Land Down Under Song

Livin in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can t you hear can t you hear the thunder.

Land down under song. Traveling in a fried out combie on a hippie trail head full of zombie i met a strange lady she made me nervous and she took me in and gave me breakfast. Down under is a song recorded by australian rock band men at work. It was reissued in 1982 and is the only men at work song to go to 1 in the united kingdom and their only single to make the uk top 20. It was originally released in 1980 as the b side to their first local single titled keypunch operator released before the band signed with columbia records both early songs were written by the group s co founders colin hay and ron strykert the early version of down under has a slightly different tempo and arrangement.

Ooh yeah then i run and then i take cover yeah we are livin in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can t you can t you hear the thunder. The chorus is really about the selling of australia in many ways the overdevelopment of the country it was a song about the loss of spirit in that country. This is land down under by men at work. Lyrics to land down under by men at work.

Then i run then i take cover livin in a land down under livin in a land down under. Down under also known as land down under is a pop song recorded by men at work for their debut album business as usual 1981. The song went to 1 on american british and australian charts.