With Jim Does Remain

A long way from here to the little bush town Surrounded by paddocks flat and dry and brown The home of the magpie and the pale eyed crow Where the thirsty winds from the dark mountains do blow In the town park with his mates he played football Happy memories of his younger years he does recall With his coastal mates in the pub by the bay Of his inland hometown from here far away The town where he would feel a stranger in today His hair dark brown when he lived there is now silver gray Six times a grandfather estranged from his wife He does seem contented in his single life Fond memories of his younger years with Jim does remain And in his flights of fancy he visits again The far away town where he lived as a boy And reminiscing of what was he seems to enjoy.