Letter to B.J. lyricsFrom If You Don't Fight You Lose (1978)
Letter to B.J. (Redgum) Can you hear me Bjelke-Petersen From your leather-padded chair There’s a tide outside your door That’s steadily rising It’s a simple case of freedom And a lot of us who care And if demonstrations aren’t enough Well I hope you’ve said your prayers Well it seems this time you’ve got too far Next time you call the troopers in And you can put my dossier In the glossy pages of the Bulletin You think the battle’s over Well the war has just begun Your legislation’s just a piece of tissue Won’t you listen to the beat Of ten thousand marching feet Taking to the street There’ll be a national monument In yellowcake of course With a plaque that read “Look what Bjelke-Petersen did” The traitor’s tree, the traitor’s rope And thirty bits of silver And a couple Of Queensland jackboot kids |
1978 "If You Don't Fight You Lose" Album Version
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