And those who never heard correctly what the singer sings in the chorus, see the lyrics here.
This song is dedicated specially to my lovely goddaugher, Maria, who is a traveller now and surely will always be... ; )
Men at Work: Down Under
Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,
"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,
"I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
Lyin' in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?"
And he said,
"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."
Yeah!
I should try singing this the next time I'm hitchhiking! :) I usually sing while searching for good thumb-waving-places, in order to summon the ride and scare away all the elks. ;D
VastaaPoista-Maria the dogdaughter (kummituslapsi spelled in english, it still has all the original letters in it!)
Easy to belive you doing that, you lovely DOGdaughter : )
VastaaPoista