What's This Country Coming To
Billy & the Bandits
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Back wagon of the old steam train Three horses, me and the rain Ain't got no money, ain't got no luck No cigarettes looks like I'm givin' up Sometimes things just happen that way Like gambling, my money just runs away Gave my last ten to the homeless man He was sleepin' next to the garbage can with a sign that read Whats this country coming to He was a soldier and he fought brave and true There were no welcome parade when he came home Just a quick salute and off you go to Pick up the pieces on your own And welcome home Forty six thousand brave Australian soldiers and nurses were sent to the Vietnam War And on their return home they were shunned by Australia and its government It took fifteen years, and in 1987 Prime Minister Bob Hawke turned the tide And as they marched through the streets of Sydney All Australians gave them the honourable and welcome home they deserved And our country's honour was returned When he left he had a family of three To fight in Afghanistan, set the people free Had three mates, they all got shot Yeah Scotty John, yeah and we lost Rob you know The kids are saving for a house Yeah well it sure looks like that they'll be missin' out Cause with the prices so high how did it get this way The government sold us all away To foreign investors and development scams We're paying rent to people livin' in foreign lands We say, Whats this country coming to Whats this country coming to With the prices so high how did it get this way The government sold us all away To foreign investors and development scams We're paying rent to people livin' in foreign lands And we say, Whats this country coming to (Can you tell me) Whats this country coming to (Can't believe it) With the prices so high how did it get this way The government sold us all away To foreign investors and development scams We're paying rent to people livin' in foreign lands, and we say We will fight and we will fight until they make it right We're Australians, land of the free and home of the brave We salute our brave soldiers who fight and are still fighting for our Australian dream Stand together brothers and sisters of this great southern land We want better wages, secure jobs, support for our farmers and for our homeless We want hope, we all need a place to call home And a country to be proud of to leave to our children, and their children Stand up Australia Yeah whats this country coming to (Can you tell me) Yeah whats this country coming to (Can't believe it) Yeah whats this country coming to (Can you feel it) Yeah whats this country coming to
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