Taipan Songtext
von Cold Chisel

Howard, you′re a pig

Taipan
He'll get you when he can
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
He′ll get you when he can

Make his home in a mangrove tree
Sleep plantation family
A white man planter, a Bundaberg rum
A childhood rattle, trumpet and drum

Stay with me (oh yeah)
Stay with me, oh yeah
Until the morning comes

Taipan
He'll get you when he can
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
He'll get you when he can


These days, can′t explain
But I can smell the monsoon rain
And seasons come, and seasons turn
More and more, canefields burning
Early in the morning, the afternoon
Our pathways blazed on a mangrove moon
Burning down my eyes

(Railroad goes, Kalamia mill)
(If the heat don′t get you, the Taipan will)
(Six o'clock, the whistle sings)
(C.S.R. is the sugar-cane king)

Stay with me (railroad goes, Kalamia mill, if the heat don′t get you, the Taipan will)
Stay with me (six o'clock, the whistle sings)
Taipan
He′ll get you when he can
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
He'll get you when he can