[Lyric] Outback Christmas Tree (Melanie Gray)

Like a tiny porcelain statue
Jade leaves and pearly bark
Set upon a backdrop
Of a Territory post card

The smell of eucalyptus
Decorated with gum nuts
Red dust glitters all the branches
The sunset lights it up

It's a stinkin' hot December
But I've got the presence right
Santa come and join me for a billy tea tonight
The kids are running barefoot
Singing carols merrily
And I'm blessed that I'm right where I wana be
Out under this Outback Christmas Tree

Don't have to pack it up put it
Away for us next year
I can go there any season
To find Christmas cheer
Pack up my swag and head off
Down a 4x4 trail road
Following the stars
Where all the wisemen go

It's a stinkin' hot December
But I've got the presence right
Santa come and join me for a billy tea tonight
The kids are running barefoot
Singing carols merrily
And I'm blessed that I'm right where I wana be
Out under this Outback Christmas Tree

Some folks like the city
Some people like the snow
But there's something 'bout the magic
Where the ghostly gum trees grow

It's a stinkin' hot December
But I've got the presence right
Santa come and join me for a billy tea tonight
The kids are running barefoot
Singing carols merrily
And I'm blessed that I'm right where I wana be
Out under this Outback Christmas Tree
I've got everything that I could ever need
Out under this Outback
Christmas Tree