Maralinga

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 newIn the wind
The ashes fly
The poison crown
The charcoal groundAnd if you can't see the smile in me
That's where I wanna beThere's only God
There's only Christ
Think I'll lie down
For just a whileAnd the grass became granite and the sky a black sheet
Our bed was a graveyard, we couldn't feel our blistered feet
And the moaning and groaning and sighing of death
And the silence that followed and the very harsh realitySo watch and check them out and listen as we learn
Throw the pearls before the swine, ebb and flow, turning tide
Yes, we watch and catch them no matter how they jump
The pigs will have to come to ground, we've got to make it happenIt's really not that new, try and make it happen now
'Cause what are we to do, maybe there's a chance for youAll around
An eerie sound
Their dreams a cloud
Their world in shroudsIn the wind
The ashes fly
Not much time
But time to tryAnd if you can't see the smile in me
That's 'cause I wanna be
I want to be here at the end
I have to be here at the end