They built this house from tall timber Cut it down in the mountain air Building dreams in the city Kept on going till the hills were bare Came along with their axes Brought their trucks and chainsaws too And they cut down all that tall tall timber Tall timber for me and you
She was a young girl she was a hero Stood on the stage and the people cheered But the critics cut her down to zero Because she sang the words that they all feared And they came with their axes Brought their knives and opinions too And they cut her down like tall tall timber Tall timber in the mountain dew
Please don't cut down tall timber Let it grow tall straight and true In this world we need tall tall timber Tall timber like me and you
He was a young man with a dream To bring freedom to his land Shared his voice with his brothers In those Chinese streets he made a stand And they came with their soldiers Brought their tanks and machine guns too And they cut down all that tall tall timber Tall timber like me and you
Please don't cut down tall timber Let it grow tall straight and true In this world we need tall tall timber Tall timber like me and you
The redgum and the kauri The eucalypt and pine The poets and the painters Thinkers of the time Don't cut down the timber Or we'll be forever poor Don't kill off our heroes Or we'll never win the war
Now the sun's so strong that it burns my eyes And the air's so bad that I can't breathe The winter's warmer and the summer's hotter I drive for miles and I don't see trees And they came with their axes Brought their knives and chainsaws too And they cut down all that tall tall timber Tall timber in the mountain dewTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
