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