Diamantina Drover Lyrics

The faces in the photograph have faded
And I can't believe he looks so much like me
For it's been ten years today
Since I left for Old Cork Station
Sayin' I won't be back till the drovin's done

For the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina
And a drover finds it hard to change his mind
For the years have surely gone
Like the drays from Old Cork Station
And I won't be back till the drovin's done

Well it seems like the sun comes up each mornin'
Sets me up and takes it all away
For the dreaming by the light
Of the camp fire at night
Ends with the burning by the day

For the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina
And a drover finds it hard to change his mind
For the years have surely gone
Like the drays from Old Cork Station
And I won't be back till the drovin's done

Sometimes I think I'll settle back in Sydney
But it's been so long it's hard to change my mind
For the cattle trail goes on and on
And the fences roll forever
And I won't be back till the drovin's done

For the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina
And a drover finds it hard to change his mind
For the years have surely gone
Like the drays from Old Cork Station
And I won't be back till the drovin's done

For the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina
And a drover finds it hard to change his mind
For the years have surely gone
Like the drays from Old Cork Station
And I won't be back when the drovin's done

Redgum - Redgum Anthology 1976-1986

Nov 2024

1. Asio
2. Brown Rise & Kerosene
3. Diamantina Drover
4. Fabulon
5. Gladstone Pier
6. I Was Only 19 (a Walk In The Light Green)
7. I've Been To Bali Too
8. Killing Floor
9. Long Run
10. Maria
11. Poor Ned
12. Servin Usa
13. Spirit Of The Land
14. Still Life
15. Ted
16. The Last Frontier
17. Where Ya Gonna Run To
18. Yarralumla Wine