Tall Timber-The Skyhooks

[ti:Tall Timber] [ar:The Skyhooks] [al:The Latest And Greatest] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tall Timber - The Skyhooks [00:15.38]They built this house from tall timber [00:18.25] [00:19.01]Cut it down in the mountain air [00:21.46] [00:22.62]Building dreams in the city [00:25.28] [00:26.12]Kept on going till the hills were bare [00:28.42] [00:29.59]Came along with their axes [00:32.44] [00:33.12]Brought their trucks and chainsaws too [00:35.50] [00:36.82]And they cut down all that tall tall timber [00:39.34] [00:40.35]Tall timber for me and you [00:42.64] [00:45.40]She was a young girl she was a hero [00:48.38] [00:49.00]Stood on the stage and the people cheered [00:51.72] [00:52.79]But the critics cut her down to zero [00:55.25] [00:56.14]Because she sang the words that they all feared [00:58.68] [00:59.87]And they came with their axes [01:02.65] [01:03.24]Brought their knives and opinions too [01:05.73] [01:07.06]And they cut her down like tall tall timber [01:09.56] [01:10.54]Tall timber in the mountain dew [01:12.97] [01:14.19]Please don't cut down tall timber [01:16.83] [01:17.51]Let it grow tall straight and true [01:20.04] [01:21.23]In this world we need tall tall timber [01:23.78] [01:24.88]Tall timber like me and you [01:27.15] [01:29.92]He was a young man with a dream [01:32.58] [01:33.45]To bring freedom to his land [01:35.88] [01:37.08]Shared his voice with his brothers [01:39.84] [01:40.88]In those Chinese streets he made a stand [01:43.83]And they came with their soldiers [01:47.01] [01:47.78]Brought their tanks and machine guns too [01:50.25] [01:51.43]And they cut down all that tall tall timber [01:54.14] [01:54.99]Tall timber like me and you [01:57.31] [01:58.61]Please don't cut down tall timber [02:01.19] [02:01.94]Let it grow tall straight and true [02:04.36] [02:05.28]In this world we need tall tall timber [02:08.24] [02:09.22]Tall timber like me and you [02:11.63] [02:12.96]Please don't cut down tall timber [02:15.42] [02:16.20]Let it grow tall straight and true [02:18.72] [02:19.89]In this world we need tall tall timber [02:22.53] [02:23.44]Tall timber like me and you [02:25.77] [02:42.56]The redgum and the kauri [02:45.09] [02:45.90]The eucalypt and pine [02:48.31] [02:49.50]The poets and the painters [02:51.97] [02:53.08]Thinkers of the time [02:55.25] [02:56.73]Don't cut down the timber [02:59.08] [02:59.69]Or we'll be forever poor [03:02.53] [03:03.88]Don't kill off our heroes [03:06.28] [03:07.23]Or we'll never win the war [03:10.64] [03:28.20]Now the sun's so strong that it burns my eyes [03:30.95] [03:31.70]And the air's so bad that I can't breathe [03:34.39] [03:35.31]The winter's warmer and the summer's hotter [03:37.87] [03:38.80]I drive for miles and I don't see trees [03:41.79] [03:42.37]And they came with their axes [03:45.23] [03:45.90]Brought their knives and chainsaws too [03:48.43] [03:49.53]And they cut down all that tall tall timber [03:52.38] [03:53.21]Tall timber in the mountain dew [03:55.61] [03:58.74]Please don't cut down tall timber [04:01.21] [04:01.93]Let it grow tall straight and true [04:04.39] [04:05.65]In this world we need tall tall timber [04:08.14] [04:09.13]Tall timber like me and you [04:11.50] [04:12.38]Please don't cut down tall timber [04:15.24] [04:16.13]Let it grow tall straight and true [04:18.57] [04:19.86]In this world we need tall tall timber [04:22.42] [04:23.42]Tall timber like me and you [04:25.86] [04:26.96]Tall timber like me and you [04:29.12] [04:32.48]Please don't cut down tall timber [04:34.81] [04:36.14]Let it grow tall straight and true [04:38.24] [04:39.53]In this world we need tall tall timber [04:42.06] [04:43.11]Tall timber like me and you [04:45.37] [04:46.60]Please don't cut down tall timber [04:49.22] [04:50.05]Let it grow tall straight and true [04:52.48] [04:53.69]In this world we need tall tall timber [04:56.40] [04:57.23]Tall timber like me and you [04:59.66] [05:00.39]Please don't cut down tall timber [05:03.38] [05:04.08]Let it grow tall straight and true [05:06.71] [05:07.54]In this world we need