Not a very cheery one I'm afraid
To the tune of LAND DOWN UNDER by MEN AT WORK (agan)
Travelling down in Aussie country
Deep in the bush, drinking morning tea
I switched to the news, on the foreign service
And what they spoke made me real nervous
'Cos they said:
"Forest fires in a land down under
Where trees glow, burnt to a cinder
Can you hear, it sounds like thunder?
You better run, you better take cover!"
We drove fast to the fire station
The head, he made a grim accusation
I said to him "Do you know what caused it?"
He grimaced and said it was a bloody arsonist
And he said:
"It's the worst ever forest fire
Has turned Victoria into a Pyre
Now we've got to search there
To catch the evil mass murderer"
Fires are still raging today
Can see the smoke - they're coming this way
The flames move fast, they travel quickly
I'd better start running to safety
And I cried:
"Oh what's happened to this land down under?
Where people burn, makes you wonder
The advancing flames sound like thunder
I'd better run, I'd better take cover.