Men at Work

Down under- written by colin james hay and ron strykert- as recorded by men at work- reached #1 in 1982travelling in a fried-out combieon a hippie trail, head full of zombiei met a strange lady, she made me nervousshe took me in and gave me breakfastand she said... "do you come from a land down under? where women glow and men plunder? can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover"buying bread from a man in brusselshe was six-foot-four and full of musclesi said, "do you speak-a my language?"he just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwichand he said... "i come from a land down under where beer does flow and men chunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover" yeahlyin' in a den in bombaywith a slack jaw, and not much to sayi said to the man, "are you trying to tempt mebecause 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? can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover." living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover living in a land down under where women glow and men plunder can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? you better run, you better take cover