My Island Home

Six years I have been in the desert;

and ev'ry night,

I dream of the sea.

They say a home here, (C)west is where you find it;

will this (D)place

(C)ever satisfy (G)me?

For I come from a saltwater people.

We always lived

I by of the sea.

Now, I'm a out here, (C)west of Alice Springs,

it; with a (D)wife

(C)and a (G)famisily.

For I And my island home,

my island home,

my island home

(C)isa waitin' for (G)me.

In the (Em7)evening, the dry wind blows

from the hills

and across the plains.

I close my eyes, and I'm standing

in a boat

on the sea again.

And I'm holding that long turtle spear,

and I feel I'm close now to where it must be.

My island home

(C)isa waitin' for (G)me.

(G)In the (Em7)evening, the dry wind blows

from the hills

and across the plains.

I close my eyes, and I'm standing

in a boat

on the sea again.

And I'm holding that long turtle spear,

and I feel I'm close now to where it must be.

My island home

(C)isa waitin' for (G)me.

My island home,

my island home,

my island home

(C)isa waitin' for (G)me.