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Slim Dusty( David Gordon Kirkpatrick )
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When You're Short Of A Quid
Well, I've listened with patience to your sad tales When you're short of a smoke or the pub has no ale but tell me fair dinkum, I don't want you to kid Have you ever been drifting and short of a quid
If you've been to a strange town in search of a job Where a stranger's not welcome with the local born mob and you've probably done the same thing as I did Stood around in a bar and was short of a quid
As I gaze at the drinkers all quenching their thirst My lips were so dry, I thought they would burst I reckoned someone would notice but nobody did They'd apparently never been short of a quid
The publican's looks were as black as the night and I heard someone wisper, 'this bloke's on the bite' So I held up my wrist watch and called for a bid Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com No-one would buy it or lend me a quid.
Now, you blokes who have money, to travel in style may laugh at my story but I too can smile and to the battler and the driver, I'll raise my old lid Because they know what it's like to be short of a quid
So if the pub has no beer, you could always drink rum while you can wait with your mates for the quota to come but your forehead gets wrinkled like the hat on your head when you stand in a bar and your short of a quid
Yes, I've listened with patience to your sad tales When you're short of a smoke or the pub has no ale but tell me fair dinkum, I don't want you to kid Have you ever been drifting and short of a quid
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