[Verse 1]
It was a long drive
Over two hundred k's of dirt
We watched the country change from slopes to plains
Stands of Yellow Box
Turned to Malley greens and greys
And a beauty kept unfolding that day

[Chorus]
She is cruel, she is tender
She’ll leave you open-mouthed in wonder
One day paradise, another hell
You can fall in love and never know her well

[Verse 2]
Some have come here
Falling for her charms
Not knowing or ignoring what's at stake
Falling victim
To her powerful expanse
Defeated by a fleeting romance

[Chorus]
She is cruel, she is tender
She'll leave you open-mouthed in wonder
One day paradise, another hell
You can fall in love and never know her well
[Verse 3]
And we rode on
Through little outback towns
Clinging to her hard and dusty ground
Never far from
The memorials that prove
The best were only ever passing through

[Chorus]
Well, she is cruel, she is tender
She’ll leave you open-mouthed in wonder
One day paradise, another hell
Oh, she is cruel, she is tender
She'll leave you open-mouthed in wonder
One day paradise, another hell
(She is cruel, she is tender) She is cruel, yeah
(She'll leave you open-mouthed in wonder) She is tender
(One day paradise, another hell) She is paradise
You can fall in love and never know her well