What a great little country/rock stomp! This song was released in 1987 under the name of Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls in Australia. But was also released as Paul Kelly & The Messengers in Europe and North America for obvious reasons. The name later stuck and migrated back to Australia. For the sake of simplicity, we just use “Paul Kelly” as the Artist. This song is consistently voted into the most popular Australian songs of all time.
- Released: 1987
- Recorded at: Alberts Studios (Sydney)
- Produced by: Alan Thorne / Paul Kelly
To Her Door
Paul Kelly
They got married early, never had no money
Then when he got laid off, they really hit the skids
He started up his drinkin’, then they started fightin’
He took it pretty badly, she took both the kids
She said, “I’m not standing by, to watch you slowly die
So watch me walkin’, out the door”
Out the door, out the door, out the door
She went to her brother’s, got a little bar work
He went to the buttery, he stayed about a year
Then he wrote a letter, he said, “I wanna see ya”
She thought he sounded better, she sent him up the fare
He was riding through the cane, in the pouring rain
On Olympic, to her door
To her door, to her door, to her door
(And his heart was singing like a lowdown guitar)
GUITAR SOLO
He came in on a Sunday, every muscle achin’
Walking in slow motion, like he’d just been hit
Did they have a future, would he know his children
Could he paint a picture, and get them all to fit?
He was shaking in his seat, riding through the streets
In a Silvertop, to her…
Shaking in his seat, riding through the streets
In a Silvertop, to her door
To her door, to her door, to her door
GUITAR SOLO / OUTRO
Songwriters: Paul Kelly