in Redfern as there is in Alice
this is not the Buckingham Palace
this is the crown land
this is the brown land
this is not our land

Some folks live in water tanks
some folks live in red brick flats

There is enough, the law is carved in granite
it's been shaped by wind and rain
white law could be wrong
black law must be strong

Warakurna, cars will roll
don't drink by the water hole
court fines on the shopfront wall
beat the grog and save you soul

Some people laugh, some never learn
this land must change or land must burn
some people sleep, some people yearn
this land must change or land must burn

Diesel and dust is what we breathe
this land don't change and we don't leave
some people live, some never die
this land don't change this land must lie
some people leave, always return
this land must change or land must burn

Warakurna, camels roam
fires are warm and dogs are cold
not since Lassiter was here
black man's got a lot to fear

Some people laugh some never learn
this land must change or land must burn
some people sleep, some people yearn
this land must change or land must burn