Geoff Paull Music

Internment

 

Verse 1

Row by row

They herd us in

Two per cell

Internment begins

 

Verse 2

Great war came

Not Australian by birth

Derelict prison

Nationality no worth

 

Chorus

Stone walls at night

Stone walls during day

Kept from my family

For peace I pray

 

Verse 3

Trial Bay jail

Is my home

Though bars are unlocked

My life has been stolen

 

Verse 4

Despite smiles of inmates

A sadness reigns

We laugh, joke and sing

Pushing away the pain

 

Chorus

Stone walls at night

Stone walls during day

Kept from my family

For peace I pray

 

Verse 5

So I stand and stare

At walls too close

Innocent of everything

Apart from being born German

 

Chorus

Stone walls at night

Stone walls during day

Kept from my family

For peace I pray