Watching Lightning

A million miles of Pilbara

Surrounding you and me

Short horns under white gums, pushing 46 degrees

I came up from the south coast, just a suitcase in my hand

Now I'm out here fixing windmills in the Nyiyaparli land

Watching lightning, out on the horizon

Waiting for the thunder, in the wonder of it all

Out on that verandah, love was the only answer

We were lit up like that big old western sky

Watching lightning

The mustering was over, the crews have packed and gone

The wet season is brewing, you can feel it coming on

It begins out in the distance, from the south across the flat

The clouds begin to build up, maybe love's a bit like that

Watching lightning, out on the horizon

Waiting for the thunder, in the wonder of it all

Out on that verandah, love was the only answer

We were lit up like that big old western sky

Watching lightning

Watching lightning

There were hard times out at Hillside, and the family had to sell

We shifted to Carnarvon, by the Indian Ocean swell

We still got each other, but we miss the life we had

We still talk about the big plan, one day we'll be going back

Watching lightning, out on the horizon

Waiting for the thunder, in the wonder of it all

And out on that verandah, love was the only answer

We were lit up like that big old western sky

Watching lightning

Watching lightning