nullarbor / the biggest backyard

when i was a little girl

i had the biggest backyard in the world

it went on for miles and miles

was wide as it was high

down to the horizon

all the way up to the sky

and every now and then

i heard a vile tree cry my name

when i was a little girl

i had the biggest backyard in the world

covered up with red dirt as far as i could see

i shared it with the railway and the aborigines

southwest of adelaide

all the way down to the sea and back

when i was a little girl

i had the biggest backyard in the world

the sun would shine until the day i asked for it to rain

countdown the sleeps until the tea and sugar train

ten cents on the track for days

before it never came and went

when i was a little girl

i had the biggest backyard in the world

sitting 'round the campfire that started from a spark

rolling down the gun barrel highway in the dark

making sure that i had all the room here in my house

for me and all of the world

when i was a little girl

i had the biggest backyard in the world