High Open Hills

	  		 
 

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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