Young Joe

Young Joe he is on the roadway to elsewhere
To big towns and cities in the big World out there
Far from his home in the little bush town
Surrounded by paddocks from sun bare and brown

The lust for adventure in one of nineteen
So much living to do and so many places to be seen
His journey take him far from the home of roo and shrike thrush
And the old country town in the quiet of the bush

Tall and strong dark haired and handsome with youth on his side
In the young mind the lust of the wander cannot be denied
A pretty teenage country town girl for him in tears
Her ache of lost love it may live on for years

His mum and dad and his younger sister hope in not distant day
That he will return home for the long stay
But he may not be back home again for some time
On a life of adventure he may spend his physical prime

Those with the spirit of adventure are not of a rare kind
The bug of the wander is in the young mind
His journeys in life could lead him to anywhere
Young Joe wants to see more and more of the big World out there.