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 it's a prisoner island
Hidden in the summer for a million years
Great southern land, burned you black
Do you look into the land, it will tell you a story
Great southern land, great southern land
You walk alone like a primitive man
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
Great southern land, in the sleeping sun
You walk alone with the ghost of time
I hear the sound of the strangers' voices
See their hungry eyes, their hungry eyes
Great southern land, great southern land
You walk alone like a primitive man