Rip Rip Woodchip

(album: Warragul - 1989)

What am I gonna do what about the future?
Gotta draw the line without delay
Why shouldn't I 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

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

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

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