Mallee Scrub Blues

Intro

Oh oh

Hm hm

Verse 1

Crimson creek beds drying

Wind makes the paperbark moan

Water bucket banging against my tired knee

Old dog is trailing behind

Pre-Chorus

Stars start their steady show

I feel the frost coming

Watch the smoke begin to curl

Chorus

Home is the red ground

Home is where the heat lives

Deep in the mallee scrub

Keeping the kettle hot

Keeping the kettle hot

Verse 2

Sizzling saltbush on the grate

Hungry belly knows the wait

Billowing black tea bubbling away

Iron skillet holding the weight

Pre-Chorus

Stars start their steady show

I feel the frost coming

Watch the smoke begin to curl

Chorus

Home is the red ground

Home is where the heat lives

Deep in the mallee scrub

Keeping the kettle hot

Keeping the kettle hot

Bridge

Cut the bread

Pass the plate

Watch it glow

Feed the fire

Fuel the flame

Watch it glow

Chorus

Home is the red ground

Home is where the heat lives

Deep in the mallee scrub

Keeping the kettle hot

Keeping the kettle hot