Rip rip woodchip
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1. 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 I get emotional,
the bush is sacred,
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ancient
life will fade away.
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2. Over the hill 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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3. Remember the axemen knew their timber,
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cared
about the way they brought it down.
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Crosscut, blackbutt,
tallowood and cedar,
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build
another bungalow, a pioneer town.
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4. 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.
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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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+ CHORUS
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Rip rip woodchip, turn it into paper,
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throw it in the bin, don’t
understand.
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Nightmare, dreaming, can't you hear the screaming?
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stirs my blood, gonna
make a stand.
+ repeat last CHORUS (2x) .... (John Williamson)