If I Close My Eyes Lyrics & Chords By John Schumann

If I close my eyes I can see the river redgum rising green against the dawn
I can hear the sacred silence of Wilpena in the morning
All I have to do is close my eyes

If I close my eyes
I can see the sunlight tumbling down between the native pines
Broken by the breeze, splashing red and orange light
I can see the wedge-tailed eagle climbing stairways in the sky;
If I close my eyes

And if I close my eyes
I’m flying 40,000 years
to Wilpena in the dream-time,
where the rock sweeps to the air
And the hills run from the mountainside into a haze of blue…
All I have to do is close my eyes

If I close my eyes
Underneath the windswept southern sky, Wilpena’s ancient shrine
Running down the centuries, leaving this one far behind
Touch the starlight streaming from the blackness of the night
All I have to do is close my eyes

But if we close our eyes
There’ll be black-and whited waiters serving cocktails on the green
And whirring motor-driven cameras drinking in the scene
And people running credit-checks behind a silver screen
If we close our eyes

And if I close my eyes
I’m staring into endless night
and in the hissing of the campfire
As the smoke curls to the night;
I hear Nepabunna angels chanting out Wilpena’s plight
If I close my eyes

And if I close my eyes
I’m flying 40,000 years
to Wilpena in the dream-time,
where the rock sweeps to the air
And the hills run from the mountainside, into a haze of blue
All I have to do is close my eyes