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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Briggs
Briggs
Vocals
Gurrumul
Gurrumul
Vocals
Dewayne Everettsmith
Dewayne Everettsmith
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Briggs
Briggs
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Michael Hohnen
Michael Hohnen
Producer
Pip Norman
Pip Norman
Mixing Engineer
Robin Mai
Robin Mai
Engineer
Fred Kervorkian
Fred Kervorkian
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Yeah
[Verse 2]
I'm Fitzroy where the stars be
I'm Wanganeen in '93
I'm Mundine, I'm Cathy Free
Man, that fire inside of me
I'm Adam Goodes and Adam should be
Applauded when he stand up
You can look to us when that time stop
I'm Patty Mills with the last shot
[Verse 3]
I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie, I'm everything you ask me
I'm everything that you can't be
I'm the dead heart's heartbeat
[Chorus]
The children came back
I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie, I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
The children came back
I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie, I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
Back where their heart grows strong, back where they all belong
I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie, I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
The children came back
I'm Patty Mills with twelve million dollars
[Verse 4]
I'm Doug Nicholls, I'm Jimmy Little
With a royal telephone
I'm the world champ in '68
Boy, I'm Lionel Rose
I'm William Cooper, I take a stand
When no one even knows
I'm the walk off, I'm the sound off
The children coming home
[Verse 5]
Boy I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
Yeah, yeah
I'm everything that you ask me
I'm everything that you can't be
I'm the dead heart's heartbeat
[Verse 6]
The children came back
I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie, I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
The children came back
I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie, I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
Back where their heart grows strong, back where they all belong
I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie, I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie
The children came back
I'm Gurrumul
Boy, I'm Patty Mills
[Verse 7]
Let me take it home, I'm Rumba
I'm the sand hills on Cummera
I'm Les Briggs, I'm Paul Briggs
I'm uncle Ringo with all them kids
I'm uncle Buddy, everybody loves me
Ain't none below, ain't none above me
I'm the carving out of every scar tree
I'm those flats that birthed Archie
Now Mr. Abbott, think about it
Me and you, we feel the same
And that might sound strange but I'm just saying
We both unsettled when the boats came
[Verse 8]
I'm Gurrumul, I'm Archie, I'm everything you ask me
I'm everything that you can't be
I'm the dead heart's heartbeat
[Verse 9]
The children came back
I'm the dead heart's heartbeat
The children came back
I'm the dead heart's heartbeat
Back where their heart grows strong, back where they all belong
The children came back
I'm the dead heart's heartbeat
[Verse 10]
The children came back
The children came back
Back where they understand, back to their mothers' land
The children came back
[Verse 11]
The children came back
The children came back
Back where their heart grows strong, back where they all belong
The children came back
I'm the dead heart's heartbeat
Written by: Adam Briggs, Archie Roach, Corey James Mcgregor, Dan Moroder, Gurrumul, James Peter Mangohig

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