Slouching song of the BEAHFAG affinity group
In '89 some Brisbane folk
Decided peace marches were a joke
So we hired a bus with the unions' help
And went down to Nurrungar
Nurrungar was near Adelaide
It told our secrets tot he CIA
So we thought we'd take a citizen's rights
And walk around Nurrungar
Hey it's National Action Week
Chuck your job in, don't be meek
We're the ones that don't jump through the hoops
We're the Brisbane-Eco-Anarcho-Hippy-Feral affinity group
As night can down we stopped the bus
Held hands in a circle in the glowing dusk
Asked the Earth to give us a hand
To take apart Nurrungar
Starforce smile as they drag you away
TV cameras out of the fray
Shit they ripped my best t-shirt
For closing off Nurrungar
And it's get another round of Coopers in
Get stoned round the fire and make a din
And here's a bucket of lentil soup
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Second day the perimeter fence
Crappy old thing, but the air was tense
Bernie Moloney kicked it down
Time to see Nurrungar
Third day, time to break the frame
Over the hills and far away
Aren't those radomes sculptural
At last we can see Nurrungar
And it's up with the let's-save-water troop
Hairy armpits and bits that droop
Over the hills and cock-a-hoop
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Kimmy Beasley shat his dacks
Called in the army on ourbacks
Buggered if I'm gonna pay more tax
To give the Yanks Nurrungar
Fourth day I remain silent on
It's said by some, but I won't confirm it
Some protesters walked into the base
Trespassed on Nurrungar
Wearing Air Force uniforms
Bought at St. Vinnies in Woomera
It's alleged they sat on one of the radomes
And tried to break a hole in it. With a shoe .
And it's make your chances as you may
And don't tell teh coppers int eh Media Liaison
A tight group of birds that stormed the coop
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Fifth day we bared our bums
In a line to greet the rising sun
To please the journos one letter each cheek
Saying "Close Nurrungar"
Kokatha elder pulled us tight -
Who's it for and who's it benefit
Who gets left to cop the crap
Centuries of violence
We walked down the officila road
The Earth was with us all the way
Spread liek water round roadblocks
Like lava recongealing
Walked up, human, to the gates
Busloads of cops, a reception party
Dogs and horses, violence unleashed
The reality of Nurrungar
So it's run like mad and charge the fence
Get smashed to hell by cops on horses
But proud as hell, we're prisoners of war
The BEAHFAG affinity group
So it's run like mad and charge the fence
Get smashed to hell by cops on horses
But proud as hell, we're prisoners of war
The BEAHFAG affinity group
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