Four bare walls
Tin roofed hut
Looking out on an empty sky
Wind blows hot
Door won't shut
Dust in the riverbed
Water tank dry
Four bad years
Smiles wear thin
No room for the finer things
Blood red earth
Fragile dreams
Blown away on the thirsty winds
Once upon a time is an easy line

Where is the rainmaker
Who knows what it's coming to
Wait for the rainmaker
Make for the dreamtime

Four bare walls
Red roofed box
Looking out on a dirty sky
No wind blows
No tree grows
Something in the river make the waters die
Once upon a time is an easy line

Where is the rainmaker
Who knows what it's coming to
Wait for the rainmaker
Make for the dreamtime

Look for the man in the beggar's clothes
Recognize the woman that nobody knows
Look for the man in the beggar's clothes
Recognize the woman that nobody knows
Look for the man in the beggar's clothes
Where is he, nobody knows

Four more miles
Heavy pack
Dead horse on a dead straight track
Spirits rise as the sun sinks low
Eyes on the horizon, never look back
Once upon a time is an easily line

Where is the rainmaker
Who knows what it's coming to
Wait for the rainmaker
Make for the dreamtime

Where is the rainmaker
Who knows what it's coming to
Wait for the rainmaker
Make for the dreamtime