[Intro]

He pointed to the edge of the river

With a hand still shaking

"That's where the nightmare came"

[Verse 1]

"Bunya! Bunya" the aunties screamed

As the jarjums began to run

"Nihinganha! Quickly! To the tops of the trees!"

They shot 'em down like leaves in autumn

[Chorus]

So I go there in the summer, the summer

To pay my respects

But there's no headstone

And where's our 'lest we forget'?

I'm reminded each summer, each summer

With a flag around your neck

That it was, and it always will be

[Verse 2]

After the gunshots echoed down the valley

A young rider came

Under a possum skin on a dead mother's breast

A babe survived amongst the slain

[Chorus]

So I go there in the summer, the summer

To pay my respects

But there's no headstone

And where's our 'lest we forget'?

I'm reminded each summer, each summer

With a flag around your neck

That it was, and it always will be

[Outro]

Well I could take you there this summer

We could pay our respects

And there's no guilt, bro

But although, you might need to jump the fence

And it's not for me to forgive

God knows we can't forget

That it was, and it always will be

That it was, and it always will be

That it was, and it always will be