Australia Day 26th January

TRUE BLUE
Words and Music by John Williamson

© 1986/2003 EMUSIC PTY LTD

Hey True Blue, don't say you've gone Say you've knocked off for a smoko And you'll be back later on Hey True Blue, Hey True Blue

Give it to me straight Face to face Are you really disappearing, Just another dying race, Hey True Blue.

True Blue, is it me and you? Is it Mum and Dad, is it a cockatoo? Is it standing by your mate When he's in a fight? Or will she be right? True Blue, I'm asking you...

Hey True Blue, can you bear the load? Will you tie it up with wire, Just to keep the show on the road? Hey True Blue, Hey True Blue, now be Fair Dinkum

Is your heart still there? If they sell us out like sponge cake Do you really care? Hey True Blue.

True Blue, is it me and you? Is it Mum and Dad, is it a cockatoo? Is it standing by your mate When she's in a fight? Or will she be right? True Blue, I'm asking you... True Blue, is it me and you? Is it Mum and Dad, is it a cockatoo? Is it standing by your mate When he's in a fight? Or will she be right? True Blue ... True Blue.

·  Smoko To 'knock off for a smoko' is to have a break for a coffee, tea or cigarette. ·  True Blue Steadfast loyal Australian who displays the Aussie ideals of a fair go for all, mateship, having a go, and solving problems. ·  Fair Dinkum Virtually the same as True Blue - honest, reliable, trustworthy, dinki-di; someone who has embraced the Aussie attitudes to everything, especially mateship. 'Are you fair dinkum?' means 'are you telling the truth?'