Icehouse: "Ice House - Great Southern Land" Lyrics

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