One Country — Midnight Oil

Who'd like to change the world Who wants to shoot the curl Who gets to work for bread Who wants to get ahead

Who hands out equal rights who starts and ends that fight And not rant and rave Or end up a slave

Who can make hard won gains Fall like the summer rain Now every man must be What his life can be So don't call me the tune, I will walk away

Who wants to please everyone Who says it all can be done Still sit up on that fence No-one I've heard of yet

Don't call me baby Don't talk in maybes Don't talk like has-beens Sing it like it should be

Who laughs at their nagging doubts Lying on a neon shroud, running around Just got to touch someone I want to be

So don't call me the tune, I will walk away

One country one Country one country

Who wants to sit around Turn it up, turn it down Only a man can be What his life can be One vision One people One landmass We are defenceless We have a lifeline

One ocean One policy Seabed lies One passion

One movement One instant One difference One lifetime One understanding

One country One understanding

Transgression Redemption One island One placemat One firmament One element One moment One fusion Yes, and one time