Slim Dusty As The Bush Becomes The Town song lyrics

Old bloodwood tree at last you're free

From the change that's comin' down

You were felled to the ground by a mean chainsaw

Where you kept watch for a hundred years or more

In your silent stance while the river danced

Where the big floods used to rise

In your broken limbs the wounds are scarred

Cyclones tore this coast apart

But old tree they are lying defeated by the change

And years passed more quickly

As we reach a greater age

As your sap is slowly bleeding

Your life is winding down

And we're strangers scorned where we were born

As the bush becomes the town

Where farms that grew this countries food

And a drover walked his mob

Where lanterns glowed in old bush homes

And a welcome handshake always shows

Your rings of age will slowly fade

As the fire burns your brain

Your coals will glow in the hot north breeze

And the embers dance their last reprieve

Yes old tree they are lying defeated by the change

And years passed more quickly

As we reach a greater age

As your sap is slowly bleeding

Your life is winding down

And we're strangers scorned where we were born

As the bush becomes the town