Older than Kosciuszko, darwin' down to Alice Springs   Dealers in the clearinghouse, the settlements explode   High up in the homelands, miners drive across the land   Encounter no resistance, when the people block the road      Older than Kosciuszko, dry white seasons years ago   Darkness over Charleville, the fires begin to grow      No end to the hostility, now they want to be somewhere else   No stranger to brutality, now they'd like to be someone else      Older than Kosciuszko, driven back to Alice Springs   Endless storm and struggle, marks the spirit of the age   High up in the homelands celebration 'cross the land   Builds up like a cyclone now the fires begin to rage      No end to the hostility, now they want to be somewhere else   No stranger to brutality, now they'd like to be someone else      Call off the ultimatum, no don't turn away   Call off the ultimatum, until yesterday   Call off the ultimatum, no don't turn away   Bind up the brokenhearted, no don't turn away   Call off the ultimatum until yesterday      No end to the hostility, now they want to be somewhere else   No stranger to brutality, now they'd like to be someone else