Maralinga (Rainy Land) - Paul Kelly

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 Millipuddy

They captured me and roughly washed me down

Then my child stopped kicking

Then they took away my man to town

They said do you speak English?

He said

I know that Jesus loves me I know

Because the bible tells me so

I 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 land