A Brief History

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,