Jackie's Song

The Mutton Birds

A fine mess we're in Jackie 
A clearing in the bush 
The trees are all tangled up, and they're the wrong 
Shade of green 

And the sap never stops running 
The leaves they never fall 
And the birds laugh like drunken garrison girls 

Jackie I said I'd take you dancing 
Dancing bright and strong 
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing 
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing to your song 
Silver medals shining 
And the dust from a foreign road in your hair 
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing everywhere 

We were told there was a dozen of them 
Runaways and injured men 
They weren't supposed to put up such a fight 

Now who'd have thought blood would have 
So many colours 
Soaking the grass beneath you like all the others 
A Spreading stain on the swampy ground 
Till the next rain comes down 

Jackie I said I'd take you dancing ... 

Those old men singing back at home 
I'd like to bring them here 
Show them around, let them see what they have done 

Where the sap never stops running 
The leaves they never fall 
And the birds laugh like drunken garrison girls 

Jackie I said I'd take you dancing 
Dancing bright and strong 
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing to your song 
With silver medals shining 
And the dust from a foreign road in your hair 
Jackie I said I'd take you dancing everywhere