Not the best of starts - Just five and a half - Family torn apart
So you moved around - up near Mackay town - Never settling down
And a man named Bruce would look after you - Coach and father too
By the age of eight you were doin' great - Champion of your State
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
So you found your fame first Commonwealth games Gold in the relay
A sweet victory for the world to see makin' history
Just sixteen years old youngest to win gold a positive role
What you showed us there it was held dear
Young Aussie of the Year
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
It was triple gold games of '94 - though you stood tall
You were criticised for a flag you prized - it showed your two sides
Those two sides of you displayed proud and true - for the world to view
And awareness came to replace the blame -- those two sides are the same
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
Atlanta saw your best - could be nothing less - yet second to Perec
It was finally yours - at Athens we saw - World Champion in the Four
Now we're being told its Olympic Gold that Sydney holds
Those medals may come but you've already won the heart of a Nation
And we'll never stop you
doin' what you do so well.
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
So you moved around - up near Mackay town - Never settling down
And a man named Bruce would look after you - Coach and father too
By the age of eight you were doin' great - Champion of your State
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
So you found your fame first Commonwealth games Gold in the relay
A sweet victory for the world to see makin' history
Just sixteen years old youngest to win gold a positive role
What you showed us there it was held dear
Young Aussie of the Year
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
It was triple gold games of '94 - though you stood tall
You were criticised for a flag you prized - it showed your two sides
Those two sides of you displayed proud and true - for the world to view
And awareness came to replace the blame -- those two sides are the same
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
Atlanta saw your best - could be nothing less - yet second to Perec
It was finally yours - at Athens we saw - World Champion in the Four
Now we're being told its Olympic Gold that Sydney holds
Those medals may come but you've already won the heart of a Nation
And we'll never stop you
doin' what you do so well.
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
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