Colin Buchanan - The Heroes Of The Flames lyrics

The bush was like a tinder-box From a summer free of rain The unrelenting westerlies Quickly fanned the flames And with every pa**ing hour The flames were burning higher Thousands faced destruction At the mercy of the fire... The burning walls of fury Were only matched by the resolve Of the fathers and the mothers Of the daughters and the brothers Saving strangers who would never know their names They are the heroes of the flames In the bush and in the suburbs We watched the tragedy unfold For every tale of courage A thousand went untold Battered and exhausted Caked in dirt and sweat Relentless in the battle Saving others from the threat... There are some who stand no longer Who paid the highest cost We salute them And we mourn their loss