Elton John - The Drover's Ballad (from Australia with Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman) [Lyrics] (HQ)

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The Drover's Ballad is a song from the end credits of the movie Australia with Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman from 2008. The movie is directed by Baz Luhrmann. The song was written by Elton John and Baz Luhrmann. It is chanted by Elton John. I love this song... =) Here are the lyrics for you:

THE DROVER'S BALLAD: LYRICS

From the sunburnt plains of far off north Australia
Came a fella born to ride the wide brown land
Oh he grew up running wild
But soon by all was styled
As the country's greatest ever droving man

Oh his legend rode the winds from Broome to Darwin
They loved and loathed him right from end to end
When the drover gave his heart
To a girl whose skin was dark
From that day on he was no white-man's friend

So goes The Drover's story, you'll hear it near and far
And in the end it's all he'll ever own.
It says the outcast is a free man
If he sleeps under the stars
Makes the blanket of the southern skies his home

Then they called him up to fight for Mother England
In a far off war that spilled his brother's blood
Inside the jaw's of hell
Where both his brother's fell
He just watched his faith in man die in the mud

There was no hero's welcome for The Drover
Just a country that had turned its back on him
When he came home from the war
His sick wife, they would not cure
They let her die, for the colour of her skin

So goes The Drover's story, you'll hear it near and far
And in the end it's all he'll ever own.
It says the outcast is a free man
If he sleeps under the stars
Makes the blanket of the southern skies his home

The Drover is a man of constant shadows
Haunted by his pain, his past and name
For every mile he rides
What he cannot hide,
Is the longing in his heart to love again

So goes The Drover's story, you'll hear it near and far
And in the end it's all he'll ever own.
It says the outcast is a free man
If he sleeps under the stars
Makes the blanket of the southern skies his home
Makes the blanket of the southern skies his home
His home.

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[danielemenotti]

I absolutely love this movie, it's one of my favourite. It's simply a masterpiece, and I adore it 'cause Nicole and Hugh are two of the living actors I like the most! *_*

I have always been attracted to Australia since I was a child, I wish I could live there... Maybe one day...!

[aliiza252]

@danielemenotti i also wanted to go there since i can think :) and i'm going to have the chance this summer :) i'm from germany and this summer i'm gonna fly to australia and live there for one year and go to school and anything :) i'm the most excited person ever ^^

[jennybean12000]

Nice montage of pictures and music!! Thanks for posting!

[aliiza252]

i'm glad you like it :D

[ADyingFaith]

This has gone down as one of my all time fave movies ever. Ive had it for months and only bothered to watch it a few days a go. I absolutely love it. Its also been quite educational too.

[OldRottenDingo]

I love this song, its soooo Australian. Wonderful, it cannot be better.

[Seattlecarnut]

I love this song! Is it available on cd? I looked everywhere for the Australia soundtrack, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

[melbournepure]

@fraroc ....Australia rocks mate...lol

[fraroc]

@melbournepure I just hope with all my heart that the US gets its shit together and soon. And mabye we can actually be friends with other countries again. Incidentally, how is Australia? I've always wanted to go there....

[melbournepure]

@fraroc ....a country with crashing economy has been handed over to Obama and now lots of expectaions...takes time to get it back on the track...

[fraroc]

@melbournepure Bush absolutley SUCKED as a president. Fucked this country over worse than Nixon. And my opinon of who's in office now? Let's just say, Obama is a good man, but not a good president. America is really nothing that special or exciting to me, just another country in the 193 countries on the planet.

[melbournepure]

i can uderstand mate...not ur fault.....Bush is responsible for all, what he has done to ur country and its image worldwide otherwise ur country was a dream country when Clinton was there...best president USA ever had....

[fraroc]

@melbournepure excuse me, I'm American.

Make no mistake, I've lost ALL faith in my country. I want to leave but I always feel like I'll be unwelcomed every other country I go, you have NO idea what it feels like. Your LUCKY you're not American. Its like your surrounded by 4 giant walls and you can't get out.

[melbournepure]

Australia welcomes all natios.. except shit Americans...

[DarkmareLaura]

i saw this film for the fist time recently and i fell in love with it, it truely is a masterpiece, and oh how i cried! i simply love this song its so beautiful and touching. thanks =)

[Seattlecarnut]

I saw the movie Australia when it first came on Netflix. I loved the movie! I've wanted to visit Australia for a very long time, this movie made me even more want to visit. Nice song from Sir Elton John.