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Freedom Train
04:09
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You were called to be free
I don’t know what that means
But I like the sound
These lies I’ve held so long
Can’t imagine with them gone
But you said the word
Freedom train
Rolling on
It’s been rolling for so long and I
I want to ride
I’m so tired of this game
I try to prove myself over again
I always miss the mark
It’s for all us weak but we must be strong
Just to hold on
Give me strength to stand
But in love there is no fear
Oh, can you hear
Freedom train
Rolling on
It’s been rolling for so long and I
I want to ride
Freedom train
Rolling home
I don’t even know where it’s going
but I know I trust the driver
You were called to be free
It’s so hard to believe
It’s been so long
And look at all of all this mess
Its bigger than all of us
Tell me where do we begin
But in love there is no fear
Oh Lord, hear my prayer
Freedom train
Rolling on
It’s been rolling for so long and I
I want to ride
Freedom train
Rolling home
I don’t even know where it’s going
but I know I trust the driver
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2. |
Gulaga
03:39
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There’s things the road will show you, if you travel slow
My mind it starts to wander on the stories these things know
There’s coffee cups and crosses, a land that bears a scar
Black gum trees silent witness to the way things are
On Gulaga the water just flows out the mountainside
When I left my Mum said, ‘Seek and you will find’
But what if all I ever needed was what I left behind?
I went up the sacred mountain with my aching bones
My eyes fixed on the path to keep from tripping on the stones
Then Lionel and Mary in Bodalla town
Made me stop and think on Country with their painted Koori flag
On Gulaga the water just flows out the mountainside
When I left my mum said seek and you will find
But what if all I ever needed was what I left behind?
L-plates, garden gloves, a bottle of Dare
I pick them up as I go past, still looking for something else out there
Oh Gulaga your water just flows out your mountainside
And I hear my mothers voice say ‘Seek and you will find’
Can I carry all this with me back to what I left behind?
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3. |
Revolution
03:40
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Magpie tapping at my window pane, gold light kiss my cheek
Sky turn pink, my eyes drink deep blue Bemboka Peak
Put the kettle on, I’ve just done another lap round the sun
And we’re still spinning and I find myself standing on Yuin Nation
And every day is a Revolution
Growing up my Mum never told many stories about back when she was young
And my Dad never said much about the homelands where we came from
But 100k is all it takes, straight up to the Karman Line
I hit the stratosphere and I start to get clear on where I belong
And every day is a Revolution
Feel my toes in the wet kykuya, hang my clothes on the hills hoist line
Been reading the letters of my great grand father, is it such a different time?
There are words I find hard to say, let alone put in a song
I still close my eyes to genocide and colonisation
But every day is a Revolution
People been trekking to the big red rock speaking for Sovereign Nations
Talking ‘bout getting a few things sorted with our constitution
They’re speaking truth, speaking love, crying freedom
So we can all live from the heart proudly beneath the southern sun
And every day is a Revolution
Every day is a Revolution
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4. |
Like A Girl
04:39
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Your Mum’s packed up and left us, he told her over breakfast
He packed a vegemite sandwich and he brushed her hair
The bus went past at 8:40, and he said I’ll drive you
He sat right there beside her, but he didn’t catch her eye
He said Don’t cry little girl, our world might fall apart
Go and run little girl, it still pumps blood a broken heart
You can’t fight this little girl, just do what must be done
And find your smile little girl, there’s good things yet to come
She threw her bag over her shoulder, it was heavy and she felt older
Still she ran out just like always on the oval with the boys
But with footy season starting, they were set on training
And they send Billy over to tell her, it was only for the boys
He said don’t cry like a girl, girls always fall apart
You know you run like a girl, and coach says girls aren’t as fast
We can’t fight this little girl, it’s just how things are done
But you should smile, little girl, you’re as pretty as they come
At her 21st she met him, and she remembers how he smiled then
As she makes the kids their dinner and he cracks a tinny on the porch
And the kids’d tell her their worries, and she’d think of her mother
And wonder how much weight one woman can carry on her own
And she would cry like a girl in the quiet of the night
And feel like running away into the dawning light
And she’d fight it like a girl and wonder where she went wrong
Then she’d get up and smile for the little ones
She never gave up her dreaming, through the nappies, bikes and bandaids
And her friends, and the tears she cried gave her strength to carry on
And with footy season starting, she took up coaching
She said ‘everybody’s welcome, I will turn no-one away’
And she would cry ‘Go Girl – catch a speccy mark’
Go and run like a girl, show them that means real damn fast
Keep on fighting like a girl, don’t ever loose that spark
There’s a woman in every girl, with the bravest of hearts
You know who you are
Show us what it means to be like a girl
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5. |
Love Is Gonna Change Me
03:54
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I never meant to break your heart, but I break it over and over
There are times when I wanted to leave, but I’m glad I still have your shoulder to cry on
You were brave enough to stand by me when I was blinded and angry
They say love can make the blind man see, I know it’s true, it happened to me
You make me like water, make me like clay
Love will always change me
You make me like sunshine, shine like day
Like the desert after rain
Love is gonna make me change
Little one, where has our day gone
From the first bird singing til the lullaby song
You close your eyes and I whisper sorry, for all I’ve done for want of better knowing
All around this worlds going crazy and I’ve been feeling a little low lately
But I can find some hope to hold onto, anytime that I look at you
You make me like water, make me like clay
Love will always change me
You make me like sunshine, shine like day
Like the desert after rain
Love is gonna make me change
I’ve seen the river at dawn shine and shimmer, so clear it reminds me of a mirror
It can feel like dying to see, those parts that aren’t so shiny in me
But maybe love doesn’t always feel right, maybe kindness is not always right
I just pray that you’ll pull me through, til the heart of me is the heart of you
And make me like water, make me like clay
Love will always change me
You make me like sunshine, shine like day
Like the desert after rain
And make me like water, make me like clay
Love will always change me
You make me like sunshine, shine like day
Like the desert after rain
Love is gonna make me change
Love is gonna make me change
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6. |
Milk & Honey
03:16
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Living in the land of milk & honey
Thread the camel through the needles eye
Thread the camel through the needles eye
Someone told me there are stories here running
Deep in the soil & sky
Deep in the soil & sky
Someone told me there’s been blood here running
Could I turn my eye?
Could I turn my eye?
Stories in these rivers and these sunburnt plains
Beauty & terror & flooding rains
If I’m living in the moment can I turn back
Can I look at this horizon & think about that?
If someone told me there was rain coming
Would I build an ark?
Would I build an ark?
If someone told me there were dark times coming
Could I hold it with a light in my heart?
Could I hold it with a light in my heart?
If someone gave me sackcloth and ashes
Would I play my part?
Would I play my part?
Stories in these rivers and these sunburnt plains
Beauty & terror & flooding rains
If I’m living in the moment can I turn back
Can I look at this horizon & think about that?
I’m living in the land of milk & honey
Thread the camel through the needles eye
Thread the camel through the needles eye
Living in the land of milk & honey
Thread the camel through the needles eye
Thread the camel through the needles eye
Someone told me there are stories here running
Deep in the soil & sky
Deep in the soil & sky
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7. |
Searching
02:58
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I’m going searching, I’m going searching
See what I can find, see what I can find
Got a couple questions, weighing on my mind
I’ll see what I can find, see what I can find
Oo ooo oo…
Lots of people saying, there’s only one way
I’ll keep an open mind, keep an open mind
Lot’s of people saying, only foolish pray
I’ll keep an open mind, keep an open mind
Oo ooo oo…
Gonna take a shovel, digging in the dark
That is where I’ll start, that is where I’ll start
might be one or two things I need to pull apart
that is where I’ll start, that is where I’ll start
shine a little light, let love leave its mark
that is where I’ll start, that is where I’ll start
It is not a small thing to excavate the heart
That is where I’ll start, that is where I’ll start
Oo ooo oo…
I’m going searching, I’m going searching
See what I can find, see what I can find
It is not a small thing to excavate the heart
That is where I’ll start, that is where I’ll start
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8. |
Do You Even Know
03:29
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Fog lights on, it’s a misty Monday morning
You’re at home, you put the coffee on
Five years and you forgot to tell me
You accidentally fell into her arms
Do you even know what you’ve got
Do you even know?
And you tell me, she’s actually a really nice girl
Well I’m confused but not about that
What you saw in her is easy to see
Is it not enough, what you’ve got in me?
It’s hard to even know what I’ve got,
It’s hard to even know
Can you even tell me?
Do you even know?
I read the signs, they say 30k’s to Eden
With a foggy mind, does it help to have a destination?
I could leave, saying I won’t take this hurting
Or I could stay, is that the hard or the easy way?
I don’t even know what we’ve got,
I don’t even know
I don’t even know what we’ve got,
Do you even know?
Can you even tell me?
Do you even know?
I don’t even know what we’ve got
Do you even know?
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9. |
Umbrella
03:59
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Woke up this morning to a pitter patter sound
Pulled back the curtains and saw that the rain was falling down
And I said ‘my oh my, what a day for my umbrella oooo’
When I woke yesterday I heard the birds singing sweet and low
I looked outside and the my heart skipped a beat coz oh
it’s the perfect day, for my parasol
Some days are only overcast oh what a tease
And blustery or windy days will never find me pleased
But I woke up this morning to a pitter patter sound
Pulled back the curtains and saw that the rain was falling down
And I said ‘my oh my, what a day for my umbrella oooo’
Some days are only overcast oh what a tease
And blustery or windy days will never find me pleased
But I woke up this morning to a pitter patter sound
Pulled back the curtains and I saw the rain was falling down
And I said My oh my, my umbrella oooo
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10. |
Buckle Up
04:35
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You’re gonna see me fly
and think that I’ve got everything that’s passed you by
Like everything I’ve got just falls into my lap
coz its easy just like that, for some
You’re gonna see me fall
and thank your lucky stars you’re not like me at all
And it’s clear that it is my weakness that’s to blame,
there’s so much to be ashamed of, for some
I’m gonna buckle up, take that ride
Take the rocky road to the other side
Whatever you think, I’ll let it lie
Put my work boots on, I’ll live and learn
Stoke the fire even if I get burned
I’m stepping up, it’s my turn
You’re gonna see me fight
Call me a hypocrite because I’ve got no right
I’m no angel but you see me reach for something higher
That’s just playing with fire, for some
And you’re gonna see me fold
Congratulate yourself coz you’ve got more backbone
You’ve never had to give up on all that you believe in
Or question all your dreaming, so far
I’m gonna buckle up, take that ride
Take the rocky road to the other side
Whatever you think, I’ll let it lie
Put my work boots on, I’ll live and learn
Stoke the fire even if I get burned
I’m stepping up, it’s my turn
You’re gonna see me stand
And think that you would too if they just gave you a chance
But this mountain that I stand on is just mistakes that I have made
And I’m ready to face the shame still to come
When I buckle up, take that ride
Take the rocky road to the other side
Whatever you think
C’mon buckle up, let’s take that ride
This rocky road’s better with you by my side
Whatever they think, let it lie
Put work boots on, live and learn
Stoke the fire even if we get burned
C’mon step up, it’s our turn
You’re gonna see me fly
You’re gonna see me fly
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Robyn Martin NSW, Australia
With a sound that is distinctly Australian, Martins' music traverses a wide terrain from deep pocket soul, mixed with heart warming, thought provoking folk sensibilities, to the occasional banjo driven hoedown singalong and a sprinkle of grungy angst rock. ... more
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