I'm Fitzroy(1) where the stars be
I'm Wanganeen in '93(2)
I'm Mundine(3), I'm Cathy Free-
Man(4), that fire inside-a-me
I'm Adam Goodes, and Adam should
Be applauded when he stand up
You can look to us when that time stop(5)
I'm Patty Mills(6) with the last shot
I'm Gurrumul(7), I'm Archie(8)
I'm everything that you ask me
I'm everything that you can't be
I'm the dead hearts, heart beat
The children came back
The children came back
Back where their hearts grow strong, back where they all belong
The children came back
I'm Doug Nicholls(9), I'm Jimmy Little
With a royal telephone(10)
I'm the world champ in '68
Boy I'm Lionel Rose(11)
I'm William Cooper(12), I take a stand
When no one even knows
I'm the walk off, I'm the sound of
The children coming home
Boy I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
I'm everything that you ask me
I'm everything that you can't be
I'm the dead hearts, heart beat
The children came back
The children came back
Back where their hearts grow strong, back where they all belong
The children came back
Let me take it home, I'm Rumba
I'm the sand hills on Cummera
I'm Les Briggs, I'm Paul Briggs
I'm Uncle Ringo with all them kids
Im Uncle Buddy, everybody loves me
Ain't none below, ain't none above me
Im the carvings outta every scar tree
I'm those flats that birthed Archie
Now Mr Abbott, think about it
Me and you we feel the same
That might sound strange, I'm just sayin'
We both unsettled when the boats came
I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
I'm everything that you ask me
I'm everything that you can't be
I'm the dead hearts, heart beat
The children came back
The children came back
Back where their hearts grow strong, back where they all belong
The children came back
The children came back
The children came back
Back where they understand, back to their mothers' land
The children came back
The children came back
The children came back
Back where their hearts grow strong, back where they all belong
The children came back
I'm Wanganeen in '93(2)
I'm Mundine(3), I'm Cathy Free-
Man(4), that fire inside-a-me
I'm Adam Goodes, and Adam should
Be applauded when he stand up
You can look to us when that time stop(5)
I'm Patty Mills(6) with the last shot
I'm Gurrumul(7), I'm Archie(8)
I'm everything that you ask me
I'm everything that you can't be
I'm the dead hearts, heart beat
The children came back
The children came back
Back where their hearts grow strong, back where they all belong
The children came back
I'm Doug Nicholls(9), I'm Jimmy Little
With a royal telephone(10)
I'm the world champ in '68
Boy I'm Lionel Rose(11)
I'm William Cooper(12), I take a stand
When no one even knows
I'm the walk off, I'm the sound of
The children coming home
Boy I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
I'm everything that you ask me
I'm everything that you can't be
I'm the dead hearts, heart beat
The children came back
The children came back
Back where their hearts grow strong, back where they all belong
The children came back
Let me take it home, I'm Rumba
I'm the sand hills on Cummera
I'm Les Briggs, I'm Paul Briggs
I'm Uncle Ringo with all them kids
Im Uncle Buddy, everybody loves me
Ain't none below, ain't none above me
Im the carvings outta every scar tree
I'm those flats that birthed Archie
Now Mr Abbott, think about it
Me and you we feel the same
That might sound strange, I'm just sayin'
We both unsettled when the boats came
I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
I'm everything that you ask me
I'm everything that you can't be
I'm the dead hearts, heart beat
The children came back
The children came back
Back where their hearts grow strong, back where they all belong
The children came back
The children came back
The children came back
Back where they understand, back to their mothers' land
The children came back
The children came back
The children came back
Back where their hearts grow strong, back where they all belong
The children came back
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(2) Gavin Adrian Wanganeen (born 18 June 1973), giocatore di football australiano, nel 1993 vinse la Brownlow Medal come miglior giocatore del campionato.
(3) Anthony Mundine (Sydney, 21 maggio 1975) è un pugile e rugbista a 13 australiano
(4) Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman, dettaCathy (Mackay, 16 febbraio 1973), è un'ex velocista australiana, specializzata in particolare nei 400 metri piani: campionessa olimpica ai Giochi di Sydney 2000 e due volte campionessa mondiale.
(5) Adam Roy Goodes (8 January 1980), giocatore di football australiano, spesso fischiato e insultato per motivi razziali
(6) Patrick "Patty" Mills è un cestista australiano, professionista nella NBA con i San Antonio Spurs.
(7) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (22 gennaio 1971, Elcho Island, Australia - 25 luglio 2017, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Australia)
(8) Archibald William "Archie" Roach musicista, autore di They Took the Children Away, di cui questa canzone è un sequel
(9) Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls (9 dicembre 1906– 4 giugno 1988) è stato un presbitero laico protestante, politico e in gioventù giocatore di football australiano proveniente dal Nuovo Galles del Sud, che ricoprì la carica di governatore dello stato dell'Australia Meridionale.
(10) James Oswald Little, AO (1 March 1937 – 2 April 2012), musicista, "Royal Telephone" del 1963 è il suo maggior successo
(11) Lionel Edmund Rose (21 June 1948 – 8 May 2011), pugile campione mondiale dei pesi Gallo nel 1968
(12) William Cooper (c.1860 – 1941) politico e attivista per i diritti degli aborigeni