[Verse 1]
Red dust on my boots tonight
Sun bakes bone and iron dry
I hear the long black pipe begin
Deep in the scrub, the venom sings
[Pre-Chorus]
Feel that ground start to shake
Hear the old world wake
No fear, no prayer, no lie
We ride where the dead stars die
[Chorus]
Outback fire, burn higher
Outback fire, burn higher
Venom in the vein
We strike like rain
[Verse 2]
A black snake tracks the salt-flat seam
Moon cuts gold through the acacia trees
Claws in the sand, and the night bites back
I laugh at the jaws when the thunder cracks
[Pre-Chorus]
Feel that ground start to shake
Hear the old world wake
No fear, no prayer, no lie
We ride where the dead stars die
[Chorus]
Outback fire, burn higher
Outback fire, burn higher
Venom in the vein
We strike like rain
[Bridge]
[Breakdown]
Call of the red earth, loud and low
Hear the didgeridoo roll
From the gorge to the blazing sky
We don’t run, we rise
[Final Chorus]
Outback fire, burn higher
Outback fire, burn higher
Venom in the vein
We strike like rain
Outback fire, burn higher
Outback fire, burn higher
Through the dust and pain
We strike like rain