Back Home In Old Wonthaggi

He talks about his three young loves Amanda, Jane and Aggy When he was young long years ago back home in old Wonthaggi Till he grew tired of the old Town and its familiar faces And his lust for wander stirred in him his yearning for distant places. Did they like he seek pastures new and their ties with the past sever And leave the old coal mining Town and south west Gippsland forever Or did they marry local men and stay near Powlett waters And in Wonthaggi still reside where they raised their sons and daughters? He wonders how they look today has time their beauty faded And have they got wrinkles and gray hair and looking rather jaded or do they use dyes and makeups for to hide the wear of the passing Seasons? Though why some women wish to look years younger there has to be many reasons. He has not been back to Wonthaggi since nineteen fifty seven When he was young he thought that place was one stop down from heaven From south west Gippsland he now lives far and to there he won't be returning And for the Town he once called home he has lost all his yearning. When he was young in his Hometown all night long he did party And he still thinks of his young loves there, are they still hale and hearty? The reaper one day claims us all and time leaves us looking older But beauty it will always be in the eye of the beholder. In south west Gippsland years ago he was a wild young fellow But time takes care of everyone and the years have left him mellow Still he talks of his teenage loves Amanda, Jane and Aggy When he was young long years ago back home in old Wonthaggi.