In the still heat of the afternoon, Christos was laid to restIn the dry and dusty red soil of AustraliaAs the mulberry and cypress bloom beneath the mountain crestsSo far away in MacedoniaThe children of his heart and the children of his bloodIn sorrow and in silence and in pride around him stoodAll his sons and daughters with the daughters and their sonsThe family of the man with two strong armsBorn a pheasant son on a mountain farm where a thin and grudging earthMade hunger a great ghost at every mealWhere life was just a grinding stone of poverty and deathCrushed young and old alike beneath the wheelSo before the wheel could turn with his family and his wifeChristos came down from the mountains searching for a better lifeBringing only hopes and dreams with him to the distant southern landAnd a brave and willing heart and two strong armsIn a West Australian country town, Christos found a jobFor men willing to work hard and bend their backsCutting the lofty gum trees down, clearing bush and scrubWhere speaking English mattered less than a good sharp axeDriven by his dreams as the hard years came and wentChristos bent his back to every daylight hour that God sentHow many golden wheat fields grow on many western farmsThe rich harvest of the man with two strong armsHe worked to keep his family fed and clothedTo give his kids the chance for them to try and be all they could beSo that unlike him they'd never know the chains of ignoranceOr taste the bitter bread of povertyHe wanted them to have all the things he'd never hadAnd if all that took was blood and sweat he'd give both and be gladHe lived to watch his children grow and match their father's dreamsAll it took was love and pride and two strong armsIn the still heat of the afternoon Christos was laid to restIn the dry and dusty red soil of AustraliaAs the mulberry and cypress bloom beneath the mountain crestsSo far away in MacedoniaThe children of his heart and the children of his bloodIn sorrow and in silence and in pride around him stoodAll his sons and daughters with their daughters and their sonsThe family of the man with two strong armsThe family of the man with two strong arms