When the summer sun is shining on happy land countless fires, in strange attire in many solemn bands of Australians watching as the lunch goes up in flames By the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell, that barby time again
the steaks are burning fiercely, when the smoke gets in your eyes When the sausges taste like fried toothpaste and your driven mad flies It's a national institution, the aussie thing to do So come mate and grab your plate, let's have a barbecue!
The eat lots of haggis, the French eat snails and frogs The Greeks throw kakis on their mousakis, and the Chinese love hot The Welshmen love to have a leek, the like thier stew But you just beat that half-cooked meat at an Aussie barbeque
When the steaks are burning fiercely, the smoke gets in your eyes the sausges taste like fried toothpaste and your driven mad with flies It's a national institution, the aussie thing to do So come along mate and your plate, let's have a barbecue.
There's flies stuck to the margarine, the bread has rock hard The kids are fighting and the mossies are biting, who the Aerogard? bull ants in the eskie, and the beer is running out And what you saw in cole slaw, you just don't think about
When the steaks are burning fiercely, when the smoke gets in your When the sausges taste like toothpaste and your driven mad with flies It's a national institution, it's the So come on mate and your plate, let's have a barbecue.
And when the barby's over and your way you wend With a funny on the family dummy, many lonely hours you'll spend You find yourself reflecting, like many often do Come rain or shine that's the bloody last time you'll have a barbecue!
When the steaks are burning fiercely, when the smoke gets in eyes When the sausges taste fried toothpaste and your driven mad with flies It's a national institution, it's thing to do So come on mate and grab your plate, let's have a