My Island Home
This is a song by Neil Murray, performed by the Warumpi Band on the 1987 album "Go Bush".
Later sung be Christina Anu and for Sydney Olympics 2000 with a few lyrics changed.
Verse
G C G
Six years I've been in the desert
C G
and every night I dream of the sea
G C G
They say home is where you find it
D C G
But will this place ever satisfy me.
G C G
For I come from the salt water people
C G
we always lived by the sea
G C G
now I'm out here west of Alice springs
D C G
with a wife and a family
Chorus
EM
My island home
G
my island home
D C G
my island home is a waiting for me.
verse
EM D G
In the evening the dry wind blows
G C
from the hills and across the plains
EM D G
I close my eyes and I'm standing
G C
In a boat on the sea again.
EM D G
and I'm holding that long turtle spear ( holding long fishing line for female singers )
G
and I feel I'm close now
C
to where it must be
D C G
and my Island home is a waiting for me
Instrumental
G C G
for I come from the salt water people
C G
we always lived by the sea
G C G
now I'm out here west of Alice springs
D C G
with a wife and a family
Chorus
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