I'm sitting with my old guitar as songs go through my mind Songs that have been written and stand the test of time We sing of all things country and people of our land Stories of Australia from coast to desert sands I'm sitting with my old guitar and fancy I can say Henry and Banjo recording history While I'm here with my country friends right here where I belong Where I can tell my stories in a true bush ballad song And I'll write and sing these songs until I die Though a lot of people wonder and ask the reason why These songs are a part of me, they're deep within my soul So many of our stories are waiting to be told I'm sitting with my old guitar while the rain falls gently down Writing a ballad of life in a country town The courage of these people whose comforts are but few I love to tell their stories in songs both old and new When I'm sitting with this old guitar I can be most anywhere In the Flinders Ranges or Queensland I don't care Way up in the mountains or even by the sea These songs of Australia, they mean so much to me Now if you find our ballads dated or dragging on in years Take a trip into the outback, see the hardship, dust and tears The struggle of our people is the same as yesterday That's why we tell their stories in the same old kind of way And I'll write and sing these songs until I die Though a lot of people wonder and ask the reason why These songs are a part of me, they're deep within my soul So many of our stories are waiting to be told And I'll write and sing these songs until I die Though a lot of people wonder and ask the reason why These songs are a part of me, they're deep within my soul So many of our stories just waiting to be told So many of our stories just waiting to be told