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Track: Down Under
Artist: Men At Work
Album: Business As Usual

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Australian pop rock band founded in 1978 which achieved international success in the 1980s. They are the only Australian artists to reach the Number 1 position in album and singles charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom with "Business as Usual" and "Down Under". The group won the 1983 Grammy Award for Best New Artist and sold over 30 million albums worldwide. In 2019, [a285083] reformed Men at Work, being the band's first tour since 2002, with brief reunions in 2009. Members have included: [a=Colin Hay] (vocals, rhythm guitar), [a=Ron Strykert] (guitar, vocals, 1978–1985), [a=John Rees (2)] (bass, 1979-1984), [a=Greg Ham] (saxophone, flute, keyboards, 1979–1985, 1996–2002; occasional performances until his death in 2012, and [a=Jerry Speiser] (drums, 1979-1984).

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Release: Men At Work - Down Under
Year: 1982
Genres: Rock
Styles: New Wave, Pop Rock

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LYRICS

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?
Can't you hear, can't 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
Can't you hear, can't 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?
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