Lyrics

[Verse 1] I rode the boundary of our place for the very last time And I was leaving for Sydney on the mail train, I made up my mind When Dad died in June, I'd never seen my mother so frail Three months later we had to put the family farm up for sale [Chorus] There was a five gallon mailbox on a post by the road Where I'd turn up the valley and wind my way home I can see Mom and Dad arm in arm In my memories of the family farm [Verse 2] No horses, no valleys, no crossings, no hinterland streams Just a heart full of songs, a guitar, and a swag full of dreams In a dark little room I'd scratch out my letters to Mom And a part of me driftеd back north with every single onе [Chorus] To that five gallon mailbox on a post by the road Where I'd turn up the valley and wind my way home I can see Mom and Dad arm in arm In my memories of the family farm [Verse 3] We laid Mom to rest next to Dad the year the farm sold And months turned to years as I followed the call of the road I was just passin' through when I saw that real estate sign And that very day I put my name to what had always been mine [Chorus] By that five gallon mailbox on a post by the road Where I'd turn up the valley and wind my way home I can see Mom and Dad arm in arm In my memories of the family farm I can see Mom and Dad arm in arm In my memories of the family farm [Outro] Hey Thank you very much