Rippling waters of Waitaki
Sing your song of power to me
Sing of tall distant mountains
Mackenzie's lake so free
Tell of how the men have tamed you
Hear the turbines' giant roar
Listen to your waters lapping
And the penstocks at Benmore
So flow on again, Waitaki
On your journey to the sea
Making power for all New Zealand
They're like old folks like me
And when Benmore's lakes you filled
And the generators spun
Flow on again, great river
To where other works begun
Flow on again, great river
On down through the valley
Where the cattle graze no more
Where a *** is in the making
At a place called Avaymore
So flow on again, Waitaki
On your journey to the sea
Making power for all New Zealand
They're like old folks like me
But the men who build the hydro
And the men who make the ***s
Are the men who drive the doses
Pour the concrete, draw the plan
From many towns they've journeyed
And from many schemes they've come
To work here in the outback
To see the job is done
So flow on again, Waitaki
On your journey to the sea
Making power for all New Zealand
They're like old folks like me
now listen surgeon waters as you reach pacific shore and your meeting with the breakers makes
the ocean roar tell of more tomorrows when you're to bond you will play and praise the
great white tacky you will hear the people say so flow on again white tacky on your journey to
the sea making power for all new zealand better life for folks like me