Advance Australia
By Elizabeth Argall
Biography
I want to love like I did before
so trusting and naive
I want to feel a sense of pride for this land
I once called my own.
Now I'm so much older I see a hurt lying deep
of a past we cannot seem to face
When moral cowards rule the roost
tiny men in giant suits and we swallow the wisdom they provide
I want to love like I did before
so trusting and naive
I want to feel a sense of pride for this land
I once called my own.
Now I'm so much older
I can imagine what it's like to be a mother whose child is torn away
who knows where they have gone maybe to a loving home
or maybe abuse and despair
I want to love like I did before
so trusting and naive
I want to feel a sense of pride for this land
I once called my own.
Now I'm so much older I feel a fear grow in me
from the knowledge we cannot seem to face
we wash and plough and salt the earth when will we now its worth
and by then will it be too late.
I want to love like I did before
so trusting and naive
I want to feel a sense of pride for this land
I once called my own.
Now I'm so much older I feel a hurt lying deep
of a future we cannot seem to face
oh what fools we be to confuse homogeny with equality
how is it we get the two confused
I want to love like I did before
so trusting and naive
I want to feel a sense of pride for this land
I once called my own.
Now I'm so much older I can imagine what it's like to be
a mother who gives their child away
trusted to a leaky boat in the sad but fervent hope
they will go to lead a better life
I want to love like I did before
so trusting and naive
I want to feel a sense of pride for this land
I once called my own.
Now I'm so much older I cannot seem to watch the news
I'll close my eyes pretend I cannot see
shut the gates and close the door you're not welcome here anymore
we'll stay strangers even to ourselves
I want to love like I did before
so trusting and naive
I want to feel a sense of pride for this land
I can't help but call my own.