From the glory of the mountains,
To the golden shores all around;
From the rivers and the valleys from living Earth belongs,
To the blue skies and the sunshine to ocean waters blue,
The Australia song is ours, yes it's for me and just for you.
From the states that make our nation full of towns and cities true,
From Sydney Games 2000 in this state of New South Wales;
To Bega with its cheese, and Orange to Broken Hill,
This force to make our nation through courage and iron will,
The Australia song is ours, it's for me to give to you.
And then up there're in Queensland for Brisbane up to Cairns,
And on to Northern Territory where Darwin answers prayers;
Still we have Western Australia with Perth on our west earth,
Like Adelaide in South Australia the quest to prove our worth,
So the Australia song is ours, yes it's ours to call your own.
But my heart goes out to Tassie with Hobart our humble home,
And Canberra with decision our strength to stand home alone;
Though mighty is Victoria, Melbourne our strong financial sound,
The beauty of this nation the blue, blue lakes to be found,
Now the Australia song is ours, yes it's made for you and me.
So with all these many things and places it's still left up to us,
The people of the country that set this nation to us free;
And in the heart of every land there's one thing that's always best,
And to me it's just Australia's Ayre, the air we breathe with love,
Well the Australia Song is plenty is ours and ours to share.
That the intellect was the greatest, through clever poetry so say,
And the forging the liberty of freedoms mind clear;
The winning the victory of Gold, Silver and Bronze make dear,
And then in the make, to complete and to win,
The glory of winning, total perfection being without sin.
And still all the hurt, the suffering the agony,
The sadness, the losers, the brightness, the gladness;
As is all the Earth's making was just to be balanced,
The finish is to equal, no sequel, but answered.
Signed,
21st Olympian.
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