Now that was a great #bustthebudget rally!
Thanks to everyone who made it.
Les Thomas is working on mixing the studio version of "Budget Reply" now. Lots of big sounds to send the message!
Photo via Sarah Hathway
Someone switch on the lights and butt out those cigars
Cos it’s like we’ve been hit and we’re still seeing stars
We all saw the train coming but the wreck’s still a shock
Instead of looking to the future here they turn back the clock
So the age of entitlement’s come to an end
Unless you’re one of their billionaire friends
Too bad if you’re sick, or too old or too young
When the age of cruelty’s just begun
What kind of future do they offer round here
When the most in need have the most to fear?
They punish the weak to reward the strong
And they’re blind to the difference ‘tween right and the wrong
Hey Joe, don’t you know?
You’re gonna hear our budget reply
My doctor took an oath to do no harm
So why do you insist they take a leg and an arm?
Truth be told, they’d rather let us bleed
An emergency indeed
Don’t tell me white Australia’s a thing of the past
When it’s plain that they still put our first people last
Don’t even pretend they respect this sacred ground
So ‘sorry’ leaves a hollow sound
You say a windmill offends you, what they hell are your smoking?
Must be all that cheap coal in the stogie you’re toking
Fact is, Joe, there’s one world to spare
And if you trash it we’ll be going nowhere
Hey Joe, don’t you know?
You’re gonna hear our budget reply
Without a safety net for the unemployed
A higher rate of crime will be hard to avoid
Maybe that’s a feature of the plan
Making money for the prison man
With knowledge and science both under attack
How many centuries will you send us back?
Not all of us were born with a silver spoon
So we’d better speak loud and soon
Hey Joe, don’t you know?
You’re gonna hear our budget reply
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