Auslan /ˈɒz læn/ is the sign language of the Australian Deaf community. The term Auslan is an acronym of "Australian Sign Language", coined by Trevor Johnston in the early 1980s, although the language itself is much older. Auslan is related to British Sign Language (BSL) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL); the three have descended from the same parent language, and together comprise the BANZSL language family. Auslan has also been influenced by Irish Sign Language (ISL) and more recently has borrowed signs from American Sign Language (ASL).
As with other sign languages, Auslan's grammar and vocabulary is quite distinct from English. Its development cannot be attributed to any individual; rather, it is a natural language that developed organically over time.
The number of people for whom Auslan is their primary or preferred language is difficult to determine. Recent studies have put the figure at 6500, a much lower figure than was previously thought, though the 2011 census showed 8406 reported using the language in the home. The number may be diminishing, and although Auslan's status and recognition is growing, there is some speculation that it is an endangered language. Of those who use Auslan as their main language, only about 5% learned it from their parents, with the rest acquiring it from peers at school or later in life.
"Break it down like this!"
"Break it down down like this!"
"Break it down down like this!"
"Like this!"
[Aceyalone]
Space cowboy..
Ace cowboy..
Space cowboy..
Space cowboy, the real McCoy
Electrical all over like a Super Nova astroid
Crash it back down to Earth
With a six shooter computer eyes and a beautiful view of this world
Hold on tight when you, take your flight and sooner or later
You'll have to land at Iron Horse
Gravity takes it's course and of course, the weight of the matter
Overrides the data, come back we need you in the battle
[The Soul of John Black-Singing]
As through the night you go from style to stlye
[Aceyalone]
So much room when you're circling the moon
And don't wanna come back down, trapped and doom
[The Soul of John Black-Singing]
I look into your eyes and wonder where you are
[Aceyalone]
Eyes wide shut from the inside
Only you know the ride only, you know the high
[The Soul of John Black-Singing]
But once again you're lost inside your head and never com-ing home
[Aceyalone]
Trapped up in your thoughts, caught up in the web
Hiding in your head amongst the living dead..
("Break it down like this!")Space cowboy..
The higher I get, the lower I am
The struggle is my strength life in my own hand
Divided by the fate times the pleasure plus the pain
Minus the love and hate, nothing to gain!
I just want to live it out, figure it out, clean this house, be about
something real that got's some meaning to it
How you going see me through it? Space cowboy..
[The Soul of John Black-Singing]
Com-in home
[Aceyalone]
Space cowboy, come on back
[The Soul of John Black-Singing] {Aceyalone}
Hang on space cowboy,{Hang on} hang on space cowboy {Hang on}
Can't you hear me calling you? ("Break it down like this!")
Hang on space cowboy, {Hang on} hang on space cowboy {Hang on}
I'm coming out to arrest you, yeah
[Aceyalone]
I take ten paces, spaces desolate
Give me my piece of mind, you take the rest of it
I take no less of it, no more of it I'm sure of it
I can't lose, I'mma beats the odds, I'm gonna try to beat the Gods
I'm gonna use this Lighting Rod, I'm gonna get down on my job
I'mma landing this ship and walk, then we could sit and talk
Or make it through this darkness ("Break it down down break it down like this!")
[The Soul of John Black-Singing]
Oh once again you're stuck inside your head and never coming home
("Break it down like this!")
[Aceyalone]
Trapped in your thoughts, caught up in your head
Caught up in the web
Amongst the living dead
[The Soul of John Black-Singing]
No, no, no, no, nooo
[Aceyalone]
He'll be back
[The Soul of John Black-Singing] {Aceyalone}
Hang on space cowboy
Hang on space cowboy
Can't you hear me calling you, yeah? ("Break it down like this!")
Hang on space cowboy
Hang on space cowboy
I'm coming out to arrest you, yeah ("Break it down like this!")
Ohhh hang on space cowboy
Hang on space cowboy ("Break it down like this!"
{Aceyalone: Trapped up in your thoughts, caught up in the web
Hiding your head amongst the living dead}
Can't you hear me calling you?
Hang on space cowboy {Space cowboy}
Hang on space cowboy
I'm coming out {Hang on}to ? rest of you, yeah
{Hang on}
Hang on
("Like,like, like this!") Hang on space cowboy
{Hang on}("Break it down!")Hang on
("Down like this!")
Hang on space cowboy
{"Break it down like this!")
Oh hang on space cowboy, hang on space cowboy
I'm coming out to arrest you, yeah
{Break it down"} Hang on
("Break it down like this!")
("Break it down like this!")
Hang on space cowboy
("Break it down like this!")
("Break it down down like this!")
Hang on
("Break it down like this!")
("Break it down down like this!")
Hang on space cowboy
("Break it down like this!")
("Break it down down like this!")
("Break it down!")
("Break it")