From the recording I Was a Man
Lyrics
AUSTRALIA
Along the Southern Ocean
A rugged soul since time began
Where the ancients and the dreamtime
Protected sacred land
I didn’t mean to take for granted
All the riches you once gave
I had to go, explore the world, to ride my wave
To leave AUSTRALIA
The promised land
The sea and sun and sand
But my heart’s in AUSTRALIA
For its beauty and for freedom
Together we stand
With our love for AUSTRALIA
When you’re not there beside me
Beneath the Southern Cross
I’m somewhere gazing skyward
Mourning all the years we’ve lost
When the kookaburra is calling
When I can hear her on the wind
It’s a sign, to make my way, my way back again
To AUSTRALIA
The promised land
The sea and sun and sand
My heart’s in Australia
With your beauty and your freedom
Together we stand
With our love for AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
I can see it in the distance
The dawning sun it greets the sea
The jewel of the pacific
From the flying kangaroo
She emerges like a dream
Whenever I take the endless journey
To glide across the globe
To where I’m from, to where you are, to bring me home
To AUSTRALIA
The promised land
The sea and sun and sand
My heart’s in AUSTRALIA
With your beauty and your freedom
Together we stand
With our love for AUSTRALIA
My heart’s in AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA
K. Jacobsen 2020 ©Kurly Queen