WATCHED AN OLD MAN PUSH A BARROW UP A WESTERN SUBURB STREET
HE WAS RAGGED LONG AND NARROW HADN’T HAD ENOUGH TO EAT
WHY WORK SO HARD AT YOUR AGE DON’T THE PENSION SEE YOU THROUGH
HE LOOKED AT ME QUITE SAVAGE SAID WHAT ELSE AM I TO DO THERE’S PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WORSE OFF THAN YOU OR I DON’T STAND THERE ASKING QUESTIONS GAZING AT THE SKY PUSH THIS FLAMING BARROW FOR ME UP THIS NEXT LONG HILL IT’S RIPPLES ON THE WATER ALL IT TAKES IS SOMEONE’S WILL
I WALKED AND PUSHED HIS BARROW FOR A BIT BEFORE I SAID SO YOU PULL THE SOCIAL HARROWS HE SAID IF I DIDN’T I’D BE DEAD
FIVE YEARS AGO LAST APRIL MY WIFE CASHED IN HER CHIPS WENT BADLY ON THE BOTTLE NEVER HAD ONE OFF ME LIPS
TOOK A MONTH OF COLD GREY MORNINGS TILL I MET A BLOKE WORSE DONE
HELPING GOT ME THROUGH FORLORNING AND I HAD THE BOTTLE WON I’M NOT A RELIGIOUS NUTTER YOU DON’T REALLY HAVE TO ASK
I’M CONCERNED WITH EGGS AND BUTTER NOT THE COLOUR OF YOUR MASK
PUSH THIS FLAMING BARROW FOR ME UP THIS NEXT LONG HILL IT’S RIPPLES ON THE WATER ALL IT TAKES IS SOMEONE’S WILL
THERE’S PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD WORSE OFF THAN YOU OR I DON’T STAND THERE ASKING QUESTIONS GAZING AT THE SKY PUSH THIS FLAMING BARROW FOR ME UP THIS NEXT LONG HILL IT’S RIPPLES ON THE WATER ALL IT TAKES IS SOMEONE’S WILL RIPPLES ON THE WATER ALL IT TAKES IS SOMEONE’S WILL
Guitar, Lapsteel, Bari, Vocals – ET Accordion – Colin James
