Paroles de I am australian (solo performance by rai thistlethwayte)

'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.

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.

'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.