When I walk past your racist flag
It fills me up with guilt
A shame that runs so deep inside
A shame you'll never feel

Can't you feel it in your bones?
That we took their home
Can't you see it in my eyes
That old guilt is mine
But we can make amends
We can pay fucking rent
And acknowledge for a long while
That this land ain't ours

Yeah I know it wasn't us
That broke sacred trust
But if we co-exist 
We can achieve more than our ancestors ever did

Yeah I know it wasn't us
That broke sacred trust
But if we co-exist 
We can achieve more than those barstards ever did

Can't you feel it in your bones?
That we took their home
Can't you see it in my eyes
That old guilt is mine
But we can make amends
We can pay fucking rent
And acknowledge for a long while
That this land ain't ours

Do you know this land, this land ain't ours?

If we come together
We can make something better

Land Ain't Ours

I’ve spent my fair share of time in a closet
I always thought I was just like them
I made myself think it was just girls that I wanted
I always hoped I was just like them

I don’t want you to love her
You don’t want want me to love you
Like I love you
I’m not like you

They always say that they were drunk on love
but I’m always drunk on something else
I’ve fooled myself with these lies and this bluff
I just want someone for myself

I don’t want you to love her
You don’t want want me to love you
Like I love you
I’m not like you

Would they talk about it behind my back
Would the guys at work treat me like trash 
  
Would my father still be proud of
the man that I’ve become?
Well I’m not sure but one day
I’ll bring a man home

I don’t want you to love her
You don’t want want me to love you
Like I love you
I’m not like you

CLOSET

It’s easy to forget our history
that we were once from the trees
Got caught up in hopes and dreams
fixated on the tv
Humans have been here for
50,000 years or more
knowing and tryin to teach
what took me 20 years to see 

I’ve been tryin to find my god above
and I’ve been looking for my only love
I’ve been tryin all these brand new drugs
but all i ever  needed was
this land 


So when  i’m walking down the street
I miss the trees above of me
No grey, all I want is green
Or the red of the old country
So purge me of my ancestry
Show me all that you have seen
and all that is infront of me
take  me when I meet my peace

I’ve been tryin to find my god above
and I’ve been looking for my only love
I’ve been tryin all these brand new drugs
but all i ever  needed was
this land

This Land

Bells Beach Revival

Hide, cover it up
don't listen to a word and break their trust
truth, who gives a fuck
say what they gave and get your cut
Have they lost their minds?

Love I’m tired right down to the bone
tell me why this shit keeps going on
Love I’m tired right down to the bone
tell me why this shit keeps going on

Time, there's always time
to redefine what we see in sight
land rights, are the whales fine?
this land it don't need anymore mines
Have they lost their minds?

Love I’m tired right down to the bone
tell me why this shit keeps going on
They say this land it keeps all their souls
well this land, it don't need anymore holes

Adani

They say that plastic rules the sea
Itll soon outweigh all the fish species
Don’t worry though, you’ve got a life to lead
Hell we only use what we need
and there’s always those deadlines to meet
Back home we’ve all got mouths to feed
I’d change my ways but I’m too damn busy
I’d change my ways if it was easy


When we get our shit together
Maybe it will all be gone


Have you heard of the great barrier reef?
Off the the coast of queensland in the coral sea
How about it’s coral that we’ve bleached
Did you know  out in space it can still be seen
Well it’s dissapearing at an unusual rate
But our politicians just love to wait
They want to burn up coal till its too late
They know what’s best, give me a fucking break

The Great Barrier Reef

Recorded by Declan Bedford and friends

I’m sick of paying
for something that aint mine
Inspections
make me wanna cry
I’ll work hard
break my back for a break
Saving up 
to buy my own place   

You can come around stay around
(come around stay around)
When I buy my own home 

We can play 
Cricket in the street
There will be
neighbours we can meet
We can hide
When things get too hard
We can plant
Veggies in my backyard

You can come around stay around
(come around stay around)
When I buy my own home

First Home Buyer (Acoustic)

My swinging mood
like Melbourne weather in June
or like the Hume
roadworks all the bloody time
the Birrarung is frozen
the birrarung it floods every day
and becomes an ocean
that's my mind in a way

I'll heal the the pain
yeah I'll get help
you're gonna be proud as punch of the man I am today
I'll heal the the pain
yeah I'll get help
I'm gonna be proud as punch of the man I am today

I miss you 
and all my friends too
I'm sorry for bailing all the time
yeah it's rude
I hope I'll be 
seeing you sometime soon
I think it's about time
that I break through 

I'll heal the the pain
yeah I'll get help
you're gonna be proud as punch of the man I am today
I'll heal the the pain
yeah I'll get help
I'm gonna be proud as punch of the man I am today

Self Help w. Amelia Walton

Looking in your eyes
I can see the signs
that you're stuck and hurting
in your own mind

hiding in your house
with all that pain and doubt
hating yourself
all of the time

take a walk
call a friend
we all want to see you again
take a walk
call a friend
i promise things will get good again

I am not ok
is all you have to say
and i will come around
and we will talk it out

coz you are not alone
yeah you are not alone
yeah ive been where you are
right now

take a walk
call a friend
we all want to see you again
take a walk
call a friend
i promise things will get good againtake a walk
call a friend
we all want to see you again
take a walk
call a friend
too many mates have made their own ends

Jasper

THOUGHTS AND STORIES FROM THE LAND OF AUS

Grommett Lloyd

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