There was a time when I walked tall That was many yesterdays ago When my kingdom was a saddle And the city way of life I didn't know Before I knew the burdens and the bondages of living here in town Before I changed direction, ahh! but that was many yesterdays long gone
There was a time I had a home But that was many yesterdays ago My home was west of sundown Where the waters of the western rivers flow A home of merry musters on the plains and through the endless burning sands Where I never had a worry in my world out on the edge of no-mans land
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There was a time I had true friends That was many yesterdays ago Before my restless feet took me to places Where a bushman shouldn't go Places where the spielers take advantage of a country come to town Oh it's so-called mates are quick to turn their backs and walk away when you are down
There's no time left, my sight is bare, It could be said my step is getting slow Oh I can't go back my other home It's just too many yesterdays ago But should there be an after-life I'm sure the bloke up there must surely know And he'll steer me to my old home where the waters of the Cooper come and go.