Red Earth Beneath My Feet

Intro - Classical Instrumental, 4 counts

Verse 1

Born in the dust, red earth beneath my feet (yo),

Grew up on the streets where the sun beats the heat (yo),

Mum worked nights, Dad played gigs in pubs (yo),

Never had much but we had love, that was enough (yo),

Pre-Chorus

Dreams a lot bigger than the dirt in my yard,

I knew there was more to life, I've come so far...

Chorus

Now I'm walking down the Champs-Élysées (yo yo),

Amsterdam canals flowing through my brain (check it),

London's calling, Spice of India on my tongue (oh yeah!),

From the red centre to the world, climbin' up (ohh),

Tibet's quiet mountains taught me how to breathe (aaaahhhh.....),

I'm just an Aussie kid and the world's made me free (one two one two),

Verse 2

Paris lights up like a thousand little dreams,

Nothing like the movies, it's really better than it seems ,

Amsterdam's got tales in the water and the walls, Centuries of rebels who bravely answered freedom's call (Rest in peace...),

Verse 3

London's got grit, got that English rhythm in the air (aaaahh yeah!),

Indian streets smell like colour everywhere,

Rode through Tibet where the silence spoke so loud,

Left my old self somewhere up in the clouds (Said goodbye),

Verse 4

Barcelona's neon bleeding into the Sagrada stone (yo),

Marrakech's markets, I hardly even touched my phone (yo),

Took a train through Switzerland, saw the snow on the glass (yo),

Watched my old reflection fade, watched my old life pass (fade away...),

Tokyo's vending machines at 4am (yo),

Every corner a place I'd never been (ah yeah),

Verse 5

Cairo's dust in my hair, Reykjavik's glacial blue (yo!),

Bangkok's tuk-tuk rhythm, everything felt new,

Met a girl in Berlin, we danced till the dawn (yo!),

She had her own red earth, her own place she'd gone,

We swapped stories and looks, traded our scars (oh yeah),

Realized home wasn't a place, it was written in stars,

Verse 6

Back to Sydney now, but I'm really not the same,

The red earth still remembers me, but it knows me by my new name,

My Mum's got photos on the wall...every city, street, and place I've been,

My old man always grins, he says the world made his son complete,

I've still got dust on my boots from a hundred different lands,

But I'm grounded here at home, now I finally understand,

Bridge

From the bush to the boulevard,

From the outback to the hard,

Never thought this kid would see it all,

But home's still home when I call,

Final Chorus

Now I'm walking down the Champs-Élysées,

Amsterdam canals flowing through my brain,

London's calling, India's spice on my tongue,

From the red centre to the world, I've begun,

Tibet's mountains taught me how to breathe,

Australian kid, the world's made me free,

Yeah, the world's made me free, Just an aussie kid at heart...

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