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 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 about 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
See their hungry eyes
It's a hungry land
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
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