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