Kosciusko

Older than Kosciusko

Darwin down to Alice Springs

Dealers in the clearing house

The settlements explode



High up in the homelands

Miners drive across the land

Encounter no resistance

When the people block the road



Older than Kosciusko

Dry white seasons years ago

Darkness over Charleville

The fires begin to glow



No end to the hostility

Now they wanna be somewhere else

No stranger to brutality

Now they'd like to be someone else



Older than Kosciusko

Driven back to Alice Springs

Endless storm and struggle

Marks the spirit of the age



High up in the homelands

Celebration across the land

Built up like a cyclone

Fires begin to rage



No end to the hostility

Now they wanna be somewhere else

No stranger to brutality

Now they'd like to be someone else



Call off the ultimatum

No don't turn away

Call off the ultimatum until yesterday

Call off the ultimatum, no don't turn away

Bind up the broken hearted

No don't turn away



Call off the ultimatum until yesterday



No end to the hostility

Now they wanna be somewhere else

No stranger to brutality

Now they'd like to be someone else



No end to the hostility

Now they wanna be somewhere