Paul Kelly - Maralinga (Rainy Land) lyrics

This is a rainy land This is a rainy land No thunder in our sky No trees stretching high But this is a rainy land My name is Yami Lester I hear, I talk, I touch but I am blind My story comes from darkness Listen to my story now unwind This is a rainy land First we heard two big bangs We thought it was the Great Snake digging holes Then we saw the big cloud Then the big, black mist began to roll This is a rainy land A strangeness on our skin A soreness in our eyes like weeping fire A pox upon our skin A boulder on our backs all our lives This is a rainy land This is a rainy land No thunder in our sky No trees stretching high But this is a rainy land My name is Edie Millipuddie They captured me and roughly washed me down Then my child stopped kicking Then they took away my oId man to town They said 'Do you speak English?' He said '1 know that Jesus loves me I know Because the bible tells me so' This is a rainy land This is a rainy land No thunder in our sky No trees stretching high But this is a rainy lan