I Am Australian (solo Performance By Rai Thistlethwayte) Lyrics - Singles - Thirsty Merc

'Cause 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. 

I came from the dream time, from the dusty red soil plains, 

I am the ancient heart - the keeper of the flame, 

I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come, 

For forty thousand years I'd been the first Australian. 

I came upon the prison ship bound down by iron chains 

I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains. 

I'm a settler, I'm a farmer's wife on a dry and barren run 

A convict then a free man, I became Australian. 

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I'm the daughter of a digger who sought the mother lode 

The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road 

I'm a child of the depression but I saw the good times come 

I'm a bushy, I'm a battler, I am Australian. 

'Cause 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. 

I'm a teller of stories, I'm a singer of songs 

I am Albert Namatjira, and I paint the ghostly gums 

I am Clancy on his horse, I'm Ned Kelly on the run 

I'm the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian. 

I'm the hot wind from the desert, I'm the black soil of the plains 

I'm the mountains and the valleys, I'm the drought and flooding rains 

I am the rock and I'm the sky, the rivers when they run 

The spirit of this great land, I am Australian. 

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'Cause 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.