I come from the salt water people    we always live by the sea    They say home is where you find it    will this place ever satisfy me?      N’ my island home   my island home   my island home    is waiting for me      N’ my island home   my island home   my island home    is waiting for me      Six years I lived in the desert   And every night    I dreamt of the sea   Now I’m down here living in the city    with all    of my family      N’ my island home   my island home   my island home    is waiting for me       N’ my island home   my island home   my island home   is waiting for me      In the evening the dry wind blows    from the hills and across the plains    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    waiting for me      My home is Australia   We are a land bound by sea   Though I may travel far across the ocean   It will never forget me      N’ my island home    my island home   my island home    is waiting for me       N’ my island home   my island home   my island home   is waiting for me      N’ my island home   my island home    my island home    is surrounded by sea