tall timber

they built this house from tall timber

cut it down in the mountain air

building dreams in the city

kept on going till the hills were bare

they came along with their axes

brought their trucks and chainsaws too

and they cut down all that tall tall timber

tall timber for me and you

she was a young girl

she was a hero

stood on the stage

the people cheered

but the critics cut her down to zero

because she sang the words that they all feared

and they came with their axes

they brought their knives and opinions too

and they cut her down like tall tall timber

tall timber in the mountain dew

please

don't cut down the tall timber

let it grow tall straight and true

in this world we need tall tall timber

tall timber like me and you

he was a young man with a dream

to bring freedom to his land

shared his voice with his brothers

in those chinese streets he made a stand

and they came with their soldiers

they brought their tanks and machine guns too

and they cut down all that tall tall timber

tall timber like me and you

please

don't cut down the tall timber

let it grow tall straight and true

in this world we need tall tall timber

tall timber like me and you

please

don't cut down the tall timber

let it grow tall straight and true

in this world we need tall tall timber

tall timber like me and you

the redgum and the kauri

the eucalypt and pine

the poets and the painters

the thinkers of the time

don't cut down the timber or we'll be forever poor

don't kill off our heroes or we'll never win the war

now the sun's so strong that it burns my eyes

the air's so bad that i can't breathe

the winter's warmer

the summer's hotter

i drive for miles and i don't see trees

and they came with their axes

they brought their knives and chainsaws too

and they cut down all that tall tall timber

tall timber in the mountain dew

please

don't cut down the tall timber

let it grow tall straight and true

in this world we need tall tall timber

tall timber like me and you

please

don't cut down the tall timber

let it grow tall straight and true

in this world we need tall tall timber

tall timber like me and you

tall timber like me and you

please

don't cut down the tall timber

let it grow tall straight and true

in this world we need tall tall timber

tall timber like me and you

please

don't cut down the tall timber

let it grow tall straight and true

in this world we need tall tall timber

tall timber like me and you