We both 18 the year that we met I was slighty but not by much One look at you and I that was it And your voice sounded like an above
One at me you thought I was odd Wearing those clothes in the Kimberley Blundstone boots, cowboy hat, And overcoat all the way down to my feet
When your sister asked me to up with you You fainted with shock but you hid it well what the hell are you you shouted when I I was singing all the way back to my
Headed off Broom through the Kimberley Derby, Fitzroy, a in Halls Creek Wyndham, Kunnunrra, Darwin we for a while Then we hit the coast near Townsville on the side Christmas in Cairns didn't have to go Busking on the just to get a feed Being kept up all night by the lovers on the top At a seedy backpackers called Rapture of the
Now has happened since those early days Met a lot of people, a lot of places a night in friends and relatives beds And God the lot of you that put us up and fed us Played to crowds of thousands, to one or two Played in festivals and pubs, and hated what we do but looking back now I wouldn't but one of the memories we've made in the last years and though there were times we get along I can say I love the both of you
Now you're living in Sydney in dingy room In a house full of strangers on avenue Paying twice as much as what the damn worth Working in the daytime just to make it You got your to your elbows in the sink at some Place pots and pans, cups and saucers, and forks and plates It's a far cry, the life that we knew around the country in a campervan Playing songs, singing your sister and you It's too late to go back there