Us Amazonians Lyrics - All I Ever Wanted: The Anthology - Kirsty Maccoll

Here in the country we dance and we play 

And we pray to our saints and we make love all day 

I fell in love with a real city boy 

Who's afraid of his nature, afraid of his joy 

I punched him out and brought him to this hut 

But I know he'll thank me when he wakes up 

We got trees, we got snakes, we got acres of sky 

His life in the city was making him cry 

Come on, come on, darling, be brave for a while 

You don't look afraid when you laugh and you smile 

I'll be good, I'll be strong 

I'll be just what you needed all along 

Here in the country we dance and we play 

And we pray to our saints and we make love all day 

I fell in love with a real city boy 

Who's afraid of his nature, afraid of his joy 

Us Amazonians know where we stand 

We got kids, we got jobs, why do we need a man? 

Us Amazonians make out alright 

But we want something to hold in the forest at night 

Come on, come on, darling, be brave for a while 

You don't look afraid when you laugh and you smile 

Breathe in deep, stick with me 

You'll still be free as you let yourself be 

If you're certain, if you're true 

I'll be the only country girl for you 

I'll be good, I'll be strong 

I'll be just what you needed all along 

Here in the country we dance and we play 

And we pray to our saints and we make love all day 

I fell in love with a real city boy 

Gotta teach him about nature and teach him about joy 

Us Amazonians know where we stand 

We got kids, we got jobs, why do we need a man? 

Us Amazonians make out alright 

But we want something to hold in the forest at night 

Here's my boyfriend, he's small, he is blue 

He is cold, he is rough, he's appalling that's true 

But he's got the power, he's got the fire 

To be just like us is his only desire 

He'll learn to hunt and I'll teach him to fish 

We'll boil up our rice in a satellite dish 

We'll plant cassava wherever we can 

Us Amazonians always get our man 

Us Amazonians know where we stand 

We got kids, we got jobs, why do we need a man? 

Us Amazonians make out alright 

But we want something to hold in the forest at night