Old So and So

Archie Roach, 2004

The first time I saw Ruby, it were like a movie
While I was walking down the stairs
She was standing in the foyer when I first saw her
When I first saw her standing there and I asked,
"Where do the people go?"
She said, "Just follow me and I will show you the way"

And she could not stop talking
While we were walking
Down the street to Victoria Square
We passed by that fountain
Beneath that lofty mountain
And spoke to the people who were there
She asked, "Ah have you seen old so and so?"
But they just shook their heads and answered, "No, not today."
She was a princess and this city was her throne
She lived in a palace of concrete and stone
He was a stranger and he felt all alone
Till he met this princess
That young vagabond

Now while they were talking
They kept on lookin' at me when I sat down
She said, "I met him at the Palace,
And thought I might as well as say hello and show him around."
She said, "Oh but I saw him a long time ago on Happy Hammond's TV show."

Now we went down to the hotel and people there were not well
So we sat down and shouted them a beer
And they said hello to Ruby and said hello to me
They asked her, "Well who do we have here?"
She said, "Well I saw him a long time ago on Happy Hammond's TV show."
And he smiled

She was a princess and this city was her throne
And she lived in a palace of concrete and stone
He was a stranger and he felt all alone
Till he met this princess that young vagabond (x2)