Great Southern Land

<br>Standing at the limit of an endless ocean<br>stranded like a runaway, lost at sea<br>city on a rainy day down in the harbour<br>watching as the grey clouds shadow the bay<br>looking everywhere `cause I had to find you<br>this is not the way that i remember it here<br>anyone will tell you its a prisoner island<br>hidden in the summer for a million years<br><br>Great Southern Land, burned you black<br><br>so you look into the land and it will tell you a story<br>story `bout a journey ended long ago<br>if you listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains<br>maybe you can hear them talking like I do<br>". . they`re gonna betray, they`re gonna forget you<br>are you gonna let them take you over this way . ."<br><br>Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land<br>you walk alone like a primitive man<br>and they make it work with sticks and bones<br>see their hungry eyes, its a hungry home<br>I hear the sound of the stranger`s voices<br>I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes<br>Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land<br>they burned you black, black against the ground<br><br>Great Southern Land, in the sleeping sun<br>you walk alone with the ghost of time<br>they burned you black, black against the ground<br>and they make it work with rocks and sand<br>I hear the sound of the stanger`s voices<br>I see their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes<br>Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land<br>you walk alone, like a primitive man<br>you walk alone with the ghost of time<br>and they burned you black<br>yeah, they burned you black<br>Great Southern Land