Ice House - Great Southern Land Lyrics

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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 
see  their  hungry  eyes,  its  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 
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

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