Drought and Flooding Rain

 (Instrumental intro)

From a monsoon trough
The rain came pouring down
Across the plains of Brisbane
Flooded many a country town
Folk had little warning
Before shelter they could seek
A surge over the escarpment
Raged down Murphy Creek

 (Instrumental interlude)

Down the Lockyer Valley
Grantham bore the brunt
As a tide of sullied water
Spread wide a fearsome front
Some scrambled onto rooftops
And stayed both night and day
While many houses in its path
Were cruelly swept away

  (Instrumental interlude)

The rain fell, unabated
Over hills and river plain
A new torrent boiled downstream
All hope now seemed in vain.
And so, the world wore witness
To Brisbane’s darkest hour
So much was swallowed
By the river’s awesome power

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The flood long since subsided
The threat for now has passed
Bitter memories and heartache
We know for years will last
Be not disillusioned
It could happen all again
Through endless cycles
Of drought and flooding rain

Of drought and flooding rain.

 (Instrumental outro)

Rodd Sherwin
to a composition by
Jeremy Williams