Lyrics and translation Paul Kelly - Maralinga (Rainy Land)
This
is
a
rainy
land
C'est
un
pays
pluvieux
This
is
a
rainy
land
C'est
un
pays
pluvieux
No
thunder
in
our
sky
Pas
de
tonnerre
dans
notre
ciel
No
trees
stretching
high
Pas
d'arbres
qui
s'étendent
haut
But
this
is
a
rainy
land
Mais
c'est
un
pays
pluvieux
My
name
is
Yami
Lester
Je
m'appelle
Yami
Lester
I
hear
I
talk
I
touch
but
I
am
blind
J'entends,
je
parle,
je
touche,
mais
je
suis
aveugle
My
story
comes
from
darkness
Mon
histoire
vient
des
ténèbres
Listen
to
my
story
now
unwind
Écoute
mon
histoire
maintenant,
détends-toi
This
is
a
rainy
land
C'est
un
pays
pluvieux
First
we
heard
two
big
bangs
D'abord,
nous
avons
entendu
deux
gros
bangs
We
thought
it
was
the
great
snake
digging
holes
Nous
pensions
que
c'était
le
grand
serpent
qui
creusait
des
trous
Then
we
saw
the
big
cloud
Puis
nous
avons
vu
le
grand
nuage
Then
the
big
black
mist
began
to
roll
Puis
la
grande
brume
noire
a
commencé
à
rouler
This
is
a
rainy
land
C'est
un
pays
pluvieux
A
strangeness
on
our
skin
Une
étrangeté
sur
notre
peau
A
soreness
in
our
eyes
like
weeping
fire
Une
douleur
dans
nos
yeux
comme
un
feu
qui
pleure
A
pox
upon
our
skin
Une
verrue
sur
notre
peau
A
boulder
on
our
backs
all
our
lives
Un
rocher
sur
nos
dos
toute
notre
vie
This
is
a
rainy
land
C'est
un
pays
pluvieux
This
is
a
rainy
land
C'est
un
pays
pluvieux
No
thunder
in
our
sky
Pas
de
tonnerre
dans
notre
ciel
No
trees
stretching
high
Pas
d'arbres
qui
s'étendent
haut
But
this
is
a
rainy
land
Mais
c'est
un
pays
pluvieux
My
name
is
Millipuddy
Je
m'appelle
Millipuddy
They
captured
me
and
roughly
washed
me
down
Ils
m'ont
capturée
et
m'ont
violemment
lavée
Then
my
child
stopped
kicking
Puis
mon
enfant
a
cessé
de
donner
des
coups
de
pied
Then
they
took
away
my
man
to
town
Puis
ils
ont
emmené
mon
homme
en
ville
They
said
do
you
speak
English?
Ils
ont
dit
:« Parlez-vous
anglais
?»
He
said
Il
a
dit
:
I
know
that
Jesus
loves
me
I
know
« Je
sais
que
Jésus
m'aime,
je
sais
Because
the
bible
tells
me
so
Parce
que
la
Bible
me
le
dit
I
know
that
Jesus
loves
me
I
know
Je
sais
que
Jésus
m'aime,
je
sais
Because
the
bible
tells
me
so
Parce
que
la
Bible
me
le
dit
»
This
is
a
rainy
land
C'est
un
pays
pluvieux
This
is
a
rainy
land
C'est
un
pays
pluvieux
No
thunder
in
our
sky
Pas
de
tonnerre
dans
notre
ciel
No
trees
stretching
high
Pas
d'arbres
qui
s'étendent
haut
But
this
is
a
rainy
land
Mais
c'est
un
pays
pluvieux
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1
Love Is the Law
2 Adelaide
3 Pretty Place
4 Please Myself
5 Our Sunshine
6 Other People's Houses
7 One More Tune
8 The Oldest Story in the Book
9 Nothing but a Dream
10 No You
11 My Way Is to You
12 Midnight Rain
13 Meet Me In The Middle Of The Air
14 Maralinga (Rainy Land)
15 Luck
16 Love Never Runs on Time
17 Little Boy Don’t Lose Your Balls
18 Leaps and Bounds
19 Lately
20 King of Fools
21 Just About to Break
22 Jump to Love
23 The Ballad Of Queenie And Rover
24 Rally Round The Drum
25 Randwick Bells
26 Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
27 You Can Put Your Shoes Under My Bed
28 You Broke a Beautiful Thing
29 Would You Be My Friend
30 Won't You Come Around?
31 Wintercoat
32 When I First Met Your Ma
33 Until Death Do Them Part
34 To Her Door
35 Thoughts in the Middle of the Night
36 They Thought I Was Asleep
37 Jandamarra/Pigeon
38 Sydney from a 747
39 Summer Rain
40 Stupid Song
41 Stories of Me
42 Stolen Apples
43 Standing In the Street of Early Sorrows
44 South of Germany
45 Somewhere in the City
46 Somebody's Forgetting Somebody
47 Smoke Under the Bridge
48 Shane Warne
49 Sweet Guy
50 You Can't Take It with You
51 I Won't Be Your Dog
52 If I Could Start Today Again
53 Don't Explain
54 Difficult Women
55 Desdemona
56 Deeper Water
57 Cradle of Love
58 Coma
59 Cities Of Texas
60 Carlie Owen's Slide Guitar
61 Change Your Mind
62 Careless
63 (The) Cake and the Candle
64 Bradman
65 Blues for Skip
66 Big Fine Girl
67 Behind the Bowler's Arm
68 Beggar On The Street Of Love
69 Before Too Long
70 Beautiful Promise
71 Be Careful What You Pray For
72 Anastasia Changes Her Mind
73 After the Show
74 Don't Harm the Messenger
75 Don't Stand so Close to the Window
76 Don’t Start Me Talking
77 Down To My Soul
78 I'd Rather Go Blind
79 I Keep on Coming Back for More
80 I Don't Know Anything Anymore
81 I Close My Eyes and Think of You
82 I Can't Believe We Were Married
83 How to Make Gravy
84 Going About My Father's Business
85 Glory Be to God
86 (The) Gift That Keeps on Giving
87 God Told Me To
88 I Wasted Time
89 Gathering Storm
90 From Little Things Big Things Grow
91 Forty-Eight Angels
92 Forty Miles to Saturday Night
93 Foggy Highway
94 The Foggy Fields Of France
95 Everything's Turning to White
96 Everybody Wants to Touch Me
97 Every Fucking City
98 Emotional
99 Dumb Things
100 From St Kilda To Kings Cross
101 Zoe
102 Your Loving Is on My Mind
103 You're 39, You're Beautiful And You're Mine
104 Young Lovers
105 Your Little Sister (Is A Big Girl Now)
2 Adelaide
3 Pretty Place
4 Please Myself
5 Our Sunshine
6 Other People's Houses
7 One More Tune
8 The Oldest Story in the Book
9 Nothing but a Dream
10 No You
11 My Way Is to You
12 Midnight Rain
13 Meet Me In The Middle Of The Air
14 Maralinga (Rainy Land)
15 Luck
16 Love Never Runs on Time
17 Little Boy Don’t Lose Your Balls
18 Leaps and Bounds
19 Lately
20 King of Fools
21 Just About to Break
22 Jump to Love
23 The Ballad Of Queenie And Rover
24 Rally Round The Drum
25 Randwick Bells
26 Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
27 You Can Put Your Shoes Under My Bed
28 You Broke a Beautiful Thing
29 Would You Be My Friend
30 Won't You Come Around?
31 Wintercoat
32 When I First Met Your Ma
33 Until Death Do Them Part
34 To Her Door
35 Thoughts in the Middle of the Night
36 They Thought I Was Asleep
37 Jandamarra/Pigeon
38 Sydney from a 747
39 Summer Rain
40 Stupid Song
41 Stories of Me
42 Stolen Apples
43 Standing In the Street of Early Sorrows
44 South of Germany
45 Somewhere in the City
46 Somebody's Forgetting Somebody
47 Smoke Under the Bridge
48 Shane Warne
49 Sweet Guy
50 You Can't Take It with You
51 I Won't Be Your Dog
52 If I Could Start Today Again
53 Don't Explain
54 Difficult Women
55 Desdemona
56 Deeper Water
57 Cradle of Love
58 Coma
59 Cities Of Texas
60 Carlie Owen's Slide Guitar
61 Change Your Mind
62 Careless
63 (The) Cake and the Candle
64 Bradman
65 Blues for Skip
66 Big Fine Girl
67 Behind the Bowler's Arm
68 Beggar On The Street Of Love
69 Before Too Long
70 Beautiful Promise
71 Be Careful What You Pray For
72 Anastasia Changes Her Mind
73 After the Show
74 Don't Harm the Messenger
75 Don't Stand so Close to the Window
76 Don’t Start Me Talking
77 Down To My Soul
78 I'd Rather Go Blind
79 I Keep on Coming Back for More
80 I Don't Know Anything Anymore
81 I Close My Eyes and Think of You
82 I Can't Believe We Were Married
83 How to Make Gravy
84 Going About My Father's Business
85 Glory Be to God
86 (The) Gift That Keeps on Giving
87 God Told Me To
88 I Wasted Time
89 Gathering Storm
90 From Little Things Big Things Grow
91 Forty-Eight Angels
92 Forty Miles to Saturday Night
93 Foggy Highway
94 The Foggy Fields Of France
95 Everything's Turning to White
96 Everybody Wants to Touch Me
97 Every Fucking City
98 Emotional
99 Dumb Things
100 From St Kilda To Kings Cross
101 Zoe
102 Your Loving Is on My Mind
103 You're 39, You're Beautiful And You're Mine
104 Young Lovers
105 Your Little Sister (Is A Big Girl Now)
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