They gathered in the Heart of the wide brown land Put their differences aside, said “together we stand You asked what we want, so we’ll tell you straight That our people are hurting, but it’s not too late If you really want to help heal the wounds of the past And really close the gap with some justice at last We’ll tell you straight from the Heart Straight from the Heart of this land” So they spoke and they sang till they worked it all out Three tasks to do, one word to shout There’s a Voice to be heard, Truth to be told A Treaty to be signed, to right wrongs of old “It’s Makarrata we want, Makarrata’s the cry From the great red rock under this southern sky We speak straight from the Heart Straight from the Heart of this land” To Canberra they came, said “here’s what we say If you wanna walk with us, this is the way” But Canberra said “no, you ask for too much We wanted something with a much lighter touch Something we could sell to those on the right Who can’t see past their blindfolds into the light Of what’s straight from the Heart Straight from the Heart of this land” Well it’s been said before they know how to wait But Makarrata’s already two hundred years late There’s no time like now to do what we must And bury terra nullius under the dust Of this blood-stained country, this heart-broken land Where the red rock itself cries in the sand Straight from the Heart Straight from the Heart of this landNow the Heart of this land isn’t just Uluru It’s what beats in the chest of me and of you It’s what cries in the soul of this country we share It’s what sings in the sighs of the dreams that we dare It’s what lifts us to hope and to care for each other It drives the blood in the bond of sister and brother It’s what gives us our strength to rise above fears It’s the rock of our dreams, our hopes and our tears That come straight from the Heart Straight from the Heart of this land So if we want it to be, it’s over to us We can’t leave it to others we’ve learnt not to trust. It’s Makarrata we need, Makarrata’s the way To a much better future, to a bran nue dae When the clear light of Truth will finally be shone On all of the lies about what has been done When those who’ve been silenced will be given their Voice And those who won’t listen won’t have any choice But to sign the damn Treaty, pay the damn rent For country and lives stolen and spent So we’ll sing it and shout it throughout this land Until justice prevails, and as one we all stand Singing straight from the Heart Crying straight from the Heart of this land We’ll sing it and shout it throughout this land Until justice prevails, and as one we all stand Singing straight from the Heart Crying straight from the Heart Singing straight from the Heart Crying straight from the Heart of this land

They were brothers, best friends Young, wild and free In their hearts they believed They always would be The shimmering wreck Way out past the waves Looked like a carousel Out in the bay We all have a story It shapes who we are Some light and lifting Others tangled and scarred There’s a merry-go-round In the sea The ocean is gleaming Come away with me He remembers the summer glare Heat of the sun His brother leaving The war had begun There’s a merry-go-round In the sea The ocean is gleaming Come away with meSo take the time to listen To the old man’s stories To the children’s worries To the yearning in your heart Take the time to listen To turn and look back To change and change tack To make a new start. They met again A ways down the track One looking forward The other looking back We all have a story As we travel our way When we return It’s never the same There’s a merry-go-round In the sea The ocean is gleaming Come away with me There’s a merry-go-round In the sea The ocean is gleaming Come away with me

Dancing in the darkness Lost in the night You came up out of the ocean Into the light Then you sing for hours Leap into the air Fall back into the ocean Without a care   Ooh I want to see you dance Hear you sing Ooh I want to take a chance On you surviving   I’m singing for the dolphins Whales in the sea I’m singing for the Bunjalung And the Wiradguri Living by the seasons Light of the sun and the moon Looking for the reasons Hearing the tune Ooh I want to see you dance Hear you sing Ooh I want to take a chance On you surviving   We’re all dancing in the darkness We’re lost in the night We came up out of the ocean Into the light We can sing for hours Leap into the air Dive into the ocean without a care   Ooh we want to dance And we want to sing Ooh we want to take a chance On really living. We’re all dancing in the darkness We’re lost in the night We came up out of the ocean Into the light

They cool me in the summer Shade me from the sun Give me shelter when it’s raining And solace when work is done I've got the blues (Got the blues) I've got the blues (Got the blues) I've got the chainsaw rippin’ Concrete jungle blues When I woke this morning I breathed the air they cleaned Went to work, the birds were singing Came home shocked by the scene I got the blues (Got the blues) I got the blues (Got the blues) I got the chainsaw rippin’ Concrete jungle blues The council had come a-rippin’ With their chainsaw and their truck They talk about urban forests But they really don’t give a f...fig I've got the blues (Got the blues) I've got the blues (Got the blues) I've got the chainsaw rippin’ Concrete jungle blues They said, “don’t worry about your street Don’t worry about your town We'll fill the hole with concrete When we hew it down” I've got the blues (Got the blues) I've got the blues (Got the blues) I've got the chainsaw rippin’ Concrete jungle blues I’ve got the greenwash council Concrete jungle blues I’ve got the Newcastle Concrete jungle blues

Time is a river Watch it flow Sometimes fast Sometimes slow Let it go I’ve said goodbye to friends I’ve said goodbye to family Somehow the love still grows Let it flow The stars move Slowly through the night Glittering Until the morning light We all die in the end Remember all the friends Along the way We’ll sigh into the endless sky Released into galaxies we’ll fly We all die in the end Remember all the friends Along the way We’ll sigh into the endless sky Released into galaxies we’ll fly Time is a river Watch it flow Sometimes fast Sometimes slow

Once I was something Remember me then? I ran so wild and free From mountain to valley Through redgum and mallee I ran all the way to the sea Thought I’d run for all time In those years of my prime Now time’s running out for me And as I lie dying, you’re not even trying To help me run down to the sea When you came along With your dance and your song I was taken in by your charms You found your pleasures In all of my treasures As you settled down in my arms With your ploughs and your ditches You made all your riches From the bounty that I bestowed And your sons and your daughters All drank from my waters With no thought for the debt that they owed Once I was something Remember me when I ran so wild and free From mountain to valley Through redgum and mallee I ran all the way to the sea. Now your mouths just chatter With things that don’t matter While mine’s gone silent and dryAnd your banks are swollen With all that you’ve stolen While mine are just left bare to die It’s a cruel situation To feed a whole nation And be treated like this by a friend It’s not me who’ll be cursed If I die here of thirst It’s you who’ll be damned in the end Oh but once I was something Remember me when I ran so wild and free From mountain to valley Through redgum and mallee I ran all the way to the sea Thought I’d run for all time In those years of my prime Now time’s run out for me And as I lie dying I wish you were trying To help me run down to the sea I hope that you know I'm not ready to go Help me run down to the sea Could you this time be a true friend of mine? Help me run down to the sea Listen to me, please hear my plea Help me run down to the sea Help me run down to the sea Help me run down to the sea

I heard of a shepherd of souls Who lived two thousand years ago Oh the moon was so much younger then And the earth moved so slow And he said          “Come to me and I can heal you Come to me you know I can set you free Come to me and I can save your soul When you give yourself to me When you give yourself to me” And his message was peace and love Goodwill on earth towards all men A harmony descending from heaven above We’ll have a world without end And he said          “Come to me and I can heal you Come to me you know I can set you free Come to me and I can save your soul When you give yourself to me When you give yourself to me” But I can’t give my soul to any one Must be a dozen one-and-only gods I’ll keep my spirit free just one lifetime I’ve gotta love the ones I want   So come to me lover you can heal me Come to me lover you know you can set me free Come to me lover you can save my soul When you wrap your arms around me When you wrap your arms around me Yeah, when you wrap your arms around me God doesn’t care if you get miserable God doesn’t care if you go mad God thinks the whole damn thing Is just wonderful The best dream she’s ever had She’s ever had

The miracle of being alive Eyes open, breathing and bright A misty moment of daydream and yearning Sweet pleasures remembered at night Curiosity is a stepping-stone to wisdom Sometimes a window into madness Rich discoveries, peculiarities Memories, sometimes sadness The dramas, the details now lost Friendship sometimes the cost Grief and gratitude forever intertwined With kindness and laughter and trust Curiosity is a stepping-stone to wisdom Sometimes a window into madness Rich discoveries, peculiarities Memories, sometimes sadness The miracle of being alive Eyes open, breathing and bright A misty moment of daydream and yearning Sweet pleasures remembered at night

Where were you when our love got lost? I looked right and left, I looked high and low I looked back along the path we had come But your footprints were already gone I looked back along the path we had come  But your footprints were already gone When did the love leave our embrace? It hid behind hugs that became commonplace The last scent of love washed from the sheets  Hung out to dry in the sun I looked back along the path we had come  But your footprints were already gone Ten years we lived, ten years we loved Enjoying our time in the sun Where were the clues things were not right? Nothing said, you were gone I looked back along the path we had come  But your footprints were already gone How did I miss the last real kiss? How did I not see? Your back turned to me as you walked away And your footprints already gone I looked back along the path we had come  But your footprints were already gone I looked back along the path we had come  But your footprints were already gone Your footprints were already gone

Down by the pond there’s a big green froggy He’s got a tongue that goes bloop like that It goes doodloot n do do n do do do do do Do do do doodloot do do It goes bloop bleep do do do do do Along comes a princess dressed in a silk dress Oh froggy be a prince for me He goes doodloot n do do n do do do do do Do do do n do do do She goes “Oh Froggy, a prince you be” I want to meet you alone Maybe go out for awhile Maybe be taking you home There maybe be love in my smile Oh Froggy, you know I love it when you can stay a little while Now, I don’t want you meeting my mum I don’t want you scaring my dad I don’t want you hanging around me Don’t want you making me look too bad Oh Froggy, you’re the best lover I’ve ever had. I’ll get you commissioned a guard And then we can kiss in the yard We could be married in spring And then we can do anything Oh Froggy, you and I are gonna make the whole palace swing And then there’s the polo in Spain Where we’ll be doing cocaine And we can stay with my heiress She calls me her princess Oh Froggy, you should see the excess Then in the autumn our spawn By the rose light of dawn Will be returned to the pond They’ll be the green demi-monde Oh Froggy, our summer of love is gone

She’s seen it before That wonderful madness in his eyes She’s heard it before He’s taking his dreams He’s going to fly The rain is sparkling diamonds The sun is made of gold The future is full of love and light Let’s run, here’s my hand to hold She’s seen it before That sparkle of magic in his eyes She’s heard it before He’s taking his dreams He’s going to fly Grasping at each brilliant thought Wild schemes rushing past She knows where this will end The ecstasy never lasts She’s seen it before Creative genius and madness there Dancing with devils, delusions and plans He hasn’t a care He wakes one morning low The world is thick and grey She brings him tea and toast and love Tells him the good will come again one day She’s seen it before The endless sadness in his eyes Whispering care Takes the time to hold him as he cries She waits for his return He’ll see a brand new day He’ll bring her tea and toast and love He says the good has come again to stay She’s seen it before That wonderful madness in his eyes She’s heard it before He’s taking his dreams He’s going to fly He’s going to fly

They are the soldiers Come out of the night They are the soldiers They’ve been trained to fight They are the soldiers They are very skilled Don’t know who they work for Or who they’ve killed Tell them this war You just can’t win May be the last one You’ll be going in And when the soldiers come For me and you I think there’s one thing that we can do When the soldiers come For me and you Must take up a gun And be a soldier too Tell them this war You just can’t win May be the last one You’ll be going in That’s why I hate And I want to burn Every uniform and Every gun Peace is a paradox In my mind Oh the war made my heart Cold and blind Tell them this war You just can’t win May be the last one You’ll be going in Listen to Einstein, he said The third world war Will be fought with fusion bombs Satellites and more After that one people will Be left alone You’ll fight each other then With sticks and stones Tell them this war You just can’t win That will be the last one You’re going in Tell them this war You just can’t win That will be the last one You’re going in

You stand there so smug In your suit and your smirk To proclaim with a shrug That nothing will work But to build a great pyre From all that remains And set it on fire To bigger your gains But we’re done with your pride We’re done with your greed We know that you lied We can’t live by your creed We’ve heard the people Who live by the hole That you had to dig For your dirty black coal Like Nero you play While the world’s all ablaze But we know who’ll pay For all that you raze Those children unborn Whose futures you burn Will repay your scorn When they get their turn They’ll be done with your pride They’ll be done with your greed They’ll know that you lied They won’t live by your creed When the time comes to pay The fare for your soul You’ll have nothing to show But your dirty black coal The truth’s now so clear It shines like the sun It’s too stark to deny And you’ve no place to run Your moment has gone You’ve had your day And the winds that now blow Will blast you away We’re done with your pride We’re done with your greed We know that you lied We can’t live by your creed And I hope that Death Just swallows you whole And takes you straight down below With your dirty black coal Then maybe Satan himself Will take on your role And fuel the fires of Hell With your dirty black coal And I hope he burns you For the futures you stole When you sold your soul For your dirty black coal