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Down Under

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Down Under was released on November 9, 1981 by Columbia as a part of the album Business As Usual

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Colin Hay

Guitar

Ron Strykert

Guitar

J. Speiser

Drums

G. Ham

Keyboards

John Rees

Bass Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Colin Hay

Songwriter

Ron Strykert

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Peter Mclan

Producer

Jim Barbour

Engineer

Paul Ray

Additional Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Traveling in a fried out Kombi

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

[Chorus]

"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"

[Verse 2]

Buying bread from a man in Brussels

He was six foot four and full of muscle

I said, "Do you speak my language?"

He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich

And he said

[Chorus]

"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"

Yeah

[Verse 3]

Lying 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, "Oh"

[Chorus]

Do you come from a land down under? Ooh yeah, yeah

Where women glow and men plunder

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? Oh

You better run, you better take cover

[Chorus]

'Cause we are

Living in a land down under

Where women glow and men plunder

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? (Yeah, thunder, thunder)

You better, better run, you better take cover

[Chorus]

Living in a land down under

Where women glow and men plunder

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? Ooh yeah

You better run, you better take cover

[Chorus]

We are living in a land down under, yeah, yeah

Where women glow and men plunder

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? (Can you, can you hear the thunder?)

You better run, you better take cover

[Chorus]

Living in a land down under (Living in a land down under)

Where women glow and men plunder

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? (Oh, hear)

Written by: Colin Hay, Ron Strykert

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