Should ever I go back to Camel Wheel T'would be in spring when desert flowers bloom
All the spinifex I know would still be there And the desert pea would brighten up the gloom
Should ever I go back to Camel Wheel One thing is sure, I'd not be twenty-two
As in that day, I'd be twenty-three
That day when I first wandered there But memories stay with me as memories do
As in that day when I first wandered there But memories stay with me as memories do
How fresh her memories keep, for still I feel The velvet softness of her auburn hair
And see again the moonbeams in her eyes
As I did so long ago when she and I were young


When I was there You called to youth in that now distant day
I did not heed, my heart did not reveal And now I know that love was born and lost
In that little border town of Camelwheel
Oh, the long road beckoned on my feet, said go
To search beyond the hills for what I'd find
Although I've wandered by this sunburned land
I never found what I had left behind
Oh, the long road beckoned on my feet, said go
Oh, the burning fire of that other spring
Is now but ashes and the hurt won't heal
Time heals all wounds, they say, but leaves the scars
So I think I'll not go back to Camelwheel
Time heals all wounds, they say, but leaves the scars
So I think I'll not go back to Camelwheel
No, I think I'll not go back to Camelwheel