Just once before I go I want you to know I would do it all again.
I've been to cities that never close down
From New York to Rio and old London town
But no matter how far or how wide I roam
I still call Australia home
I'm always traveling, I love being free
And so I keep leaving the sun and the sea
But my heart lies waiting over the foam
I still call Australia home
All the sons and daughters spinning 'round the world
Away from their family and friends
But as the world gets older and colder
It's good to know where your journey ends
And someday we'll all be together once more
When all of the ships come back to the shore
I'll realize something I've always known
I still call Australia home
But no matter how far or wide I roam
I still call Australia, I still call Australia, I still call Australia home
But no matter how far or wide I roam
I'm a happy man
I made my choice in life
I chose to settle down
I chose to take a wife
And I take pleasure in my quiet
Hearth and happy home
I never gave my heart
Its chance to roam
I could have been a sailor
And sailed the seven seas
The wind in my face all day
Can you taste the salty breeze?
I could have been a lover
Watchin' waves before me part
But I settled for safer harbors of my heart
I'm a lucky man
I'm the envy of my peers
I never ask for favors
Oh, and I never show my fears
Surrounded by too many friends
I am a one-man band
With all the trappings of a life
Lived second-hand
I could have been a sailor
Rollin' through the night
My sails before the wind
Where the star's my only light
I could have been a dreamer
Yeah, but dreams just fall apart
So, I settled for safer harbors of my heart
And I take pleasure in my quiet
Hearth and happy home
I never gave my heart
Its chance to roam
I could have been a sailor
And sailed the seven seas
Is the wind in your face all day
And can you taste the salty breeze?
I could have been a dreamer
And watch the waves before me part
But I settled for safer harbors
Oh, sailor, sailed the seven seas
Is the wind in your face all day?
I can taste the salty breeze
Oh lover, I can see the waves before you part
You're an anchor, I'm uptight
You're what gets me through the night
You keep me steady and on course
'Til I found you I was lost
But you're the earth and I'm a sky
And sometimes if I go to high
Well, then you pull a string that pulls me back
If not for you I might lose track
And I might fly away, oh, I might fly away
And go my own way to places that we've never been together
I might fly away take to the sky some day but not for now, not today
Nobody here is flyin' away, away
You have reasons, I have dreams
So we're perfect, so it seems
You talk fortunes, I tell the truth
Kept me from my crazy youth
When you're near me I feel whole
I don't have to rock and roll
I don't worry, I don't think
But baby hold me close and I won't break
And I might fly away, oh, I might fly away
And go my own way to places that we've never been together
I might fly away take to the sky some day but not for now, not today
Nobody here is flyin', flyin' away, oh, I might fly away
I might fly away but not for now, not today
Nobody here is flyin' away, oh, I might fly away
I might fly away, take to the sky some day but not for now, not today
When trumpets were mellow
And every gal only had one fellow
No need to remember when
'Cause everything old is new again
Dancin' at church, Long Island, jazzy parties
Waiter bring us some more Baccardi
We'll order now, what they ordered then
'Cause everything old is new again
Get out your white suit, your tap shoes and tails
Let's go backwards when forward fails
And movie stars you thought were alone then
Now are framed beside your bed
Don't throw the past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When everything old is new again
Get out your white suit, your tap shoes and tails
Put it on backwards when forward fails
Better leave Greta Garbo alone
Be a movie star on your own
And don't throw the past away
You might need it some other rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When everything old is new again
When everything old is new again
Don't wish too hard for what you want
Or then you might get it
And then when you get it
Then you might wish you never got it all
And don't go lookin' for love to come
Or then it might find you
(Then it might find you)
And then when it finds you
Then you might wish that you had never been born
How I wished for you and now you're here
Now I wish that I could disappear and go away
Oh, baby, my poor heart's repeatin', it can't stand the beatin'
That it's been takin'
I can't tell if you're fakin'
Every time you're making love to me
One day soon, I'm gonna change my tune
And without hesitating
I'll be leaving you waiting
And you'll find that what you really wanted
And what you end up getting
You never really wanted at all
Oh baby, how you'll wish for me and I won't be there
So long darlin', I'll just disappear and go away
Wish too hard, don't wish too hard
Don't wish too hard
You'll find, what you really wanted
And what you end up getting
You never really wanted at all
How I wished for you and now you're here
Now I wish that I could disappear and go away
Don't, don't wish too hard
(Wish too hard)
Don't, don't keep looking
Don't wish too hard, don't keep looking
Don't wish too hard for love to come
And then you'll find, what you really wanted
And what you end up getting
You never really wanted at all
(Don't wish too hard)
Don't wish too hard, don't wish too hard
Don't wish too hard, don't wish too hard
I'd rather leave while I'm in love
While I still believe the meaning of the word
I'll keep my dreams and just pretend
That you and I were never gonna end
Too many times I've seen the rose die on the vine
And somebody's heart gets broken, usually it's mine
I don't wanna take the chance of being hurt again
And you and I can't say goodbye
So, if you wake and find me gone
Just carry on, you see, I need my fantasy
I still believe it's best to leave while I'm in love
Too many times I've seen the rose die on the vine
Somebody's heart gets broken, usually it's mine
I don't wanna take the chance of being hurt again
And you and I, we can't say goodbye
So, if you wake and find me gone
Hey, babe, carry on, you see, I need my fantasy
I still believe it's best to leave while I'm in love
I still believe it's best to leave while I'm in love
While I'm in love
While I'm in love
I'm a happy man
I made my choice in life
I chose to settle down
I chose to take a wife
And I take pleasure in my quiet
Hearth and happy home
I never gave my heart
Its chance to roam
I could have been a sailor
And sailed the seven seas
The wind in my face all day
Can you taste the salty breeze?
I could have been a lover
Watchin' waves before me part
But I settled for safer harbors of my heart
I'm a lucky man
I'm the envy of my peers
I never ask for favors
Oh, and I never show my fears
Surrounded by too many friends
I am a one-man band
With all the trappings of a life
Lived second-hand
I could have been a sailor
Rollin' through the night
My sails before the wind
Where the star's my only light
I could have been a dreamer
Yeah, but dreams just fall apart
So, I settled for safer harbors of my heart
And I take pleasure in my quiet
Hearth and happy home
I never gave my heart
Its chance to roam
I could have been a sailor
And sailed the seven seas
Is the wind in your face all day
And can you taste the salty breeze?
I could have been a dreamer
And watch the waves before me part
But I settled for safer harbors
Oh, sailor, sailed the seven seas
Is the wind in your face all day?
I can taste the salty breeze
Oh lover, I can see the waves before you part
Quiet please, there's a lady on stage
She may not be the latest rage
But she's singing and she means it
And she deserves a little silence
Quiet please, there's a woman up there
And she's been honest through her songs
Long before your consciousness was raised
Now doesn't that deserve a little praise
So put your hands together and help her along
All that's left of the singer's all that's left of the song
Stand for the ovation
And give her one last celebration
Quiet please, there's a person up there
Who's singing of the things
That none of us could bear to hear for ourselves
Give her your respect if nothing else
Put your hands together and help her along
All that's left of the singer's all that's left of the song
Rise to the occasion
Give her one last celebration
Quiet please, there's a lady on stage
Conductor, turn the final page
When it's over we can all go home
She lives on, on the stage alone
So put your hands together, help her along
All that's left of the singer's all that's left of the song
Stand for the ovation
And give her one last celebration
Put your hands together and help her along
All that's left of the singer's all that's left of the song
Rise for the ovation
Give her one last celebration
Put your hands together, help her along
All that's left of the singer's all that's left of the song
Put your hands together, help her along
All that's left of the singer's all that's left of the song
Stand for the ovation
And won't you give her one last celebration?
Put your hands together and help her along
Let's just stay here all night and let's sing every song
Won't you rise to the occasion?
And won't you give her one last celebration?
Put your hands together, help her along
All that's left of the singer's all that's left of the song
Stand, stand for the ovation
Yes, give her one last, just one last celebration
Come on, put your hands together, won't you help her along?
Let's just stay here all night and sing every song
Won't you rise? Can you rise to the occasion?
Baby cried the day the circus came to town
'Cause she didn't want parades just passin' by her
So she painted on a smile and took up with some clown
And she danced without a net upon the wire
I know a lot about her 'cause, you see
Baby is an awful lot like me
Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside, just learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall, remember you almost had it all
Baby saw that when they pulled that big top down
They left behind her dreams among the litter
And the different kind of love she thought she'd found
It was nothin' left but sawdust and some glitter
But baby can't be broken 'cause you see
She had the finest teacher, that was me, and I told 'er
Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside and learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
Then if you should fall, remember you almost had it all
Don't cry out loud
You gotta it inside, learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall, remember you almost had it all
Girl, don't cry out loud
You gotta keep it inside, you learn how to hide the feelings
Fly high and proud
The late George woolnough
Worked on High Street
And lived on Manners
52 years he sat on his veranda
And made his saddles
And if you had questions
About sheep or flowers or dogs
you just ask the saddler
He lived without sin
They're building a library for him
Time is a travller
tenterfield saddler turn your head
ride again Jackaroo
Think I see kangaroo up ahead
The son of George woolnough
Went off and got married
And had a war baby
But something was wrong
And it's easier to drink then go crazy
And if there were questions about why
The end was so sad
Well George had no answers about why a son
Ever has need of a gun
Time is a traveller
Tenterfield saddler turn your head
Ride again Jackaroo
Think i see kangaroo up ahead
The grandson of George
Has been all around the world
And lives no special place
Changed his last name
And he married a girl with an interesting face
He'd almost forgotten them both
Because in the life that he leads
There's nowhere for George
And his libary
Or the son with his gun
to Belong Except in this song
Time is a traveller
Tenterfield saddler turn your head
Ride again Jackaroo
Think I see kangaroo up ahead
Time is a medler
Tenterfield saddler make your bed
Fly away cookatoo
Down on the ground emu up ahead
Time is a tale teller
Tenterfield saddler turn your head
Comin' home used to feel so good I'm a stranger now in my neighbourhood I've seen the world at a faster pace And I'm comin' now from a different place
Though I may look the same way to you Underneath there is somebody new
I am not the boy next door I don't belong like I did before Nothing ever seems like it used to be You can have your dreams, but you can't have me
I can't go back there anymore 'Cause I am not the boy next door
You've been savin' all souvenirs, Faded photographs from my foolish years We made plans, but they're wearin' thin And they won't work out 'cause I won't fit in
And those memories will just weigh me down 'Cause I got no place to keep them uptown
I am not the boy next door I don't belong like I did before Nothing ever seems like it used to be You can have your dreams, but you can't have me
Cause I am not the boy next door I don't belong like I did before Nothing ever seems like it used to be You can have your dreams, but you can't have me
When my baby
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio
De Janeiro, my-oh-me-oh
I go wild and then I have to do the Samba
And La Bamba
Now I'm not the kind of person
With a passionate persuasion for dancin'
Or roma-ancin'
But I give in to the rhythm
And my feet follow the beatin' of my hear-eart
Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio
De Janeiro
I'm a Salsa fellow
When my baby smiles at me
The sun'll lightens up my li-ife
And I am free at last, what a blast
Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my baby
When my baby smiles at me
I feel like Tarzan, of the Jungle
There on the hot sand
And in a bungalow while monkeys play above-a,
We-ee make love-a
Now I'm not the type to let vibrations (Rio...)
Trigger my imagination easily (Rio...)
You know that's just not me
But I turn into a tiger (Rio...)
Everytime I get beside the - one I love (Rio...)
Woh, oh, woh, woh-oh..., Rio... - Rio...
Yeah Ugh - Rio... - Ugh
Woh-ho-oh-oh, when my ba-a-aby (when my baby)
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio (Rio...)
De Janeiro
I'm a Salsa fellow-ow
When my baby smiles at me
The sun'll lightens u-up my li-ife
And I am free at last, what a blast
When my baby (when my baby)
When my baby smiles at me I go to Rio (Rio...)
That's when I go to Rio (Rio)
Rio - Rio De Janeir-eiro
The more I see you, the more I want you
Somehow this feelin' just grows and grows
With every sigh I become more mad abou-out you
More lost withou-out you and so it goes
Can you imagine how much I love you
The more I see you as years go by
I know the only one for me can only be you
My ar-arms won't free you, a-and my heart won't try
Can you imagine how-ow much I love you
More-ore I see you as years go by
I-I know the only one for me can only be you
My ar-arms won't free you, and my hear-ear-eart won't try
The more-ore I see you, more-ore-ore that I want you
Somehow-ow this feelin' ju-ust grows and grows
With every sigh I become more sure about you
More-ore-ore lost without you and so it goes
Can you imagine how much I love you
The more I see you as years go by
I know the only one for me can only-y be you
My arms won't free you, and my heart won't try
The more that I see you, the more that I want you
Two boys born the 23rd of May
Brought up in that good old fashioned way
Two boys one of them excelled at ball
The other never played at all
Two boys
- Mama loved them both the same
Papa gave them both his name
Nobody could quite explain just why...
Two boys, growing up in separate beds
Different music in their heads
Two boys growing up and leaving home
Each an island on his own
Today one's a man who'll never cry
Never has the reason why the other let the girls go by
Two boys...
Mama loved them both the same
Papa gave them both his name
Nobody could quite explain just why...
(At end)
And they let their feelings show
