[Verse 1] Arthur Kaoutal, you lit the flame In every home, we speak that name For every child, we draw the line No fear can hide, no harm survive You woke the courts, you woke the streets You woke the hands that keep the peace Now mothers, fathers, all can see A child is sacred, a child is free [Pre-Chorus] Stand up now Hear the sound Every law Must hold ground One small life Can change us all We rise together When children call [Chorus] Stand and all rise for children Stand and all rise for children Arthur Kaoutal, we hear you A life saved is our own truth Stand and all rise for children Stand and all rise for children From home to world, we protect Children first, we never forget [Verse 2] Not just Australia, not one place This is a promise for the human race In every school and every street Let mercy walk on steady feet Law enforcers, governments too This is the work we must push through A safe world starts with what we do For every child, for me, for you [Pre-Chorus] Stand up now Hear the sound Every law Must hold ground One small life Can change us all We rise together When children call [Chorus] Stand and all rise for children Stand and all rise for children Arthur Kaoutal, we hear you A life saved is our own truth Stand and all rise for children Stand and all rise for children From home to world, we protect Children first, we never forget [Bridge] Let the weak become the strong Let the silence break in song If one child is kept from harm We all come home, we all are warm [Final Chorus] Stand and all rise for children Stand and all rise for children Arthur Kaoutal, we hear you A life saved is our own truth Stand and all rise for children Stand and all rise for children From home to world, we protect Children first, we never forget
