It's the land boys we live in The soil beneath our feet From the wide open spaces To the faces in the street And we've come from the dreaming To the 21st century It's the land boys we live in And it's home to you and me It's the first light of morning On the headland at the bay A long line of white sand, and an endless perfect wave It's the steam slowly rising From the rainforest floor And a brief unexpected sun shower It's the silence broken by the whipbird's cry A fly on the water with a rainbow on the right The timeless sky in an aftershade of blue And the roar of a thousand cicadas It's the land boys we live in The soil beneath our feet From the wide open spaces To the faces in the street And we've come from the dreaming To the 21st century It's the land boys we live in And it's home to you and me It's a big red shaded by a boab tree A wedge-tailed eagle as it soars majestically A sea of wild flowers beneath the desert sun A frill-necked lizard on the run It's the land boys we live in The soil beneath our feet From the wide open spaces To the faces in the street And we've come from the dreaming To the 21st century It's the land boys we live in And it's home to you and me It's the southern aurora To mark the close of day The cross on the horizon Showing travellers the way A cool breeze floating through the louvers late in the night And ghost gums dancing in the moonlight It's the land boys we live in The soil beneath our feet From the wide open spaces To the faces in the street And we've come from the dreaming To the 21st century It's the land boys we live in And it's home to you and me It's the land boys we live in The soil beneath our feet From the wide open spaces To the faces in the street And we've come from the dreaming To the 21st century It's the land boys we live in And it's home to you and me