Down Under

Have you heard about a song called "Down Under"?

If you are an Australian, the answer must be yes. Written by Men At Work, an Australian group rock, in 1982, the song was so popular as a patriotic song. When Australians sing the song, you might see a proud of their nationality in their faces. In this song, they name their country as a land down under, probably because it is located in the southern hempisphere.

I love to see their proud. I love to listen to the song too, and hope someday we, Indonesian people, could have a similar proud of our nation and nationality.



Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,

Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Cant you hear, cant you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover.

Buying bread from a man in brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, do you speak-a my language?
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,

I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Cant you hear, cant you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover.

Lying in a den in bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?
And he said,

Oh! do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Cant you hear, cant you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover.