Leaving The Land Eric Bogle

It's time to go Jenny
No need to close the door
What if the dust gets in the house it doesn't matter anymore
You and the dust have been at war for far too many years
Well now the war is over Jenny dear

Leaving the land
Leaving the land
Leaving all I've ever been and every thing I am
Leaving the land

Remember when I brought you here
Those long bright years ago
For all that time you've been my heart but this land has been my soul
Thе long bright days are over now though still the hеart beats on
But Jenny dear the soul has gone

And all I see around me
Seems to me of the best
For generations loved this land- never thought I’d be the last
All that toiling, all that dreaming, birth and death in joy and pain
It was all for nothing, all in vain

It's time to go Benny
Drive quickly down the track
We'll never see what lies ahead if we keep on looking back
Behind is just an empty house, old memories and ghosts
And our small dreams gathering dust