Artist/Band: 
Marty Robbins 
Lyrics for Song: Melba from Melbourne 
Lyrics for Album: Country (1960-1966) [1996]
  
               
  28385>Once I had a silly notion to out across the ocean
  The future for me didn't look to bright
  So I signed up with a tanker,
  got on board and raised the anchor
  Stood and watched the Golden Gate fade out of sight
  Nineteen days and nights we travelled
  Through the stormy seas we battled
  'Till we landed in Australia far away
  Far from friends and San Francisco
  and the Miss I thought I'll miss so
  'Til I stepped ashore in Melbourne that first day.
 
 
  So in love but couldn't get her
  Cared so much, couldn't forget het
  I fell in love just a little bit more and more
  There I was just like I started
  All alone and broken hearted
  I recall the day I left Australia's shore
  I was standing there and tryin'
  So hard to keep from crying
  The more I tried, the more my tears would show
  Then a cold breeze seem to whisper
  "It's the end you better kiss her"
  So I kissed her and I turned away to go.
 
 
  Then I left Melba from Melbourne
  She made my heart yearn
  She made my tears flow like wine
  She wouldn't leave there
  I couldn't stay there
  So Melba could never be mine...
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