We both 18 the year that we met I was older but not by much One at you and I knew that was it And your sounded like an angel above
One look at me you I was odd Wearing those clothes in the heat Blundstone boots, cowboy hat, And denim overcoat all the way to my feet
When your sister me to join up with you You fainted with shock but you hid it well what the hell are you you shouted I left I was singing all the way back to my
Headed off from Travelled through the Derby, Fitzroy, a night in Halls Wyndham, Kunnunrra, Darwin we stayed for a Then we hit the coast near Townsville on the other in Cairns didn't have nowhere to go Busking on the streets to get a feed Being kept up all night by the lovers on the top At a backpackers called Rapture of the Deep
Now plenty has happened since early days Met a lot of people, been a lot of Many a night in friends and beds And God bless the lot of you put us up and fed us Played to crowds of thousands, to one or two Played in festivals and pubs, loved and hated we do but looking back now I trade but one of the memories we've made in the last eight and though there were we didn't get along I can honesty say I the both of you
Now you're living in in some dingy room In a house full of strangers on Ramsgate Paying twice as much as the damn things worth Working in the daytime to make it though You got your arms to your elbows in the sink at Place cleaning pots and pans, and saucers, Knives and and plates It's a far cry, from the that we knew around the country in a campervan Playing songs, singing with your and you It's too late to go there again