john schumann and the vagabond crew - on every anzac day lyrics
[verse]
there are ghosts and memories loitering still in the corridors of time
and there’s sorrows, smoke and stories in the barracks of my mind
and i’m with him still in the trenches i can see his dark brown eyes
his courage gave me courage when i was sure we were going to die
i am asked him once why he volunteered for that h+ll hole far away
fighting for someone else’s king and the land that they took away
he said, “one invading mob’s too many” thеn he walked away
i lost him in the crowds waving flags by thе side of the road
on every anzac day
murray bridge, mundrabilla, naracoorte and perth
first australians, station hands, there were shearers, gangers, clerks
and there was no black and there was no white
just a dirty khaki brown
and on our upturned slouch hat brims we all wore the rising sun
soldiers, brothers, all australians we had no time for race
when the bullets are riding past our heads we’re all just shades of grey
and he kept his medals in their box in the drawer
he kept them well tucked away
then he’d pull them out, put them on, put them back again
on every anzac day
[chorus]
every anzac
every anzac
every anzac day
on every anzac day
[bridge]
armentieres, flanders, tarin kowt, salamau, lae
armiens, morotai, long tan, dispersal bay
somalia, crete, kapyong, iraq and the solomons
passchendaele, maprik, tarakan
they were the first australians
[instrumental chorus]
[verse]
when the show was over we made it back to australia’s shores
pozieres, belleau wood, benghazi, fremecourt
we drifted back into our lives and we all tried to hide the scars
of the tears and the fears and terrors that still tracked us down the years
he tried to join the rsl but the b+st+rds wouldn’t let him in
they didn’t see a soldier just a first australian
and i wonder what it was we fought for, what it was we gave away
there’s reconciliation still to come
on every anzac day
[chorus]
every anzac
every anzac
every anzac day
on every anzac day
[verse]
sun sets in the evening and dawn lights up the sky
we remember those first australians who joined and fought and died
from the missions, the bush and stations, the country and the torres strait
we remember the fighting first australians
now and on every anzac day
[chorus]
every anzac
every anzac
every anzac day
on every anzac day
on every anzac day
[chorus]
every anzac
every anzac
every anzac day
on every anzac day
on every anzac day
[chorus]
every anzac
every anzac
every anzac day
on every anzac day
on every anzac day
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