Come to a new age country,
living in a one room shack
Working all day in a hostile sun,
sweatin' flies on his back
A
man couldn't work much harder to build or settle his dream
Strippin' the land and choppin' down
trees with eyes that'd never seen
He was livin' on Mother Nature's back,
givin' her a hard tack
Bush turned into farmlands and railways,
roads and things
Towns turned into cities,
bush birds ceased to sing
Dividin' up a big land,
come on boy get your share In a headlong rush to build it up,
he neither knew nor cared He was livin' on Mother Nature's back,
givin' her a hard tack
When they come to a new age country,
workin' in a factory
Livin' in a housing commission flat and never cried for me
A man couldn't work much harder to build a migrant's dream
He was workin' all day,
he was workin' all night,
couldn't stop to sing
He was livin' on Mother Nature's back,
givin' her a hard tack
And now they come to a new age country,
livin' in a 50 room motel Sweatin' all day
in a hostile sun for a suntan swimmin' pool
They call this the lucky country,
it's luckier than most So while it's gettin' urbanized,
let's all drink a toast
He was livin' on Mother Nature's back,
givin' her a hard tack
Livin' on Mother Nature's back,
givin' her a hard tack
Livin' on Mother Nature's back,
givin' her a hard tack
Livin' on Mother Nature's back,
givin' her a hard tack