Brief History... Lyrics - Brief History - The Waifs

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 

Traveled through the Kimberley 

Derby, Fitzroy, a night in Halls Creek 

Wyndham, Kununurra, Darwin we stayed for a while 

Then we hit the coast near Townsville on the other side 

Christmas in Cairns didn't 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 wouldn't trade but 

one of the memories we've made in the last eight years 

and though there were times we didn't 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, 

Knives and forks and plates 

It's a far cry, from the life that we knew 

Travelling around the country in a campervan 

Playing songs, singing with your sister and you 

It's too late to go back there again