What Happened To The Lucky Country?
from driftwood smoke (album) by DON HILLMAN
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lyrics
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LUCKY COUNTRY ?
Concrete tar and cars
You’d be better off on Mars
This city’s just a factory of mindless consumers
With no time left to think about the earth
We’re in trouble now
Nearly lost the chance we found
Taken it for granted, what we dug out of the ground
Couldn’t see the forest for the trees and cut it down
What happened to the lucky country ?
What happened to the lucky country ?
Wild and innocent and brave
What happened to the lucky country ?
They chopped it down and they shipped it away
We follow Uncle Sam
Like sheep without a plan
Participate in violence in someone else’s land
“Reap what you sow”, and we’ll all be damned
An equal land for all
With the first ones standin’ tall
Helpin’ out each other when your back’s against the wall
Let the wild lands be, let the lonesome dingo call
What happened to the lucky country ?
What happened to the lucky country ?
The one the Anzacs fought to save
What happened to the lucky country ?
Dreamtime warriors turn in their grave
What happened to the lucky country ?
What happened to the lucky country ?
Slowly slippin’ away
What happened to the lucky country ?
We cashed it in, it was sold yesterday
What happened to the lucky country ?
What happened to the lucky country ?
Where the bush kids used to play
What happened to the lucky country ?
They dug it up and they shipped it away
The land was plundered and left in decay
They cashed it in, it was sold yesterday
What happened to the lucky country ?
What happened to the lucky country ?
Concrete tar and cars
You’d be better off on Mars
This city’s just a factory of mindless consumers
With no time left to think about the earth
We’re in trouble now
Nearly lost the chance we found
Taken it for granted, what we dug out of the ground
Couldn’t see the forest for the trees and cut it down
What happened to the lucky country ?
What happened to the lucky country ?
Wild and innocent and brave
What happened to the lucky country ?
They chopped it down and they shipped it away
We follow Uncle Sam
Like sheep without a plan
Participate in violence in someone else’s land
“Reap what you sow”, and we’ll all be damned
An equal land for all
With the first ones standin’ tall
Helpin’ out each other when your back’s against the wall
Let the wild lands be, let the lonesome dingo call
What happened to the lucky country ?
What happened to the lucky country ?
The one the Anzacs fought to save
What happened to the lucky country ?
Dreamtime warriors turn in their grave
What happened to the lucky country ?
What happened to the lucky country ?
Slowly slippin’ away
What happened to the lucky country ?
We cashed it in, it was sold yesterday
What happened to the lucky country ?
What happened to the lucky country ?
Where the bush kids used to play
What happened to the lucky country ?
They dug it up and they shipped it away
The land was plundered and left in decay
They cashed it in, it was sold yesterday
What happened to the lucky country ?
What happened to the lucky country ?
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from driftwood smoke (album),
released April 8, 2012
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DON HILLMAN VIC, Australia
Singer/songwriter Don Hillman hails from Victoria's Surf Coast.
From early days busking and playing on
the Melbourne folk circuit, Don found his passion for songwriting and formed his first band.
He cites Bob Dylan and Van Morrison as major early influences, and also Richard Clapton.
Don plays regularly around Melbourne and the Yarra Valley with his band Don Hillman's Secret Beach.
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