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
'cos 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 and it will
tell you a story
Story 'bout a journey
ended long ago
If you 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 this 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 stranger's 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
'cos 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
They burned you black,
black against
the ground
And they make it work
with rocks and sand
I hear the sound of
the stanger's 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