TERRY LAZY, An Animated Vision of a disillusioned Bushwalker Words: John Turier, Newcastle NSW, 1982 tune McNamara’s Band G’day me name is Terry Lazy I sit in a 4 wheel drive I expose meself to the elements I can rough it and still survive. I’m as tough as they come As I sit on me bum I’m king of the tracks and trails Superior by far to all natural things Especially lizards and snails. CHORUS Get out of me way, I’ll run you over I’m in the bush to prove I’m in the bush. Any hill or gully or mountain or valley Where someone else has been You’ll here the hum of me engine revving And smell me dieseline. Any bird or wombat or bunyip or lizard Who tries to get in me way I’ll blast him deaf as a post with me truckies horn And then you’ll hear me say. CHORUS When you face the elements like a man There’s essentials you must provide That’s why I’ve got 4 dozen KB In an esky by me side. Now there’s rocks and boulders and stumps and bumps and hills as big as walls I once did meself an injury When a tinny fell on me balls. CHORUS (sung high!) Now the scenery’s boring ‘Cause all there is to see is bloody trees And all them mangy wildlife things They’ve all got lice and fleas. All the ‘roos are good for is Pal petfood And trees take up the land So I squash the odd fat wombat And knock down saplings when I can. CHORUS Get out of me way, I’ll run you over I’m in the bush to kill the bloody bush. When a convoy leaves at the break of day To tackle the mountains high We all blast our horns in unison And give the CB cry (10-4!) There’s Toyotas, Range Rovers, Landrovers and trailers In parties of 4s and 5s. We all stay in close proximity Keeping CB talk alive. CHORUS Get out of me way, we’ll run you over We’re in the bush to prove we’re in the bush. We all want to be just like our heroes Up the Leyland up the Leyland Up the Leyland brothers. INSPIRATION FOR THE SONG One weekend in 1982 John, his partner Chris, Shayne Kerr and Roz Uren (now Kerr) hiked up to Barrington Tops via The Corker, a very steep 900 metre climb up a 9 km track from Lagoon Pinch to Carey’s Peak. Back then, the track was open to 4WDs. As we tramped up the mountain with backpacks we were passed frequently by large vehicles who forced us to jump out of their way, annoying us profusely. On returning home, John wrote the song. At the time, Shayne, Roz, John Turier and Sandra Tate played as Bushfire Band, then from 1983 without Sandy as Bantam Bush Band till 1985. John often sang his song at our bush dance engagements in the Hunter Valley. Fortunately and wisely, NPWS has since closed the popular bushwalking track to vehicles. The NSW Folk Federation Newsletter number 15 of 1982 published the words of the song. John Turier has since become a well-known artist and sculptor. Shayne now sings ‘Terry Lazy’ at appropriate functions. Notes by Roz Kerr, 2013.
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