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