Doe-doe, in that lecture hall light
Economics, Law and Accounting day and night
At Uni New South Wales, side by side
You from Maroubra Bay, a beachside
Me from working class Kingsford, walking home
Young hearts making busy roads our own
Top girl in school, a soul pure white
You wore your grace like summer light
From bachelor dreams to a wedding vow
We found forever in our now
And every road kept leading to
A life I only knew with you
Doe-doe, you are my steady flame
The quiet truth beneath my name
Through every year, through joy and strain
You make my world feel whole again
Mother of my three brave sons
You are my home, my only sense
We married, moved down to Coogee
Mahjong at Koo’s till dawn, so happy
Centennial Park blue skies on Sundays
The calm inside my restless days
Doe-doe, you’re the heart of me
Forty-eight years, and still you move me
Three months in, you smiled and said
Buy that test kit, I am late
Morning came, then time slipped by
We checked after lunch, didn’t expect to cry
Teary eyed, we held each other till five
Shocked that we had created a new life
Then two years on, surprise again
Twin little heartbeats like music in the rain
We held on tight through happy tears
Love doubling up before our fears
And in your arms our future shone
Like morning finding its way home
Doe-doe, you are my steady flame
The quiet truth beneath my name
Through every year, through joy and strain
You make my world feel whole again
Mother of my three brave sons
You are my home, my only sense
Adelaide foothills and parks became our nest
Cheaper roofs, big rooms and the rest
Violin and cellos sang, life ain’t bleak
While you cooked love into the week
You got your Miri folks to our door
And still kept giving more and more
Doe-doe, you are my steady flame
The quiet truth beneath my name
Through forty eight long hard years
You held our joy, you held our tears
Mother of my three brave sons
You are my home, my only sense
