It's like the wild west in our backyard

while they were smiling holding hands you caught them off guard

watch them sing slow their spirits charred

now they drain the blood and oil from their backyard

He was 21 and he'd never seen the wide open skies near alice springs

she was 17 and didn't know if her mother was alive or gone

and I watched you walk home that summers eve

and you could see the dust storms turn from the end of our street

Only time will protest the meaning of their ancient place as the modern age is dreaming of

a way to take the words that are leaking out of the mouths of the people that are speaking out

she was 35 and didn't know there was a problem at all

and I watched you walk home that summers eve

and you could see the dust storms turn from the end of our street

and I watched a generation burn like it was on TV

and you are giving them their peace as the sun turns red and this plane flies east

and I watched you walk home that summers eve

and you could see the dust storms turn from the end of our street