SAVING AUSTRALIA
VERSE 1
Once a jolly prime minister showed up at a press conference
With a stupid baseball cap sitting on his head
Reporters asked him questions and he answered full of confidence
Raising both his thumbs up to them, this is what he said
Now is not the time that we should talk of climate change
Not while the bushfires are raging all around
You can talk about the cricket, but the climate you can stick it
And leave it buried deep inside a coal mine in the ground

CHORUS 1
Now’s not the time
Everything is fine
Close your eyes and crack a beer and tow the party line
Now is not the time
To get emissions into line
Now is not, now is not, now is not the time

VERSE 2
Now is not the time to think of billabongs and rivers
And the water they deliver to the people and the land
We can make a bigger splash if we sell the water off for cash
That’s the logic Barnaby and Angus understand

CHORUS 2
Now’s not the time
Everything is fine
Close your eyes and crack a beer and tow the party line
Now is not the time
To show Murchoch we have a spine
Now is not, now is not, now is not the time

VERSE 3
Now is not the time to get all sentimental
For things environmental like the birdies and the bees
If you want to see ‘em, you can go to the museum
And there won’t be any bushfires once we’ve cut down all the trees

CHORUS 3
Now’s not the time
Everything is fine
Close your eyes and crack a beer and tow the party line
Now is not the time
To stop a great big coal mine
Now is not, now is not, now is not the time

VERSE 4
Now is not the time worry all the voters
Who are driving in their motors to and from their place of work
You don’t want them thinking that all things are interlinking
And that how we live could cause the world to go berserk.

Now’s not the time
Everything is fine
Close your eyes and crack a beer and tow the party line
Now is not the time
To talk about the climate crime
Now is not, now is not, now is not the time

VERSE 5
The prime minster jumped up and he sprang into a corporate jet
“You’ll never catch me in Hawaii,” said he.
And his voice may be heard as you pass by mining companies
Who’ll come a climate denying with me?

Climate denying, Australia is frying
Koalas are dying, we’re burning all the trees
Wake up Australia to our climate failure
Who’ll come a saving Australia with me?

Saving Australia, saving Australia
Who’ll come a saving Australia with me?
Now is the time to bring our action into line
Who’ll come a saving Australia with me?