Algae Bloom

(S. Walker)

That earth was made for turnin'
And that bush was made for burnin'
Turn them gullies into dumps
Cut that cow up into rumps
Bathe the flats insecticide
Let that topsoil start to slide
And from mother natures womb
We'll let that blue green algae bloom

Algae Blooooommm
Looks kind of pretty from afar
But them blue green tints of sapphire
Makes the water taste bizarre
Can't go swimmin' in the dam cause if we did then we'd be dead
Cray-bob fishin' is all over
We use dynamite instead

Like to sit on my veranda
Watch my paddocks blow away
It ain't rained in 15 years
A locust plague would make my day
We got dieback in the forest
My property looks like the moon
The only crop I'm growin'
Is that blue green algae bloom

Algae Blooooommmmm
Where the water turns to sludge
And the livestock stands in one place
'Cause there all too weak to budge
And them city slickers say I told you CSIR - so
If they're so smart let them come out and make the pastures grow.

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