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    Great Southern Land/Australia



    31 years ago, a song was written about our Great Southern Land. Inspired by the landscape three decades on, Friend of Australia Iva Davies partnered with everyday people and well known musicians to celebrate the legacy of this powerful song. This is their story. This is our story. It begins with the land...
    ''Minds are like parachutes... they only function when open.''

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    Great Southern Land Lyrics
    Artist: Icehouse
    Album: Primitive Man



    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
    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, they're gonna forget you
    are you gonna let them take you over this 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

    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
    ''Minds are like parachutes... they only function when open.''

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      This Is Australia - Great Southern Land - YouTube
      “Nothing is forever”

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