I Am You Are We Are Australian

I came from the dreamtime, From the dusty red-soil plains I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame I stood upon the rocky shores, I watched the tall ships come For forty thousand years I've been, The first Australian I came upon the prison ship, Bowed down by iron chains I fought 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 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, I saw the good times come, I'm a bushie, I'm a battler, I am Australian. We are one, but we are many, And from all the lands on earth we come. We'll 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'm 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, I am the sky, The rivers when they run, The spirit of this great land, I am Australian. We are one, but we are many, And from all the lands on earth we come. We'll share a dream and sing with one voice, "I am, you are, we are Australian" "I am, you are, we are Australian"