Down on
the banks of the Georges River
Down where the cattle trucks rattle past
He was fishing and thinking,
lost in that water
Clear and clean and moving fast
His mind turned to love
and all of its failings
Every mistake somehow a
mirror of the last
You're either tied to the mast
or you're over the railing
That even a joker needs a queen of hearts
The first time you kissed
should set your blood singing
Everything in the world standing still
The truth in your words
just like the sky ringing
Clear like a bell way across
the hill
He had trouble hanging on
to all the things he had promised
And trouble keeping money,
and trouble staying true
Surely there's a time for
a man to be honest
Oh, surely next time,
you'd know what to do
The first time you kissed it
should set your blood singing
Everything in the world standing still
Your truth in your words
just like the sky ringing
We're like a bell when we cross
the hill
From this day on,
they would be more careful
From this day on,
they would say what they mean
To let love in the door,
you better have your house ready
To let love in the door,
you better have your house clean
But the first time you kiss it,
you set your blood singing
Everything in the world standing still
The truth in your words
just like the sky ringing
Clear like a bell way across the hill
Just clear like a bell way across the hill
I'm not