Cattle and Cane

[Verse 1: Grant McLennan]
I recall a schoolboy comin' home
Through fields of cane, to a house of tin and timber
And in the sky, a rain of falling cinders
From time to time, the waste, memory wastes

[Verse 2: Grant McLennan]
I recall a boy in bigger pants
Like everyone, just waiting for a chance
His father's watch - he left it in the showers
From time to time, the waste, memory wastes
And the waste, memory wastes

[Verse 3: Grant McLennan]
I recall a bigger, brighter world
A world of books and silent times in thought
And then the railroad, the railroad takes him home
Through fields of cattle, through fields of cane
From time to time, the waste, memory wastes
And the waste, memory wastes

[Verse 4: Robert Forster]
I recall the same, a reply
A plan you once had, from time down to mind
That time was bad, so I knew where I was
Alone, yet so at home

[Outro: Grant McLennan]
Further
Longer
Higher
Further
Longer
It's further
And higher
And longer
And older