I dreamt I saw a woman   Standing by the strand   Waiting for her people   To come in from the land      Waiting there for seven days   She built a fire in the sand   Waiting for her people   To come in from the land      She had the look of a refugee   Hiding in her eyes   And when I tried to talk to her   She answered with a cry      And pointed to the water   Out beyond the harbour line   Where a thousand ships lay waiting   They lay waiting for my sign      [Chorus]   I remember days of sunlight   With my father by my side   And the children, ran before us   Like the foam upon the tide      We ran like frightened partridge   When the strangers came to talk   Bringing sickness 'round them   And the thunder in their walk      We ran into the valleys   And we ran into the hills   They only ran before us,   Driven by the strangers' will      [Chorus]      I'm waiting by the landwash   Giant standing near   I see them coming always   Children in their fear      I'm waiting on my blanket   And the giant waits with me   And I will wait here always   As they fill the endless sea      [Chorus x2]