Community Alliance Party

THIS TOWN IS YOUR TOWN
ORIGINAL KEY: D major

With apologies and acknowledgements to Woody Guthrie.

This land is your land, this land is my land
From the top of Cape York to Macquarie Island
From the Nullarbor Plain to the Sydney Domain,
This land was made for you and me

As I was driving on the Barton Highway,
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw before me a brilliant valley
This land was made for you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land
From the west of Queanbeyan to the top of Mt Franklin,
From O’Connor Ridge to the Tharwa Bridge,
This is our Capital Territory.

This town is your town, this town is my town
From the Parliament House to whatever they want to close down,
From the local primary school, to democratic rule,
We’ll keep this town for you and me.

We’ve seen some good times, we’ve seen some bad times,
We’ve had our heroes, and our political crimes,
And the sun won’t shine on any philistines,
Who’d trash this town and all the ACT.

So Brindabella, and Ginninderra,
Have you had enough, of the holy terror,
Who treats Molonglo like it’s the Congo,
Can Slippery Stan still rule for you and me?

This town is your town, this town is my town
From the Parliament House to whatever didn’t burn down,
But it will come to nought in the Coroner’s Court,
If Slippery Stan can rule for you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land
From the west of Queanbeyan to the top of Mt Franklin,
And we want no Pharaoh, here on the Monaro,
This is our Capital Territory.
And we want no Pharaoh, here on the Monaro,
This is our Capital Territory.

© Original lyrics by Ian MacDougall (2008)