Six years I've been in the city
and every night, I dream of the sea
they say home is where you find it
will this place ever satisfy me?
for I come from the saltwater people
we've always lived by the sea
now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
with a wife and a family
and my island home
my island home
my island home
is waitin' for me
In the evening the dry wind blows
from the hills
and across the plain
I close my eyes and I'm standing
in a boat
on the sea again
and I'm holding that long turtle spear
and I feel I'm close now
to where it must be
my island home, is waitin' for me
For I come from the saltwater people
we've always lived by the sea
now I'm out here west of Alice Springs
with a wife and a family
and my island home
my island home
my island home
is waitin' for me
In the evening the dry wind blows
from the hills
and across the plain
I close my eyes and I'm standing
in a boat
on the sea again
and I'm holding a long turtle spear
and i feel I'm close now
to where it must be
my island home, is waitin' for me
my island home [x3]
is waitin' for me
my island home [Endless to the end]