The Seekers
The Seekers - I Am Australia lyrics
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I came from the dreamtime From the dusty red-soil plains I am the ancient heart The keeper of the flames i Stood upon the rocky shore I watched the tall ships come For fourty thousand years i've been the first australian I came upon the prison ships Bound down by iron chains I cleared the land Endured the lash And waited for the rains I'm a settler I'm a farmers wife On a dry and barron run A convict and a free man I became Australian Im a daughter of a digger Who sought the mother load The girl became a women On the long and dusty road Im a child of the depression I saw the good time come Im a bushy im a battler I am australian Chorus: we are one but we are many and from all the lands on earth we come we share a dream and sing with one voice i am, you are, we are australian Im a teller of stories Im a singer of songs i am Albert namajera and i paint the ghostly gums im clancy on his horse Ned kelly on the run Im the one who waltzed matilda I am australian im the hot wind from the desert im the black soil of the plain im the mountains and the valleys im the droughts and flooding rains i am the rock i am the sky the rivers when they run the spirit of this great land i am australian Chorus x2