What am I gonna do - what about the future?
Gotta draw the line without delay
I shouldn't get emotional - the bush is sacred

Ancient life will fade away
Over the hill they go, killing another mountain
Gotta fill the quota - can't go slow

Huge machinery wiping out the scenery
One big swipe like a shearer's blow


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Rip rip woodchip - turn it into paper
Throw it in the bin, no news today

Nightmare, dreaming - can't you hear the screaming?
Chainsaw, eyesore - more decay


Remember the axemen knew their timber
Cared about the way they brought it down
Crosscut, blackbutt, tallowood and cedar

Build another bungalow - pioneer town
I am the bush and I am koala
We are one - go hand in hand

I am the bush like Banjo and Henry
it's in my blood - gonna make a stand


[Chorus 1]

[Chorus 2]

Rip rip woodchip - turn it into paper
Throw it in the bin - don't understand
Nightmare, dreaming - can't you hear the screaming?

Stirs my blood - gonna make a stand

[Chorus 2]


[Chorus 2]


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