Last Cab to Darwin Page #7

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He's not dead. He's gone.

I left him at East Point.

Gday, Pol. Heard you moved in.

The house is a disgrace.

Gutters haven't been cleaned

since the '70s.

What do you reckon? You mind, Polly?

Bloody top day, Pol.

- Yep?

- Hello, Rex?

- Nah, I'm not Rex. This is Tilly.

- Where is he, Tilly? Where's Rex?

Oh, I remember that fella.

He could be anywhere?

He could be floating like

a crocodile in Berry Springs.

He could be a ghost gum sitting

on that riverbank there in Alice.

F*** me, he might even be in Oodnadatta!

That fella, he's gone.

Can't help you, I'm afraid.

- Smoke?

- Smoko.

Hey, hey, hey! You finish that first.

Thanks, Pol.

Yeah. I'll be back next week.

Kakadu first, then I'll be on the plane.

You got a beer?

Hey, Dog.

How are you, mate?

- Can you drink this?

- Nah.

Just want to hold it.

How are you doing?

I'm better now.

Yeah. That's good.

That's good.

You've been on one hell of a journey.

I missed you.

Why wouldn't you?

Oh, the place is...

looking nice.

- Did Noel do it?

- Noel? Nah!

The boys come round and give us a hand.

Fixed it up in an afternoon.

Pretty handy blokes.

- Yes, they are.

- Simmo's a bossy prick, but...

- How's the family?

- Oh, bloody mad. Chaos.

Noel's alright, though.

Them girls need an aunty.

I like having 'em across the road.

I'm glad you moved in.

Felt good.

It's your house now.

You and Dog's.

You're here, aren't you?

It's ours. It's our house, Rex.

Oh, you smell good.

No pain anymore.

No pain.

There goes the sun.

You go through life and sometimes find

You never really paid life mind

You didn't want to cross the line

To see if someone cared

Your life is like a ragged tent

You never gave, you always lent

Afraid that you'd lose everything

Everything you had

But it's never too late to come back home

Like a carnival that tumbles by

It's said you've got to give love

to be loved

Beside it now but motionless

Your perfect vision might impress

A blind man who has never seen

A sunset or a dawn

You've seen the light

You've seen the burning flame

You've got your hands

back on the wheel again

Inhaling desert Cinders

In the air you breathe

And it's never too late to come back home

Like a carnival that tumbles by

It's said you've got to give love

to be loved

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