It's pretty straightforward - he's picking up and leaving town, going back to Bow River. He's sick of slogging it out at work, reckons he's worked long and hard enough to go. So he's going. And he's telling his girl that if she wants to come, she had better decide now, cause he's going, with or without her.
It's a great Australian ballad about running to paradise - leaving the city and retiring to a warm, tropical place. An extention of the Great Australian Dream, if you will.
On a personal level, it will always make me think of my Dad. My Dad went back to his Bow River a few years back. I didn't want to move interstate with him, but he asked me to listen to this song, and I did. After hearing the song and reading the lyrics, I understood his reasons for wanting to move to Queensland, and I respected them. We don't live together anymore, as I moved back to Melbourne, but I think that one day I'll go back to Bow River and be with him again.
It's pretty straightforward - he's picking up and leaving town, going back to Bow River. He's sick of slogging it out at work, reckons he's worked long and hard enough to go. So he's going. And he's telling his girl that if she wants to come, she had better decide now, cause he's going, with or without her. It's a great Australian ballad about running to paradise - leaving the city and retiring to a warm, tropical place. An extention of the Great Australian Dream, if you will.
On a personal level, it will always make me think of my Dad. My Dad went back to his Bow River a few years back. I didn't want to move interstate with him, but he asked me to listen to this song, and I did. After hearing the song and reading the lyrics, I understood his reasons for wanting to move to Queensland, and I respected them. We don't live together anymore, as I moved back to Melbourne, but I think that one day I'll go back to Bow River and be with him again.