I Am Australian – Dami Im – letras

I came from the dream-timefrom the dusty red soil plainsI am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flameI stood upon the rocky shoreI watched the tall ships comeFor forty thousand years I’ve been the first AustralianWe are one, but we are manyAnd from all the lands on earth we comeWe share a dream and sing with one voiceI am, you are, we are AustralianI came upon the prison shipbowed down by iron chainsI cleared the land, endured the lashand waited for the rainsI’m a settler, I’m a farmer’s wife on a dry and barren runA convict then a free man, I became AustralianWe are one, but we are manyAnd from all the lands on earth we comeWe share a dream and sing with one voiceI am, you are, we are AustralianI’m the daughter of a diggerwho sought the mother lodeThe girl became a womanon the long and dusty roadI’m a child of the depressionI saw the good times comeI’m a bushy, I’m a battler, I am AustralianWe are one, but we are manyAnd from all the lands on earth we comeWe share a dream and sing with one voiceI am, you are, we are AustralianI’m a teller of stories, I’m a singer of songsI am Albert Namatjira, I paint the ghostly gumsI am Clancy on his horse, I’m Ned Kelly on the runI’m the one who waltzed Matilda, I am AustralianWe are one, but we are manyAnd from all the lands on earth we comeWe share a dream and sing with one voiceI am, you are, we are AustralianThere are no words of comfortthat can hope to ease the painOf losing homes and loved onesthe memories will remainWithin the silent tearsyou’ll find the strength to carry onYou’re not alone, we are with youWe are Australian!We are one, but we are manyAnd from all the lands on earth we comeWe share a dream and sing with one voiceI am, you are, we are AustralianThere are so many heroes whose stories must be toldThey fought the raging fires of helland saved so many soulsFrom the ashes of despair our towns will rise again!We mourn your loss, we will rebuildWe are Australian!We are one, but we are manyAnd from all the lands on earth we comeWe share a dream and sing with one voiceI am, you are, we are AustralianI’m the hot wind from the desertI’m the black soil of the plainsI’m the mountains and the valleysI’m the drought and flooding rainsI am the rock, I am the sky, the rivers when they runThe spirit of this great land, I am AustralianWe are one, but we are manyAnd from all the lands on earth we comeWe share a dream and sing with one voiceI am, you are, we are AustralianI am, you are, we are Australian!We are one… We are many… We are Australian!