Tombestone Lyrics - Pogues

The night is dark, the moon is full 

Across the blood red plain 

Every step and every breath 

Brings me nearer home 

The spirits watch me on my way 

They whisper on the wind 

And when the dawn lights up the sky 

I'll see my land again 

A hot wind blows the scrub and dust 

Across the barren land 

Trees stand bare like skeletons 

The mountains all torn down 

The water holes are dry as bones 

No birds are singing now 

And faraway a city stands 

Tombstones against the sky