Lyrics
There's a wind across the country And it's changing as it blows The people who were silent Are beginning to take notice
Out beyond the city lights Where working people stand The bills keep climbing higher While they auction off the land The farmers and the truckies See the promises are thin The curtain's finally lifting And the truth is flooding in
They mocked us and dismissed us Said we'd quietly obey But the battlers stopped listening And they've found their voice today
They're panicking now The game is nearly done The old machine is shaking And the people are as one One Nation rising Hear the country find its voice Pauline's soldiers standing tall Australia has a choice
Spinning, shifting Albo Changes colours with the day Yesterday he promised one thing Now he's gone the other way Labor taxes, Greens close farms The Liberals fall in line Different colours on the door But the same old grand design
They trade their little insults In the theatre on the hill But outside their Canberra walls It's the people paying the bill
They're panicking now The game is nearly done The old machine is shaking And the people are as one One Nation rising Hear the country find its voice Pauline's soldiers standing tall Australia has a choice
Champagne revolutionaries In their harbour-side retreats Lecture miners, mums and farmers From their comfortable seats They claim that questions threaten And resistance turns to hate But their labels lose their power When the truth comes through the gate
Pauline stood through ridicule When no one else would try They tried to break her spirit But she looked them in the eye Malcolm brings the figures Barnaby fights for the bush Cory stands unyielding And they cannot silence us
Every farmer, every truckie Every worker in the town Every family doing it tough While the system wears them down This country isn't merchandise Our birthright isn't theirs Australia belongs to those Who built it through the years
Are we frightened? No!
Will we bend? No!
Will we surrender What our fathers fought to hold? No!
Then stand beside your country! Stand up strong and bold!
They're panicking now The game is nearly done The old machine is shaking And the people are as one One Nation rising Hear the country find its voice Pauline's soldiers standing tall Australia has a choice
They're panicking now Their walls are coming down From the suburbs to the stations There's a movement on the ground One Nation rising Let the warning bells rejoice Pauline's soldiers standing tall Australia has a choice
One land One people One future One voice
Australia has a choice