First World War 1
Then World War 2
Great Depression
And Spanish Flu
Cuban Missiles
The Berlin Wall
The Bay of Pigs
While countries fall
Church abuses
And corporal pain
And native rights?
Not in the game.
Speak Crown's English
Say not a word
Other language
Not for this herd.
Australia Fair
So true, so cruel
For white and rich
The rest eat gruel.
"The past was gold,
Not like these times."
Those sepia tones
Allows false rhymes
No beauty lies
In distant past
Which can outshine
Our current task
None of glory
No perfect life
And much less good
Than tales are rife
Nothing better
Was in those days
The blush of time
Just hues the frame
So help us now
With lessons learnt
To preach and lie
Leaves people burnt
Those things were good
But also bad
Get off your box
And lend a hand
To rouse yourself
And push us down
Will only lead
To faces frowned
Then walls go up
And backs are turned
Your voices call
And angers churn
Please take our hand
And lead us through
Our times of change
As one - we do!
