[00:06.18]Let me tell you a little story bout
[00:09.06]The way things used to be
[00:11.61]My Dad took me to Sydney back in nineteen forty three
[00:18.12]He said son you're not wearing those
[00:20.61]They'd call us bush galoots
[00:24.54]If you went out and walked about
[00:26.88]In those high-heeled riding boots
[00:31.05]But I stand back and laugh today
[00:33.39]At the way that times have changed
[00:36.06]So many town-folk dressed as
[00:38.07]If they just stepped off the range
[00:42.42]But that day back in forty three
[00:44.79]I could not pick and choose
[00:48.75]The day my old man made me wear a pair of lace up shoes
[00:54.75]We went out to Regal Zonophone on Parramatta Road
[01:00.24]We walked along Columbia Lane
[01:02.55]Where some famous feet have strode
[01:06.54]But the man in charge was not impressed
[01:09.03]Don't call us we'll call you
[01:12.66]And to make things worse my feet still hurt
[01:15.18]From those dammed new lace-up shoes
[01:19.02]And there were soldiers everywhere
[01:21.15]In town six o'clock was closing time
[01:24.15]And if you didn't tip everywhere
[01:26.07]You went the yanks won all the time
[01:30.39]I was pushed along as I dreamed of home
[01:33.03]Where the skies were clean and blue
[01:36.81]Far away from this rat race in town
[01:39.33]And big mobs with lace-up shoes
[01:43.44]But I stand back and laugh today
[01:45.81]At the way that times have changed
[01:48.45]So many town-folk dressed as
[01:50.43]If they just stepped off the range
[01:54.72]But that day back in forty three
[01:57.09]I could not pick and choose
[02:00.96]The day my old man made me wear a pair of lace-up shoes
[02:05.25]Here we go
[02:12.15]Now as I look back on the singing track since
[02:15.09]Nineteen forty three
[02:17.55]The harder I worked you know old mate
[02:20.13]The luckier I seemed to be
[02:23.70]But I've always sung of the old home run in
[02:26.46]The best was that I knew
[02:30.09]But I still feel bad when I think of Dad
[02:32.28]And those dammed new lace-up shoes
[02:34.74]Hey
[02:36.27]Yeah I stand back and laugh today
[02:38.94]At the way that times have changed
[02:41.58]So many town-folk dressed as
[02:43.56]If they just stepped off the range
[02:47.52]I've lived my life with few regrets
[02:50.19]The same again I'd choose
[02:53.49]And Be flat as a tack in this old felt hat
[02:56.43]With my pair of Williams shoes
[03:00.18]Yodel lay oh lay oh lay hey hey