"Te Awanga" lyrics

In the afternoon sun
That brown grass is laying low
Like a shag tobacco
In contrast with your suffering free-winds
Beyond, with the white birds diving
Beyond, with the white birds diving

Flying along the Brimdog drain
Easy which was the main lagoon
Chocked with ladened winter weed
Home to the odd carp water
Home to the odd carp water

A final groyne way
To the estuary
And extension
The Pacific Ocean near

Te Awanga
Te Awanga
Like a tired life
Like a tired life

From a distant land
To a far-off land
At the edge of the world
A trip by metal boat
Six weeks and all afloat
Met King, King Neptune

In the tropical sun
Like a round peg
In a square hole
It's not easy
In a new land
When you don't really fit in

Things, total things
Still learning
Still learning