John Schumann - If I Close My Eyes lyrics

If I close my eyes I can see the river redgum rising green against the dawn I can hear the sacred silence of Wilpena in the morning All I have to do is close my eyes If I close my eyes I can see the sunlight tumbling down between the native pines Broken by the breeze, splashing red and orange light I can see the wedge-tailed eagle climbing stairways in the sky; If I close my eyes And if I close my eyes I'm flying 40,000 years to Wilpena in the dream-time, where the rock sweeps to the air And the hills run from the mountainside into a haze of blue… All I have to do is close my eyes If I close my eyes Underneath the windswept southern sky, Wilpena's ancient shrine Running down the centuries, leaving this one far behind Touch the starlight streaming from the blackness of the night All I have to do is close my eyes But if we close our eyes There'll be black-and whited waiters serving co*ktails on the green And whirring motor-driven cameras drinking in the scene And people running credit-checks behind a silver screen If we close our eyes And if I close my eyes I'm staring into endless night and in the hissing of the campfire As the smoke curls to the night; I hear Nepabunna angels chanting out Wilpena's plight If I close my eyes And if I close my eyes I'm flying 40,000 years to Wilpena in the dream-time, where the rock sweeps to the air And the hills run from the mountainside, into a haze of blue All I have to do is close my eyes