Not Drowning, Waving – Crazy Birds lyrics

We rise up with the midday sun
We sleep too much cos the work is done
And my papa says that this life is good
We got not much money but heaps of food
We bask our skin in the afternoon light
We’re eating all the sweet ripe fruit
And Ol' Brotherboy hangs a tyre from the tree
My sister goes first, she goes higher than me
We're watching the old crazy birds fly by
They're watching us back but we don't know why
We don't think we'll ever go back to town
The streets hiss and stink, we don't like living there,
'cause the neighbours do frown
And 'ol pumpkin head is still after me
But I bet he won't look near this river gum tree
And we dance round the fire with me old Uncle Ted
We watch him pour bad red wine into his head
And we wobble our bones until we must stop
The music is good but the dancing is not