Intro) (A lone acoustic guitar plucks a dry, dusty rhythm) (A dingo lets out a low, weary howl) (Verse 1) The sun is hot, burning up the red dirt Every muscle in my body is beginning to hurt The sky is bleeding orange, the air is thick and dry And a thousand feathered demons are screaming in the sky (Chorus) Oh, these darn birds, they just won't shut up! No water in the creek, no water in the cup Out here in the outback, the sun is blazing high And those bloody birds are singing while we're baking till we die! (Verse 2) A kangaroo is groaning underneath a baking rock Staring at the branches at the noisy little flock The magpie's singing opera, the wagtail's making noise They're driving us all crazy, all the outback girls and boys (Chorus) Yeah, these darn birds, they just won't shut up! No water in the creek, no water in the cup Out here in the outback, the sun is blazing high And those bloody birds are singing while we're baking till we die! (Bridge) The lizard's tongue is dusty, he can barely even hiss The billabong is empty, there's no water in this abyss The dingoes in the scrub are looking mangy and so gray We need a wash, we stink, but there's no rain on the way! Yeah, we need a wash, we stink, but there's no rain on the way! (Guitar Solo - fast, frantic, mimicking a cockatoo screech) (Verse 3) Now a screeching white cockatoo is piercing through the air Screaming at the desert like it hasn't got a care The birds are thirsty too, yeah, they're singing for some rain But all this bloody racket is driving us insane! (Chorus) Oh, these darn birds, they just won't shut up! No water in the creek, no water in the cup Out here in the outback, the sun is blazing high And those bloody birds are singing while we're baking till we die! (Outro) Yeah, we stink... So hot... Just shut up... (A final, loud bird squawk snaps the music dead)
