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John Williamson
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Dad's Flowers
Dad came home on the booze bus
Drinking in the pub all day
He rang Mum to tell her
He wouldn't be long away
He told her not to worry
Keeping dinner hot tonight
'I won the meat tray in the pool comp and I'm alright'
Well Dad's a real old bushie
So's his mate that drove the bus
He helped Dad in with that side of lamb
And he stayed and had a feed with us
Well we were all in the packing shed
After we had eaten
It was almost Christmas time
The work was barely beaten
When an old Italian neighbour
Like he did last year
Came with bottles of home made wine
And half a box of beer
Well Dad and me got talking
About the good times in the past
But once we opened that home made plonk
We knew he wouldn't last
Well I loaded the truck for market
It had to go in tonight
Filled her up with petrol
And pulled the canvas tight
Then we all stood round and argued
The language was unreal
Dad swore and yelled
'Move over Mum who do you thinks gonna take the wheel?'
Dad's been selling flowers all his life
But Grandpa grew em too
His a well known man around Flemington
He's probably sold a bunch to you
Well we followed a load of veggies
Off to Flemington as well
It lost a crate of pumpkins
But the driver couldn't tell
Dad drove ahead to tell the bloke
We saved his Queensland blues
To show his appreciation
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He gave Dad another box of booze
Dad really hated traffic jams
Because he had a Japanese kidney
Parramatta road I've heard him say
Is the varicose vein of Sydney
There was a Christmas do at the market
And the growers all got drunk
Dad climbed in to take us home
And boy the old man stunk
Mum slapped him hard behind the head
And said, 'Lie down in the back'
Sam and I tied him down
With an old tomato sack
Well the cops pulled up the market blokes
Going home with an empty load
They were putting them in that
Government bus
Along Silverwater Road
Well they put the bag on Mum
But she hadn't touched a drop all day
And Dad was yelling something about
Nibble random tests
And the coppers drove away
Well we had a pretty nice Christmas
And Dad was sober too
He had a real long think standing at the sink
While he made Mum a pot of brew
He said, 'I'm going to stop this drinking
'it could have been me that they locked up'
There's too much to lose with me and the booze
'Here Mum give us your cup'
Dad's been selling flowers all his life
And Grandpa grew them too
He's a well known man around Flemington
He's probably sold a bunch to you
Yeah selling flowers all his life
And Grandpa grew them too
He swore he'd never drink a dry
But if he did he'd just have two
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