Great Southern Land

Standing at the limit of an endless ocean
 Stranded like a runaway lost at sea
 City on a rainy day down in the harbour
 Watching as the grey clouds shadow the bay
 Looking everywhere 'cause I had to find you
 This is not the way that I remember it here
 Anyone will tell you it's a prisoner island
 Hidden in the summer for a million years
 Great Southern Land
 Burned you black
 So you look into the land, it will tell you a story
 Story about a journey ended long ago
 Listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains
 Maybe you can hear them talking, like I do
 They're gonna betray you, they're gonna forget you
 Are you gonna let them take you over that way?
 Great Southern Land
 Great Southern Land
 You walk alone
 Like a primitive man
 And they make it work
 With sticks and bones
 See their hungry eyes
 It's a hungry home
 I hear the sound
 Of the strangers' voices
 I see their hungry eyes
 Their hungry eyes
 Great Southern Land
 Great Southern Land
 They burned you black
 Black against the ground
 Standing at the limit of an endless ocean
 Stranded like a runaway lost at sea
 City on a rainy day down in the harbour
 Watching as the grey clouds shadow the bay
 Looking everywhere, I had to find you
 This is not the way that I remember it here
 Anyone will tell you it's a prisoner island
 Hidden in the summer for a million years
 Great Southern Land
 In the sleeping sun
 You walk alone
 With the ghost of time
 Well, they burned you black
 Black against the ground
 And they make it work
 With rocks and sand
 I hear the sound
 Of the strangers' voices
 I see their hungry eyes
 Their hungry eyes
 Great Southern Land
 Great Southern Land
 You walk alone
 Like a primitive man
 You walk alone
 With the ghost of time
 And they burned you black
 Yeah, they burned you black
 Great Southern Land
 Great Southern Land
 Great Southern Land
 Great Southern Land
 Great Southern Land