John Williamson - Rip Rip Woodchip

 

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What am I gonna do, what about the future?

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Gotta draw the line without delay

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Why shouldn't we get emotional the bush is sacred

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Ancient life will fade away

 

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Over the hills they go killing another mountain

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Gotta fill the quota, can't go slow

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Huge machinery wiping out the scenery

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One big swipe like a shearer's blow

 

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Rip, rip woodchip turn it into paper

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Throw it in the bin no news today

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Nightmare dreaming, can't you hear the screaming

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Chainsaw eyesore more decay

 

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Remember the axemen knew their timber 

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Cared about the way they brought it down

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Crosscut, blackbutt, tallow wood and cedar

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Build another  bungalow pioneer town

 

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I am the bush and I am koala

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We are one go hand in hand

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I am the bush like Banjo and Henry

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It's in my blood gonna make a stand

 

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE