MARIJUANA AUSTRALIANA

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Have you heard the word about the herb superb?
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You can take it from an Okka like me
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You take one toke for a bit of a joke
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And you’re out of your Coolabah tree
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Then the bloke next door wants to call the cops
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‘Cause you smile and you’re feelin’ happy
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So you plant a few seeds, and you grow a few weeds
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And the world don’t look so crappy
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Marijuana, Australiana
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Cheaper than grog, safer than pills
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Make you sing like Frank Sinatra (alt. Johhny Farnham, Kate Ceberano, La Stupenda)
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Marijuana ... Definitely top banana
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Greatest craze since the disco days
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You can buy it from your nearest farmer!

Now I was layin’ a rave on this cocky one day
About changin’ a few of our laws
I said, “You know they arrest some folks with pot
And they lock ‘em up indoors!”
He said “Serves ‘em right for smokin’ them drugs
It leads to the harder stuff!”
And then I found he was growin’ a whole plantation
‘Cause life on the land’s a bit tough!
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Now the drug squad usually have the best
They pinch it from the people they bust
And they’ll sell you some for a nice old profit
If you can find one you can trust
And apart from that all the doctors and pubs
Have to keep up the country’s tax
But when your pills and your booze start to rot your old body
There’s a much better way to relax
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Now there was a time not long ago
When smokin’ a joint was fine
But don’t get caught with dope these days
It’s become a hanging crime
They got helicopter gun-ships, video trail bikes
Four wheel drives in line
While the smack rolls in, in container ships
And no bugger even gets fined

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