150th anniversary Western Australia
CHORUS
I wanna go back to WA,
I wanna go back to WA, back to WA,
that’s the only place for me.
I’ve been to Indonesia and I’ve seen Hong Kong,
took the tourist bus to Europe and I sort of tagged along.
But all those fancy places, well they’re hardly worth a song
when you could live in WA.
VERSE
The tiny little town that I was born in
has hardly changed a scrap through the years.
There’s one Main Street coming in and going out
and in the pub they still serve ice-cold beers.
And old Mr Meecham runs the corner shop,
if anything happened to him well the world would sort of stop.
He smokes this big old pipe and everybody calls him Pop.
I wanna go back I want to go back to WA.
CHORUS
I wanna go back to WA, back to WA, that’s the only place for me.
I flew to Honolulu and I’ve seen LA,
took the limousine to Disneyland and spent a super day.
They’re quite delightful places but you wouldn’t want to stay,
when you can live in WA.
VERSE
I wish my brother Frankie never left there.
I know my Mum wishes too.
When she writes well she never ever says it
but between the lines the truth comes through.
And why can’t you ever ask your Father things?
The minute he’s in the door all the good advice begins.
Guess I must have something in my eye, the way it stings,
I wanna go back to WA.
BRIDGE/FINALE
I wanna go back to WA.
I wanna go and see my home,
turn up on my own,
stand around and look at the place and see the way it’s grown.
I wanna go back,
back to WA.
Cotton Ward 