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Men At Work
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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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Men At Work
Men At Work
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Colin Hay
Colin Hay
Songwriter
Ron Strykert
Ron Strykert
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Peter Mclan
Peter Mclan
Producer
P. MCIAN
P. MCIAN
Producer

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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