Hard contemporary folk and acoustic rock
Lyrics
The Backpacker Song
Words/Music Andrew J McNamara/Owen Hovenden
V1:
As I was reading “contains phenylalanine”
On a two litre Pepsi caffeine free
I spotted you with your suntanned backpacker friends
Pushing a trolley
You had your t-shirt on inside out, did you care?
Or were just trying to get another day’s wear
Chorus:
C’mon and lay your backpack down
C’mon and lay your backpack down
C’mon and lay your backpack
Down at my place sometime
V2:
You argued with your friends at the yoghurt display
Its great to know backpackers obsess about something
I smirked as I grabbed a low-fat double pack
And you flashed me a grin
The strap on your sandal was broken, did you know?
Or were you just trying to see how far it would go
Chorus
Bridge:
I love the way foreign people
Speak their foreign languages
With such great foreign accents
V3:
We met up at neighboring checkouts
I pushed buttons while I thought of something to say
You paid cash, and as I opened my moth
You walked away
I would have run after you, but I got stuck
I had to wait for a price check on the toilet duck
Chorus
