Lyrics

Under city’s lights where streets, brightly glow, Cockatoos chatter, breaking lone night’s flow. Secret painted laneway, train station’s plateau, To cafes concealed - where only the locals go. Sunrise avenues gleam - shadows grow slow, Pause in a park to watch the day’s ebb and flow. City’s rhythm, where dreams and hopes grow, Brief rain, on pavement, the memories steps show. Morning’s song - the sun’s horizon-blue beau, Budgies rise and merge, life's transient throw, Sleepy suburbs’ smiles reflect dawn’s fair go, From high-rises tall and far out to greens below. Beyond smoke’s edge, red ‘roos bound to and fro, Dark bitumen trails dance under amber winds’ blow. Night's tales spun 'round flames - embers aglow, Tinnie in hand, us mates, planning tomorrow. Warm hues in the bush - natural vast tableau, Whole world on lamb-worn verandah to stow. All from bustling lanes to outback window, Life’s threads - my heart beats - down under, below. In dawn’s warm light and cool breeze of night’s shadow, Mending broken bonds - a new 'straya we'll sew. With every city’s flare and outback’s bright glow, A woven land’s heart resounds - in every echo. Our free voices give rise to a form we know. The pulse of which - we shall never let go: To mates - all mates - we’ve us mates to bestow. We're one. We're 'straya. We're the vibe, y’know?