Should ever
I go back to Camooweal
'Twould be in the spring
When desert flowers bloom
Oh, the spinifex
I know would still be there
And the desert pea would
Brighten up the gloom
Should ever
I go back to Camooweal
One thing is sure
I'd not be twenty-two
As on that day
When I first
wandered there
But mem'ries stay
with me as
Mem'ries do
How fresh her mem'ry
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
Youth called to youth
In that now distant day
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 said go
To search beyond
the hills for what I'd find
Although I've wandered far
This sunburned land
I've never found
What I have left behind
Oh the burning fire of that
Other spring
Is now but ashes
And the hurt won't heal
Time heals all wounds
they say
But leaves the scar
So I think I'll not go
back to Camooweal
Time heals all wounds
they say
but leaves the scar
So I think I'll not go
back to Camooweal
No I think I'll not go
back to Camooweal