By Dennis Boothby
Dennis is a retired cattle veterinarian, and beef cattle producer, and a Member of the Saltbush Club.
Audio: https://saltbushclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/a-tax-on-the-air-that-we-breathe.mp3 [2:47]
Lyrics:
A Tax On The Air That We Breathe
By Dennis Boothby
When you wake every morning and you take your first breath
Just two things are certain that’s taxes and death
They want us to pay for those tree-hugging greens
That’s why they want tax on the air that we breathe.
They got tax on my cornflakes and tax on my juice
They threaten more tax on the trucks carting food
They’ve just upped the tax on my favourite beer
And now they want tax on the air that we breathe.
Get your hand off my wallet, take your hands off her purse,
Your ideas are a fraud and dishonest,
you think that freedom’s a curse.
BACK OFF JUST LEAVE US ALONE,
BACK OFF JUST LEAVE US ALONE,
BACK OFF JUST LEAVE US ALONE, get out of the way.
We’re all taxed while we’re working, we’re taxed till we die
We’re taxed while we’re laughing, we’re taxed till we cry
They’re trying to find ways to tax farting sheep
That’s why they want tax on the air that we breathe.
Get your hand off my wallet, take your hands off her purse,
Your ideas are a fraud and dishonest,
you think that freedom’s a curse.
BACK OFF JUST LEAVE US ALONE,
BACK OFF JUST LEAVE US ALONE,
BACK OFF JUST LEAVE US ALONE, get out of the way.
They say we must pay more to turn on our lights
They need lots of money to run all our lives
Don’t think for yourself, ‘cos they know what you need
That’s why they want tax on the air that we breathe
That’s why they want tax on the air that we breathe.