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Artist: Men at Work
Suggested Track: Down Under

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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

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 muscle
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, yeah

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

Oh, 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?
You better run, you better take cover ('cause we are)

Living in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
(Can't you hear thunder) can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover

Living in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? (Ooh yeah)
Better run, you better take cover (we are)

Living in a land down under (ooh yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder
Can't you, can't you hear the thunder?
Better run, you better take cover

Living in a land down under (living in a land down under)
Where women glow and men plunder
Can't you, can't you hear the thunder?
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Genius Lyrics
Men at Work – Down Under
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Men at Work – Still Life
There's a picture in the hall, I know / And it's from a time when feelings showed / Though I hold it close before my eyes / My heart refuses to see / Loving you could have been, oh
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Feel so washed up today / Haven't really got much to say / Blood on the pillow on my bed / Explains the pain that's in my head / Sometimes I don't know just where to go / Sometimes
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She wakes up in the morning and she paints her face / She's got big green eyeballs / Got no time and so she has to race / Early mornin' arrival / It's 8:45 and she's on the train
Men at Work – Underground
Don't take the fire from your eyes / Must make them feel the heat / They build castles underground for the rich and politic elite / Keep all the home fires burning / Don't let the
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Like a man who has two hearts / Both of them worlds apart / Both of them play their part you know / Like a man who has two wives / His life the becomes alibis / Nobody asks him why
Men at Work – I Can See It In Your Eyes
By your leave, I think that I'll be going now / I think I've stayed a little long / I looked up all my mother's recipes / I can't think what I did wrong / We go to a restaurant
Men at Work – Touching The Untouchables
Hello to you, my sweet young friends / Have you got money perhaps you could lend? / I wash my leather face in the afternoon sun / My shirt's torn, my time's near done / Touching
Men at Work – I Like To
I like to pull the plug in the tub / Sit and watch the water flow down the drain / I like to, I like to / I like to look at pictures in a book / Never read the writing just put it
Men at Work – Upstairs In My House
No one knows what I can see and and what I see it pleases me on my roof / South Pacific hot sea pool, Coney Island amusement school for misspent youth / Its all in my own front
Men at Work – Hard Luck Story
Don't ask me to love my neighbour / Cause I don't love the man / Don't ask me for my favours / I won't lend a hand / And if I had real power / Then I could disappear / Wouldn't
Men at Work – No Restrictions
Give me no restrictions on what I do or say / Don't speak of tomorrow when it's still today / Leave me to my selfish ways, I'm well enough alone / That is what I tell myself as I
Men at Work – Snakes And Ladders
I could stand but I don't like the feeling / I could fall but I'm always on the floor / You could make a million staring at the ceiling / Ou could break your back and still be poor
Men at Work – Down By The Sea
Down by the sea / I found your hidden treasure / Just you and me / We overdosed on pleasure / Yonnies in the wind / We're ruggin' up for winter / Putting out the bins / In cold and
Men at Work – Helpless Automaton
I stay in my room / All alone in the gloom / What need I of light? / Machines they can see in the night / And I feel no pain / Metal heart and a metal brain / But something is
Men at Work – People Just Love To Play With Words
I'm not tryin' to impress you with my lines / They don't mean nothin' at all / It's just another expression of mine / It don't mean nothin' at all / Mystifying, Oh no
Men at Work – Fallin' Down
It's a well known situation / Telling harder to avoid / And it's constantly frustrating / Like a mid paranoid / It's when you think you're a winner / Your head it hits the ground
Men at Work – Settle Down My Boy
Settle down and eat your peas and gravy, my boy / Settle down, settle down my boy settle down / Stop wasting all your time with running around the town / Settle down, settle down
Men at Work – Blue For You
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Men at Work – Into My Life
Carpet stained with my red wine / I've been staring at the fire / I keep on looking at the time / I'm waiting on you / I can hear the howling wind / Yes, the sound is getting
Men at Work – Stay At Home
Outside these four walls lies anarchy, baby / Unnatural acts and sights abound / Glass glaring, eyes staring, young pairing, maybe / What does the world care if I'm not around / '
Men at Work – Sail To You
Now there is this place / With so much space / It's at the bottom of the world / So it lay unspoiled / Wind and rain, hurricane / And the blackman reigned / Till the white man came
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Oh Tokyo, lived Shintaro / Little Koga ninjas tried to take him away / But Shintaro, he's not alone / Got Koga ninjas of his own / They help him in the fight / Look out here come
Men at Work – No Sign Of Yesterday
Pull out the stop plugs, drain all the waste / Who needs it anyway / Fill all the big holes, leave no trace / No sign of yesterday / I wash all the dishes and I clean up my place
Men at Work – Maria
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Men at Work – F-19
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Experience babe, kickin' stones and cans / Experience babe, cigarette-stained hands / It's not too late, hear it in the wind / It's not too late, feel passion creepin' in
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Genius Artists
Men at Work
Formed in 1978 with Colin Hay, Jerry Speiser, and Ron Strykert (Greg Ham and John Rees later joined the band in the early 1980s) Had their biggest hit in 1981 with “Down Under”
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Men At Work Lyrics
Men At Work lyrics - 37 song lyrics sorted by album, including "Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", "It's A Mistake".
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