Intro
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I met him high on a hill when I was sixteen
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And my breath it was taken by the cold August wind
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I left school that next summer and to Melbourne we fled
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As the sky over Mansfield turned orange and red
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I asked him where he came from, he said he wasn’t quite sure
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He said he’d moved ‘round so often, he didn’t keep track no more
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But he said I was the reason that he could stand still
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And he kissed me that first time on the high open hill
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See everything changes ‘cept for the sound of the rain
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That comes down every time I see him again
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And I wish for a moment that we could once more stand
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On those high open hills of our youth
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Me and my traveling man
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He went off to Western Australia where the pearl fishing’s good
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He said he’d been once to Broome and there he felt understood
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He said I’m gonna return with a fortune untold
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So just sit tight my darling for our future to unfold
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He came back to me to Melbourne for a week or so
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We were lover to lover, I didn’t want him to go
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But with a fire in his belly and a baby in mine
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I prayed when he’d come home it would be the last time
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See everything changes ‘cept for the sound of the rain
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That comes down every time I see him again
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And I wish for a moment that we could once more stand
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On those high open hills of our youth
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Me and my traveling man
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I got a letter from Darwin later that month
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He said, “I’ve found myself a lover, in fact I’ve found quite a bunch
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The last thing I want to do is to hurt you or our boy
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But you know all I touch I go on to destroy”
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He sent us some money, but soon that dried up too
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Just like the hope in my baby’s eyes blue
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He’d sit at the window and wait every night
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And I prayed that that bastard would do what is right
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See everything changes ‘cept for the sound of the rain
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That comes down every time I see him again
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And I wish for a moment that we could once more stand
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On those high open hills of our youth
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On those high open hills of our youth
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On those high open hills of our youth
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Me and my traveling man
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