Camooweal Songtext

von Slim Dusty

Should ever I go back to Camooweal
T'would be in Spring when desert flowers bloom
Oh the spinifex I know would still be there
And the desert tea would brighten up the gloom

Should ever I go back to Camooweal
One thing is sure I'd not be twenty-two
As in that day when I first wandered there
But mem'ries stay with me as mem'ries do

How fresh her memory keeps for still I feel
The velvet softness of her auburn hair
And see again the moonbeams in her eyes
As I did so long ago when I was there

You told me you've been ?.........? distant days
I did not heed, my heart did not reveal
And now I know that love was born and lost
In that little border town of Camooweal

Oh the long road beckoned on my feet to go
To search beyond the hills for what I'd find
Although I've wandered farther sunburnt land
I never found what I had left behind

Though the burnin' fire of that other Spring
Is now but ashes and the hurt won't heal
Time heals all wounds they say but leaves the scars
So I think I'll not go back to Camooweal
Time heals all wounds they say but leaves the scars
So I think I'll not go back to Camooweal
No I think I'll not go back to Camooweal