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