Lyrics

Innocent Beauty
For Ken
He sends a letter every Friday to the one he left behind
Seems like it matters to no-one else in this world - if he lives or dies
He can see her on the platform - the day his train steamed away
And he began his journey to this god forsaken place
A boy from the river country - bound for the jungle war
He li es awake in the stagnant heat - as the distant gunners roar
And he thinks of her innocent beauty - and the freedom for her he wins
And of the boy who only knows his father from the letters that the mail cart brings
They'll fight another day on the ridges in the mud and the flies and the heat
And they say 'God save Australia mate', if the diggers lose New Guinea
A boy from the river country - bound for the jungle war
He lies awake in the stagnant heat - as the distant gunners roar
And he thinks of her innocent beauty - and the freedom for her he wins
And of the boy who only knows his father from the letters that the mail cart brings
So he'll count the weeks by his letters - and the years that have made him a man
and he'll dream of her singing in the kitchen and the sunset across the riverland
He’s a boy from the river country - bound for the jungle war
He lies awake in the stagnant heat - as the distant gunners roar
And he thinks of her innocent beauty - and the freedom for her he wins
And the boy who only knows his father from the letters that the mail cart brings
He thinks of her innocent beauty - and his home upon the plains
And a boy who needs his father he’s gonna make it home again
He’s gotta make it home again.

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