From the recording Come To Me
Drums - Evan Jenkins
Bass & Wurlitzerer organ - Jennifer Maidman
Guitars - nylon, electric, acoustic - Ollie Clark
Electric Guitar - Elvis Kernaghan
Acoustic Guitar, vocals - Maryen Cairns
Organ - Paddy Milner
Percussion - Karlos Edwards
Backing Vocals - Sani Bolton
Written by Maryen Cairns
Produced & Arranged by Chris Kimsey
Mixed by George Murphy at Eastcote Studios
Recorded in Springbrook, QLD & Eastcote Studios
Lyrics
Headed out to the desert from Halls Creek, turned right off the Tanami Road
Laughed with the children and sang songs telling stories from the world
Music blaring from a dark stage, we’re dancing to the Balgo boys “Cliffside Reggae”
Stars so bright in this dark dark night, Dreamtime stories unfold
Here standing in the red dust, blue skies fill our eyes
Here I’m a loving this country, found my heart in the Tanami
Here’s something about the desert, gotta reach, gotta reach up high inside
Here, this ain’t where I was born, but I feel so alive… stepping up for the ride
Just a couple of K from Mulan, on the shores of Lake Gregory, Paraku
Seabirds singing a chorus, from this salty inland sea
This black mud can heal you, bush medicine is so strong
Listening to the elders in the campfire light helps the knowledge carry on
Here standing in the red dust, blue skies fill our eyes
Here I’m a loving this country, found my heart in the Tanami
Here’s something about the desert, gotta reach, gotta reach up high inside
Here, this ain’t where I was born, but I feel so alive… stepping up for the ride