Seekers - I Am Australia lyrics

I came from the dreamtime From the dusty red-soil plains I am the ancient heart The keeper of the flames I stood upon the rocky shore I watched the tall ships come For forty thousand years I've been, the first Australian I came upon the prison ships Bound down by iron chains I cured 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 and a free man I became Australian I'm a daughter of a digger Who sought the mother lode The girl became a women On the long and dusty road I'm a child of the depression I saw the good time come I'm a bushy, I'm a battler I am Australian Chourus: 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 plain I'm the mountains and the valleys I'm the drowned 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 Chorus x2