Click Here to listen to this song as performed by Lee Kernaghan, Adam Brand and Steve Ford.

(source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRbfP0KaXHU )

Lyrics:

He’s staring down the barrel

Of another desperate day,

Pulls on his boots,

He can’t walk away.

He’s running on empty

He’s knocked about and bent

But he’ll still be standing

When the river runs again.

Is it the spirit of the rock?

Or pass the hat around,

Is it freedom on the wallaby?

Or a dusty patch of ground,

Is it waltzing Matilda?

Or a hand upon your shoulder,

Is this, the spirit of the bush?

She stares at empty cupboards

Just like the day before.

It’s been so long,

She can’t take it anymore.

But she digs a little deeper

And somehow finds the strength,

She keeps believing

There will be better days ahead.

Is it the spirit of the rock?

Or pass the hat around.

Is it freedom on the wallaby?

Or a dusty patch of ground.

Is it waltzing Matilda?

Or a hand upon your shoulder.

Is this, the spirit of the bush?

Was it there when young Ned Kelly

Stood up for those oppressed?

Or when the brave young Anzacs

Put their courage to the test,

Or is it out there with the battler

When he gives it one last try.

Through the darkest moments

You see the spirit shine.

Is it the spirit of the rock?

Or pass the hat around.

Is it freedom on the wallaby?

Or a dusty patch of ground.

Is it waltzing Matilda?

Or a hand upon your shoulder.

Is this, the spirit of the bush?

Source:

http://www.leekernaghan.com.au/site.php