Nullarbor Song

Album: Barricades & Brickwalls (2001)
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  • When the fire burns out here
    It's brighter than the city lights
    Warmer than a heart of gold
    And dingo's howl just to break the silence

    The sun comes up just to break the cold
    Last night I woke
    With the stars looking back at me
    Swallowing the sky
    I felt no anger, I felt no shame
    I felt no reason to cry

    If I'm not here in the morning
    I'll cry a river of tears
    But I'll learn to live in a new town
    But my heart is staying here

    When it's quiet out here
    A hundred miles away
    You can hear the train on the line
    The whistle blows just to break the silence
    I wave just to break the time
    I close my eyes
    I think of runnin' water
    I think of runnin' away
    But the fires burnt to ashes
    And it's darker than before
    But I can see as clear as day Writer/s: KASEY CHAMBERS
    Publisher: O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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  • Joel from Toronto, Ontario, OnConveys great lonelyness and emptyness but a good song none the less.
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