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Let me tell you a little story bout |
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The way things used to be |
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My Dad took me to Sydney back in nineteen forty three |
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He said son you're not wearing those |
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They'd call us bush galoots |
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If you went out and walked about |
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In those high-heeled riding boots |
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But I stand back and laugh today |
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At the way that times have changed |
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So many town-folk dressed as |
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If they just stepped off the range |
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But that day back in forty three |
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I could not pick and choose |
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The day my old man made me wear a pair of lace up shoes |
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We went out to Regal Zonophone on Parramatta Road |
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We walked along Columbia Lane |
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Where some famous feet have strode |
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But the man in charge was not impressed |
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Don't call us we'll call you |
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And to make things worse my feet still hurt |
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From those dammed new lace-up shoes |
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And there were soldiers everywhere |
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In town six o'clock was closing time |
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And if you didn't tip everywhere |
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You went the yanks won all the time |
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I was pushed along as I dreamed of home |
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Where the skies were clean and blue |
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Far away from this rat race in town |
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And big mobs with lace-up shoes |
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But I stand back and laugh today |
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At the way that times have changed |
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So many town-folk dressed as |
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If they just stepped off the range |
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But that day back in forty three |
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I could not pick and choose |
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The day my old man made me wear a pair of lace-up shoes |
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Here we go |
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Now as I look back on the singing track since |
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Nineteen forty three |
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The harder I worked you know old mate |
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The luckier I seemed to be |
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But I've always sung of the old home run in |
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The best was that I knew |
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But I still feel bad when I think of Dad |
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And those dammed new lace-up shoes |
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Hey |
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Yeah I stand back and laugh today |
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At the way that times have changed |
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So many town-folk dressed as |
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If they just stepped off the range |
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I've lived my life with few regrets |
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The same again I'd choose |
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And Be flat as a tack in this old felt hat |
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With my pair of Williams shoes |
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Yodel lay oh lay oh lay hey hey |
