Artist/Band:
John Denver
Lyrics for Song: Sing Australia
Lyrics for Album: Two Different Directions [2009]
I come to Australia
As many people do
To see the old koala
Hitch a ride on a kangaroo
To hear somebody call me mate
And call somebody blue
To hear an aborigine play a digereedoo
Some of you came as prisoners two centuries ago
Some of you come as kings and queens, your blessing to bestow
Some of you stand all swelled with pride,
Some with shattered wings
But all of us come with open hearts to hear Australia sing
In the deserts, in the cities, in the mountains, and in the sea
In the stories, and in the people
I can hear Australia sing
Waltzing Matilda, the men of Galipoli
Clancy of The Overflow, Crocodile Dundee
The myth of all creation, the teaching of Baiame
The legends of the Dreamtime for all eternity
In this celebration of a brief two hundred years
The cost to build a nation in blood and sweat and tears
And if we stand divided, divided we will fall
But if we stand together, we shall conquer all
In the deserts, in the cities, in the mountains, and in the sea
In the stories, and in the people
I can hear Australia sing
Sing Australia, Sing Australia, Sing Australia, Sing Australia
In the sails of Sydney Harbor
I can hear Australia sing
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