Aotea Aotea So beautiful and free What is it that connects you and me? Is it my heritage? Or is it the sea?
I've seen your many faces in a storm And through the blistering heat I have felt your frost upon my feet And still you are so beautiful to me.
The pohutukawas that shower your landscape With crimson red like a sunset. I've walked your hills, Fished your waters, Swam your rivers, And have slipped on your black sand.
I know of a place where the flounders roam Of a giant, a stone lizard And a taniwha hole Where time stands still Where your people chant and sing their songs Of your mountains And of ancestors passed on
Aotea Aotea You'll always be home to me No matter where I roam My heart yearns My thoughts turn And I'm glad to see you And my Uncle John ...
