On The Adelaide Hills

There is not one gray cloud in the blue and sunny sky
Where the brown hills of Adelaide are so bare and dry
Not a sight of an animal sheep, goat, cow, roo, rabbit or hare
Just shriveled tufts of grass where the sun dried ground is bare
Off of the highway on the Adelaide Hills few trees to be seen
The undulating paddocks i have never seen healthy and green
The kangaroos and wallabies from the Adelaide Hills in drought times migrate
To travel for food and water the need in them does create
The Adelaide Hills are always thirsting for rain
Where years of drought have dried out every creek and drain
All life sucked from the earth by the thirsty sun and breeze
The only flora that survives there hardy small slow growing trees
The high undulating hills of lots of rain are in need
To instil the growth in every dormant grass seed.