Maralinga Lyrics - Midnight Oil

I come from a land of wide open spaces 

Where the world turns around us and we just follow suit 

There's heat in the air and peace reigns supreme 

Got white flags on the clothes lines and the deals are new 

In the wind, the ashes fly 

The poison crown, the charcoal ground 

And if you can't see the smile in me 

That's where I want to be 

There's only God, There's only Christ 

Think I'll lie down, for just a while 

So watch and check them out and listen as we learn 

Throw the pearls before the swine, ebb and flow and turning tide 

Yes we watch and catch them down no matter how they jump 

The pigs will have to come to ground,we've got to make it happen now 

It's not really that new, try and make it happen now 

What are we to do, maybe there's a chance for you 

All around, an eerie sound 

Their dreams a cloud, their world in shrouds 

In the wind, the ashes fly 

Not much time, but time to try 

And if you can't see the smile in me, that's where I want to be 

I want to be here at the, I have to be here at the end