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Great Southern Land

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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 its 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
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
I 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 'cause I had to find you
This is not the way that I remember it here
Anyone will tell you its 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
Where 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

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Ivor Davies

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Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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