[Verse 1]
Babs was a girl from the Crescent,
With dreams as wide as the sky,
She met Galgy by the river,
Where the Leven flowed on by.
They’d walk up Carman Hill at sunset,
Hearts young and full of light,
But fate had other plans in store,
One warm September night.
[Verse 2]
She heard the roar of a motorbike,
As it echoed down the lane,
A figure bold, with wind-swept hair,
Riding through like a hurricane.
He had a beard, a leather jacket,
Wranglers and a reckless charm,
He looked at Babs and smiled at her,
And reached out his tattooed arm.
[Chorus]
He patted the seat of his sidecar,
And Babs didn’t think twice,
She left Galgy crying in the Crescent,
Underneath the pale porch light.
He went off to the army,
Never seen again it’s true,
While Babs rode off with Shuck that day,
To chase a dream or two.
[Verse 3]
They found a place by the shoreline,
A quiet town called Arbroath,
He pointed at a caravan,
Said, “One day, this’ll be our home.”
They married on a Fireworks Night,
With sparks up in the sky,
And raised two boys with laughing eyes,
Time gently slipping by.
[Chorus]
But Babs remembered that promise,
Of a life beside the sea,
And fifty years from that first ride,
Shuck said, “Come Babs with me.”
He showed her that same caravan,
With a puppy wagging through,
Said, “This is our forever now,
Just us, and little Boo.”
[Bridge]
Oh, life is a winding motor road,
With turns you never plan,
But sometimes love will bring you back,
To where it all began.
[Final Chorus]
Now Babs and Shuck sit hand in hand,
By the ocean’s silver hue,
In the caravan by Arbroath shore,
With their loyal dog named Boo.
They still hear echoes of the past,
But know their love is true—
She found her home, her ride-or-die,
And they brought that sidecar too
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