(These lyrics were originally from Andrew Marvick's The Garden.)

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The Dreaming
Written by Kate Bush 



Cover of single
Back of single 









'Bang!' goes another kanga
  On the bonnet of the van.
       "See
the light ram through the gaps in the land."
  Many an Aborigine's
mistaken for a tree
  'Til you near him on the motorway
  And the tree
begin to breathe.
       "See the light ram through the gaps in the
land."



("Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha")
 







Coming in with the golden light
  In the morning.
  Coming in with
the golden light
  Is the New Man.
  Coming in with the golden light

 Is my dented van.



Woomera.
 







"Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee-
        A-a-a-a-a-
        M-m-m-m-m-
  
     Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
        I-i-i-i-i-
        Me-me-me-me-me,"







"Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee-"
  Woomera.
        "A-a-a-a-a-

       M-m-m-m-m-
        Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
        I-i-i-i-i-
       
Me-me-me-me-me.







"Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee-
        A-a-a-a-a-
        M-m-m-m-m-
  
     Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-"







The civilised keep alive
  The territorial war.
       "See the
light ram through the gaps in the land."
  Erase the race that claim
the place
  And say we dig for ore,
  Or dangle devils in a bottle
 
And push them from the Pull of the Bush.
       "See the light ram
through the gaps in the land."
  You find them in the road.
       "See
the light bounce off the rocks to the sand."
  In the road.







Coming in with the golden light
  In the morning.
  Coming in with
the golden light
  With no warning.
  Coming in with the golden light

 We bring in the rigging.
  Dig, dig, dig, dig away.







"Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee-
        A-a-a-a-a-
        M-m-m-m-m-
  
     Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
        I-i-i-i-i-
        Me-me-me-me-me,"







"Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee-"
  Woomera.
        "A-a-a-a-a-

       M-m-m-m-m-
        Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
        I-i-i-i-i-
       
Me-me-me,"







"Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee-
        A-a-a-a-a-
        M-m-m-m-m-"

 Woomera.
        "Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
        I-i-i-i-i-
       
Me-me-me-me-me,"







"Dree-ee-ee-ee-ee-
        A-a-a-a-a-
        M-m-m-m-m-
  
     Ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-
        I-i-i-i-i-"
  Woomera.
        "Me-me-me-me-me."







Ma-ma-many an Aborigine's mistaken for a tree
            ("La, la,
oo-ooh!")
       "See the light ram through the gaps in the land."

 You near him on the motorway
  And the tree begin to breathe.
  Erase
the race that claim the place
  And say we dig for ore.
       "See
the light ram through the gaps in the land."
  Dangle devils in a
bottle
  And push them from the Pull of the Bush.
       "See the
sun set in the hand of the man."







"Bang!" goes another kanga
  On the bonnet of the van.
   
   "See the light bounce off the rocks to the sand."
  You find
them in the road.
       "See the light ram through the gaps in the
land."
  In the road.
       "See the light."
       
    ("Push 'em from the")
  Pull of the Bush.
       "See
the light bounce off the rocks to the sand."
            ("Push
'em from the")
  Pull of the Bush.
       "See the sun set in
the hand of the man."



("Oh, re mikayina!"*)
 







[*--"Oh, re mikayina!": Only an approximate
          phonetic
writing of a few words spoken in Aborigine
          at the end of this
song. I have been told that it
          is a reference to an Aborigine song
about the
          incursion of Western culture into their land, called

         Airplane, Airplane.] 







©1982 Novercia Ltd. 





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