12 - Redgum - Servin' U.S.A. video free download

Verity Truman: flute, tin whistle, vocals

John Schumann: guitar, lead vocals

Michael Atkinson: guitar, mandolin, electric guitar, piano, vocals

Chris Timms: violin, vocals

Produced by: Chris Gunn, Mark Boath, Redgum

Engineer: Mark Boath

Recorded at Lucky Larry's Lepertone Studios, South Australia

Servin' USA

To the tune of "Surfin USA" by the Beach Boys.

If everybody in Australia

From Perth to Byron Bay

Got on a jumbo

To California

Wearing New York T-shirts

And living in LA.

Tell Malcolm we're servin',

Servin' USA

We think Jimmy Carter

Is a real good bloke

We'll sell him our country

For a Ford and a Coke

He wants our uranium

We'll give it away

Tell Malcolm we're servin',

Servin' USA

We all sing like Americans

Playing rock and roll

Have a beer at Blinman

Before it gets sold

Eat out at the Colonel's

And on election day

Tell Malcolm we're servin',

Servin' USA

We'll be servin' in Queensland

Hobart, Melbourne and Russell Hill

Sydney, Pine Gap

Brisbane and Bougainville

Tonsley Park, Rum Jungle

Woodville, Adelaide

Tell Malcolm we're servin',

Servin' USA

This was the first a series of political parodies thrown together, largely, by Mick and me. Sadly, the song is timeless. In 25 years, only a name has changed. - JS