| Why don’t we go back to the sheep
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| And leave this old lady alone
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| We’ve pushed and we’ve pulled
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| We’ve killed and we’ve mauled
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| And there’s nowhere to hide from the sun
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| Why do we take more than we need
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| What is this strange disease?
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| We turn everything we can see into money
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| Damn the earth, damn the sky, damn the seas
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| Why do we destroy so much life
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| When we’re more than flesh on the bone
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| I jump in my truck, but I’m out o' luck
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| 'Cause most of the trees have now gone
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| (Take the) girls for a pony ride, show them the brigalow
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| Like the hair on my face it was all over the place
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| Eighty odd years ago
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| (There's a) couple on the side of the road
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| And one’s got some kind of grub
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| (There was) box and boonery, belah and black wallaby
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| Ask the old bloke down the pub
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| There was supple-jack and leopard wood
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| Myall, Wilga and it goes on
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| I jump in my truck, but I’m out o' luck
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| 'Cause most of the trees have now gone
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| Most of the trees have now gone
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| (So why) don’t we go back to the wool
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| Start keeping the whole world warm
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| We’ve dug and we’ve dirted
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| We’ve sprayed and we’ve squirted
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| And it all floats away in the storm
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| My life is just a flash in the dark, I know
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| And I’m just a victim of fate
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| Why was I born in this beautiful world
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| Why was I born too late
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| To walk in the virgin bushland
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| Put damper and billy on
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| I jump in my truck, but I’m out o' luck
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| 'Cause most of the trees are now gone
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| Most of the trees have now gone |