and don't see whats happening in the 'real world'. the song's saying 'go take a step outside and see what's shaking in the real world' - pretty self explanatory really.

'Oh won’t you just wake up feel the humming This cruel world is killing you better start running Catch up with your life, catch on up Before the whole thing is through'

this refers to all the people who live their life in regret and compaint, and that they should wake up from it before their life is over.

Thank you for summing this up and also this also explains it easily for someone of my age and makes it easier for me to analyse for an assignment