Skyhooks - Tall Timber lyrics

Macainsh 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. They 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, 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 They 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 the 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 They 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 the tall timber Let it grow tall straight and true In this world we need tall tall timber Tall timber like me and you. Please, don't cut down the 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 The thinkers of the time. Don't cut down the timber or we'll be forever poor Don't k** off our heroes or we'll never win the war. Now the sun's so strong that it burns my eyes The air's so bad that I can't breathe The winter's warmer, the summer's hotter I drive for miles and I don't see trees. And they came with their axes They brought their knives and chainsaws too And they cut down all that tall tall timber Tall timber in the mountain dew. Please, don't cut down the tall timber Let it grow tall straight and true In this world we need tall tall timber Tall timber like me and you. Please, don't cut down the tall timber Let it grow tall straight and true In this world we need tall tall timber Tall timber like me and you Tall timber like me and you. Please, don't cut down the tall timber Let it grow tall straight and true In this world we need tall tall timber Tall timber like me and you. Please, don't cut down the tall timber Let it grow tall straight and true In this world we need tall tall timber Tall timber like me and you.