We live in a beautiful Country
We come from a beautiful land
My friends who lived here before me
Your ways I must understand
Cause I’ve been ignorant to your customs
And I’ve read misleading thoughts of white man
Please find forgiveness in your spirit
Your ways I must understand
“These times are ready for change”,
This faint whisper touches my ear
The seed has surely been planted
Are we so proud we cannot say we’re sorry?
Can you hear the whisper stirring up the soul?
Flames from a fire that refuse to give in
Start to scorch your conscience…
Burning off exterior, exposing what’s within.
Living, breathing country
Beautiful and sacred land
Happy, smiling faces…
Keep helping me to understand
“These times are ready for change”,
This faint whisper touches my ear
The seed has surely been planted
Are we so proud we cannot say we’re sorry?
FIRE, FLOOD AND FREEDOM
Water, blood and the flow of life
Pulling down all our pretence
Forcing us to realise…
“These times are ready for change”,
This faint whisper touches my ear
The seed has surely been planted
Are we so proud we cannot say we’re sorry?
(Lyrics to Fire Flood Freedom by Mike McCarthy)
No, not any more. We’re sorry.
How rare it is that our politicians do a truly Good Thing! This was one.
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