spinifex gum - yurala lyrics
down by the ngurin where the river runs dry
is a story that’ll bring a teardrop
to your eye (eye-eye) where long mack
used to call the warlu up and make rain there
song secret as the colourful sky
he could sing it make the black heavens cry
bunggaliyarra thalu nourished that land
he held thunder in the palm of his hand
[hook:]
but red dust from the iron ore train’ll
make a white c-cky all stained and rusty
and rich boys and the royal family
they needed water for their dusty money
tharngungarli is the senior lawman
long mack he’s small but he stands
taller than a world record he’d call that
yundu thalu like an infinite chorus
when he heard about the dam disgrace, yelled
“hey, i’m ngurrara i speak for that place!”
his face frowned with a worrying mind, said
“judge, that river’s from the marrga times”
[hook:]
but red dust from the iron ore train’ll
make a white c-cky all stained and rusty
and rich boys and the royal family
they needed water for their dusty money
going to build a dam, going to build a dam
they don’t give a d-mn, going to build a dam
over my country
[chorus:]
hey! i’m yurala i know this ground
i’m yurala don’t dam it down
and the river’s my body
can you hear the thundering clouds?
or the warlu he’ll tear you up
he’s a cheeky one that one
bad business that harding dam
stay away from our river man
yurala, yurala, yurala, yurala
yurala, yurala, yurala, yurala
down in the city in the premier’s room
they talk mines and the boom, boom, boom, boom!
they say “charlie you’re a capital man
and lang hanc-ck’s shaken your hand
the pilbara’s a desert and we need green lawns
so go hide those black land right forms
and who’s that who they call long mack?
are you going to let a
yindjibarndi ruin our racket?”
[hook:]
but red dust from the iron ore train’ll
make a white c-cky all stained and rusty
and rich boys and the royal family
they needed water for their dusty money
going to build a dam, going to build a dam
they don’t give a d-mn, going to build a dam
over my country
[chorus:]
hey! i’m yurala i know this ground
i’m yurala don’t dam it down
and the river’s my body
can you hear the thundering clouds?
or the warlu he’ll tear you up
he’s a cheeky one that one
bad business that harding dam
stay away from our river man
yurala, yurala, yurala, yurala
yurala, yurala, yurala, yurala
garndaangarra, garndaangarra
thalu, thalu, thalu, thalu is gone
garndaangarra, garndaangarra
bunggaliyarra munggu and the sisters of
marndirrinha, marndirrinha
tree in the moon of mayalarri gone
yundu thalu, yundu thalu
drowned down below
proud yindjibarndi know far and wide
they can tell you how long mack he died
he fought hard in the city and the town
his heart broke when his thalu got drowned
they could have listened
could have found a new site, but
since when does the government shine?
different business and a different law
one means money and the other much more
going to build a dam, going to build a dam
going to build a dam, going to build a dam
going to build a dam, going to build a dam
they don’t give a d-mn, going to build a dam
over my country
[chorus:]
hey! i’m yurala i know this ground
i’m yurala don’t dam it down
and the river’s my body
can you hear the thundering clouds?
or the warlu he’ll tear you up
he’s a cheeky one that one
bad business that harding dam
stay away from our river man…
[chorus:]
hey! i’m yurala i know this ground
i’m yurala don’t dam it down
and the river’s my body
can you hear the thundering clouds?
or the warlu he’ll tear you up
he’s a cheeky one that one
bad business that harding dam
stay away from our river man
yurala, yurala, yurala, yurala
yurala, yurala, yurala, yurala
yurala, yurala, yurala, yurala
yurala, yurala, yurala, yurala
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