Great Southern Land Lyrics - Singles - Icehouse

Standing at the limit of an endless ocean 

Stranded like a runaway, lost at sea 

City on a rainy day, down in the harbor 

Watching as the gray 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 'bout a journey ended long ago 

If you 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 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 harbor 

Watching as the gray 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 then burned you black, black against the ground 

And they make it work with rocks and sand 

I hear the sound of the stranger'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