Archie Fisher 1976
Fisher wrote “A combination of partially fulfilled pipedreams. There’s still time?” Last two verses tweaked by Alex Ellis
Archie Fisher: Western Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_dO7sUZI9g
Chorus: I came to a western island as far as a man can walk is my land Cleared ten acres and a house I built, into the side of the hill One cow and a lean-to bier, a spring close by and a driftwood fire A clear view of the setting sun and 12 gauge hammer gun I keep sheep, I fish deep water in a high bowed boat called the Neptune’s Daughter She’ll ride any western gale and can carry a stack of sail Some nights when the bright lights flicker I sail to the mainland for my liquor I haven’t got a bed there to call my own but I never wake up alone We all need to feel the ground and wind to tell us that the world spins round To watch the stars and taste the sea, and village to keep us free