Back to culture
Take me onto culture
Yirrmal djungguwan
Back to culture
Take me onto culture
Yirrmal djungguwan
When you're in line with beat
And you're feeling so fine
And your feet can't help but move
Join the circle of men
Women, children and friends
In the rhythm of love
Gaywa gaywa gaywa gaywa
Yirrmal djungguwan
Gaywa gaywa gaywa gaywa
Yirrmal djungguwan
The smile of a child
Sends a messa...
Maker of the land
Maker of the song
Maker of the constitution
The journey of the great one
Starts from the east
Were the mighty ocean meets the land
Then the population came
She walked with the law in her hands
Singing children of the earth
Praise the journey of the song lines
Find the sign and follow the sun
Maker of the land
Maker of the song
Maker of the constitution...
Like the Southern Cr...
Rulkarri mayku yawuku ngayakandi
Bangmarra yiwukyiwuk laykarrambu djawulpawulpa gewutha gewutha
Lorrpu ngathinana
Djamangu dharpa dh??rra lombirryun dharpa dh??rra garayurru dharpa
Djalambarr dharpa ngunha barrinybarriny
Yiwuku yiwukuku yiwuku yiwukuku yiwuku yiwukuku
Yiwuku yiwukuku bulanydjarrdjarr
Yassyurru yarryurruna yarryurru yarryurruna yarryurru
Dhurumdhurum
Yarryurru yarryurru yolngu ...
Dj??pana wlutju
Dhurulama ngunhawarrtji dj??pana
Warwu galanggarri
Rripa ngunhawarrtji dj??pana
Warwu golungnha
Look at the sun
Falling from the sky
And the sunset
Takes my mind
Back to my homeland
Far away
It's a story
Planted in my mind
It's so clear
I remember
Oh my, oh my, sunset dreaming
Wo-o-o dj??pana
Wo-o-o warwu
Wo-o-o rramani
Wo-o-o galanggarri
Hey, you people
Out there
How come
You ...
Yarryurra gunbilk marrawulwul
Djambi dhoru warrpididi
Dhawalnydja dhuwala marrawurrtjara
Dhawalnydja dhuwala dhuruthuruya
Like the lines on your face
The answer is here
And the light in your eyes
Don't hide it away
Like th dots on the shells
They shine
Dhawalnydja dhuwala dirrmalaya
Dhawalnydja dhuwala lunggurmaya
Yawuyawu ganyawuya
Yawuyawu yangayana
Like the lines on your face...
And waters ...
We've been working on a course for change
Trying to work out a balance
Sometimes I feel I'm so alone
And I wish you were here
Making money can be one thing
Building bridges can be the other one
All it takes is understanding now
To make that dream come true
You and me bayma
We can make it happen 'freedom'
You and me liya-wayma
We can see it through 'freedom'
Many thousand years of history
Of a ...
Last night I heard my mother's sweet voice
Last night I heard my mother's sweet voice
Last night I heard my mother's sweet voice
Last night I heard my mother's sweet voice
She got the power for control
She got the power for my freedom
Baywara power for control yer
Baywara power for my freedom
Last night I heard my father singing
Last night I saw my brother dancing
Last night I heard my sister ...
Sound of the waves fall
On the sand dune of love
Sweet memory of you
Of the times that we spent together
Right from the heart
You gave me the new and the old
Gunitjpirr man
Don't leave me alone
Come back to me
Gunitjpirr man
We'll remember and speak of you
As the father of land rights
The children must learn
Of the sacred law
And of Mother Earth
Just like the way that you did
And when our time...
Djipul yipul yipul. Wangarrwiryun guku djuwan. Wirrya wirrya wirrya.
Ngurruwu rangam ganinygu.
Garinydjingu warray dhananydja. Gurrangarr rambarrparr. Rilmirilmi warray.
Djanggulkarra Malaypa. Dalngadalnga warray. Wangawuy Ganganbuy warray.
Ngulupambuy warray.
You find goodness in the honey, like a new found energy
like the way we live and the way we breathe
our ultimate existence, the backbon...
Coming out of the water
Back to middle now
Hope for the future
Hope for the future now
Get it right this time, poor boy
While the wind is a blowing
You got inside information
Hope for the future now
And we will sing and dance
Under the honey sun
For ever and ever
Day by day
Over there in the distance
Down by the sea gull dreaming
The boys are all gathered
For the singing and dancing
The old ma...
Terra nullius terra nullius
Terra nullius is dead and gone
We were right
That we were here
They were wrong
That we weren't here
Liya balburrk bapayili
Liya waltjan bapayili
Liya balburrk bapayili
Liya waltjan bapayili
Mirriam people are dancing
Pastime heoes are dancing too
Mabo's spirit is sailing
Telling the world a story
Terra nullius terra nullius
Terra nullius is dead and gone
Liya balbur...
Reflection in the water I see
Six pretty girls on my mind today
Yellow foam floating down the river
Voices I hear of Yolngu heroes
Go go go go living in the mainstream
Go go go go under one dream
Monsoon clouds
Rolling over the ocean
Thunder and rain
Raging here tonight
Hear the sound of speargrass crying
Cross rivers and valleys
On Yolngu land
Go go go go living in the mainstream
Go go go go ...
Gumatj, rirratjingu, nhina mala wanggany
Miyaman manikay, ngaraka maypurrumburr
Ng??thi miyaman, gunda rirraliny
Dhiyala nhina, mala wanggany
Oh???ma, ma, ma, ma m??tjala
Yumalil quywuyun, mittji rrakpala
Ngawayun ng??thi, liyawayma galupa
M??nha nhama, mawula-wulkthunara
Yarryarryunara, guniyirryirryunara
Oh???ma, ma, ma, ma, m??tjala
Gurrunhan b??pang, dhirrirri guymaliny
Nirrpunydja lunydju...
Monday morning got to get up, looking for work wherever he can,
Tuesday morning buys a cheap car,
Wednesday morning got to get away, car won't go but he won't give up.
Walk around town???.. walk around town???...
it's a matter of choice, it's a matter of choice, Walk around town, matter of choice.
Thursday morning talks to a friend, tells him there's a job on a building site,
someone somewhere...
Someone in the city
Gets a piece of paper
Someone in the bush
Holds the law in their hands
Last chance for freedom
In our generation
We're not the only people
In our generation
Cultures fuse in a global nation
Human rights for indigenous peoples
Learning life's lessons of old
You can't take it away
From our generation
Last chance for freedom
For our generation
In our generation
It's our genera...
Spirit of peace, spirit of love, our spirit is the spirit of peace.
Spirit of peace, spirit of love, our spirit is the spirit of love.
This is our gift for five hundred years.
This is our gift for five hundred years ago.
Spirit of peace, spirit of love, our spirit is the spirit of peace.
Spirit of peace, Spirit of love, our spirit is the spirit of love.
This is our gift for five hundred years....
Everyone is happy, people feeling good.
Dancing in the town and on the street in my neighbourhood.
So we walk outside take a little ride down to the beach on a low tide,
and watch the sun come up.
Complicated situations outright war in many nations.
Gotta stop that. Gotta stop that.
Yeah and the garbage that's left behind, industry, religion and crime.
Gotta stop that oh we gotta stop that.
Aa...
I feel the spirit
Of the great sisters
Calling on me to sing
This is the learning
Of the great story
I'll tell you about this place
From the edge of the mountains
Fly down the valley
Down where the Snowy River flows
Follow the water
Down to the ocean
Bring back the memory
This is a timeless land
This is our land...
Just like the wise man
Who taught me the beauty
Of the creation times
The point...
I saw a man in my dream, calling out, in the Timorese language,
he was gripped by, an iron claw, defining the pain and agony,
he cried out straight from the heart.
Freedom for East Timor, nothing less and nothing more, freedom for East Timor.
Like the Yolngu people, calling out for a change, they fought for their rights,
not to be divided, same movement we hear, same feelings we share,
to see ...
Well I heard it on the radio
And I saw it on the television
Back in 1988
All those talking politicians
Words are easy, words are cheap
Much cheaper than our priceless land
But promises can disappear
Just like writing in the sand
Treaty Yeh Treaty Now
Treaty Yeh Treaty Now
Nhima Djatpangarri nhima walangwalang -
Nhe Djatpayatpa nhima gaya nhe-
Matjini.... Yakarray - nhe Djat'pa nhe walang - Gum...
As the world changes
Look to a brand new day
Cold war is over
In amongst the children play
The earth is yours to hold
Gun shots in the playground
Vision of the future
Where is it taking us?
Children... in a world of innocence...
Na na na
Na na na na na na
Na na na...
Suffer little children
One day this will all be real
Dream on world dream on
This earth is your common ground
Big corporation wa...
I've been looking for you
Searching for something new
You keep my feet on the ground
As you make my world turn around
Keep sending me signals
Don't let me fall by the way
And while the world
Is turning right
You show me the way
To your heart
'Cause when you call my name
It's like the worlkd
Is turning right...
Burrkuwurrkumi
Raywa raywa raywuyuwa
Wirrkul madayin
Gaywagaywa gaywagaywa
Ditjuman ...
Miyamala matjala, Ngathiya Djanngala, Liyawayma Marngarrngura, Nurmbernydja
Buwakurru.
The vision of tomorrow shines, like the mirror on the wall
cast an image of my people dancing and survival was the law.
The shadows of the clouds move on, race by as I close my eyes
making shapes of our great ancestors, as the daylight leaves the sky.
Miyamala matjala, Ngathiya Djanngala, Liyawayma Marngarrn...
Hey Yolngu Boy
Under the neon light
Hey Yolngu Boy
Under the neon light
Come with me see a brand new day
You see that cycad palm
That's the pure eye
You see that cycad palm
That's the living bread
Come with me see a brand new day
You see that long black cloud
Up towards Batjutjpi
You see that long black cloud
Back towards Narulwuy
Maybe it's raining at Lamiwuy
Hey Yolngu Boy
Under the cycad pa...
