From the recording WEST OF LONELY
Lyrics
GOD KNOWS WHERE
It was an outback railway siding, with a solitary peppercorn tree
And a silence designed to wound you, or at least bring you down to your knees
And the smell of drought and saltbush, on the tired, dusty air
You'll never be lonely the rest of your life, when you've lived in God knows where
The cattle would come to the lonely trough, by the lonely tank on the hill
And sadly stand and wait for the wind, to turn the tired old mill
And she'd clank and groan as if to say, it was more than she could bear
You'll never be lonely the rest of your life, when you've lived in God knows where
The clouds would travel to somewhere else, with somebody else's rain
I'd sit and watch the shimmering rails and wait for the morning train
And the windows full of faces, would smile at my despair
You'll never be lonely the rest of your life, when you've lived in God knows where
The crows were headed down the track, i'd have joined them if i could
It wasn't the loneliest place on earth, but i could see it from where i stood
And an old scrub bull, stood all alone, we made a real good pair
You'll never be lonely the rest of your life, when you've lived in God knows where