The song describes various encounters the narrator had while traveling, with people asking where he is from and referencing "a land down under." It describes meeting a strange lady who gave him breakfast, buying bread from a muscular man in Brussels who gave him a Vegemite sandwich, and lying in Bombay with a man asking if he is from a land of plenty. The song reflects on the need for freedom, harmony, and helping one another through prayer.
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1. Trav eling in a f ried-out Kombi
On a hippie trail, head f ull of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave mebreakfast
And she said
Do y ou come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't y ouhear, can't youhear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Buy ing bread from a manin Brussels
He was six-foot-four and fullof muscles
I said, "Do you speak-amy language?"
He just smiledand gave me a Vegemite sandwich
And he said
I come f rom a land down under
Where beer does flow and menchunder
Can't y ouhear, can't youhear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Yeah
Ly in' in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, andnot much to say
I said to the man, "Areyou tryingto tempt me
Because I come from theland of plenty?"
And he said
Do y ou come from a land down under?(oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't y ouhear, can't youhear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Liv ing in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can't y ouhear, can't youhear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Liv ing in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can't y ouhear, can't youhear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Liv ing in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can't y ouhear, can't youhear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Liv ing in a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can't y ouhear, can't youhear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover
Pray
Turn the nights into a glory day
Pray
Stand up for the rules and pray
We can make it a better place
When we pray for freedom
It doesn't matter what kind of race
When we pray for freedom
So let's live for the promise land
Living in harmony
2. So let's live with a helping hand
Dreams of a new generation and we pray
What has happened to paradise
In motion or paralyzed
Isolation, immigration
Frustration all over the nation
We've been waisting most of our time
Talking about things and that's no sign
Recognize the advice
It's more than only an exercise
Remember of the world so far away
Where people stay and pray everyday
They have their hopes, they have their chance
To pray for peace and tolerance
Remember of past time paradise
A system without any compromise
Let me say we can find a way
Stand up for the rules and pray
We can make it a better place
When we pray for freedom
It doesn't matter what kind of race
When we pray for freedom
So let's live for the promise land
Living in harmony
So let's live with a helping hand
Dreams of a new generation and we pray
Pray
Pray
What has happened to paradise
Is it turned into a world of sorrow and lies
So many people don't care about rules
Honest people seem to be the fools
Time to wise up, time to rise up
Open your eyes up to the top
Hold a dream against the wind
Close your eyes and let it in
3. I've heard of a world so far away
Where people stay and pray everyday
They have no god, no sovereign
They pray for their rules and so they win
Remember of past time paradise
To be living in no compromise
Let me say we can find a way
Stand up for the rules and pray
We can make it a better place
When we pray for freedom
It doesn't matter what kind of race
When we pray for freedom
So let's live for the promise land
Living in harmony
So let's live with a helping hand
Dreams of a new generation and we pray
Pray
Pray
We can make it a better place
When we pray for freedom
It doesn't matter what kind of race
When we pray for freedom
So let's live for the promise land
Living in harmony
So let's live with a helping hand
Dreams of a new generation and we pray
Pray
Songwriters
BARLOW, GARY /
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