We were both 18 the that we met I was older but not by much One look at you and I knew was it And your voice sounded an angel above
One at me you thought I was odd Wearing those clothes in the Kimberley boots, cowboy hat, flannelette And denim overcoat all the way down to my
your sister asked me to join up with you You nearly fainted with shock but you hid it what the are you doing? you shouted I left I was singing all the way back to my
Headed off from through the Kimberley Derby, Fitzroy, a in Halls Creek Wyndham, Kunnunrra, Darwin we stayed for a Then we hit the near Townsville on the other side Christmas in Cairns didn't have to go Busking on the streets to get a feed Being up all night by the lovers on the top bunk At a seedy called Rapture of the Deep
Now plenty has happened since those early Met a lot of people, a lot of places Many a night in and relatives beds And God bless the lot of you put us up and fed us Played to 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 made in the last years and though there times we didn't get along I can honesty say I love the of you
Now you're living in in some dingy room In a house full of strangers on avenue twice as much as what the damn things worth Working in the daytime just to make it You got your arms to your elbows in the at some Place cleaning pots and pans, and saucers, and forks and plates It's a far cry, from the life that we around the country in a campervan Playing songs, singing your sister and you It's too late to go back there