Cold Chisel - Taipan lyrics

Taipan He'll get you when he can Ooh He'll get you when he can Makes his home in a mangrove tree Sleep plantation family White man planter, Bundaberg rum Childhood rattle, trumpet and drum Stay with me Stay with me, oh yeah Until the morning comes Taipan He'll get you when he can Ooh He'll get you when he can These days, I can't explain But I can smell the monsoon rain Seasons come, and seasons turn More and more, canefields burning Early in the morning, the afternoon Pathways blazed in a mangrove moon Burning down my eyes (Railroad goes, Kalamia mill If the heat don't get you, Taipan will Six o'clock, the whistle sings C.S.R. is the sugar-cane king) Stay with me Stay with me Taipan He'll get you when he can Ooh He'll get you when he can