He moved away
to college and he made some city friends
Who'd only seen in picture books
what he'd done on the land
And the lazy small -town goings -on
Seem to lose their glow
But once it's in your heart, boy
It'll never let you go
And when it rained
He thought of home
He talked of how the farm was
going to his father on the phone
He should have learned,
he should have known
Whatever's in your heart, boy,
will never let you go
She was city -born and city -bred
She had a city smile
And she swept him off
his bloodstone boots
With a
Sydney
North
Shore style
He followed her to
Manly
Beach
He really should have known
She was a city girl at heart and it
would never let her go
And when it rained
he thought of home
He talked of how the farm was
going to his father on the phone
You should've learnt,
you should've known
Whatever's in your heart, boy,
it'll never let you go
Romance didn't last long,
the whole thing fell apart
The city life had chewed him up
an d cut him to the heart
He wound the old courtainer up
and headed it for home
Cos it was in his heart and
he just couldn't let it go
And when it rained he thought of home
He talked of how the farm was going,
to his father on the phone
He should have learnt,
he should have known
Whatever's in your heart, boy,
I'll never let you go
Whatever's in your heart, boy,
I'll never let you go
you