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A tale of a Possum! 3:290:00/3:29
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1. New Years Eve
It’s usually something I don’t usually say
But I think I might say it anyway
I thought seen as though it’s New Years Eve
I’ll just tell you think and go away
When midnight strikes and the sun comes up
I’ll most likely be alone
Just wanna tell ya that I think of you
Even by the crackle of a mobile phone
They say that love is a doing word
If you love someone let em know
But the fact is I don’t even like you
I just think you’re wonderful
This year wouldn’t have been the same
If I didn’t have you as a friend
And my insecurities came to the boil
When your pretty face came around the bend
And I don’t know why I have to have a heart attack
Every time I go to tell you the truth
But the truth is if I told you from the start
You wouldn’t have been so confused
They say that love is a doing word
If you love someone let em know
But the fact is I don’t even like you
I just think you’re wonderful
Yeah tonight the fireworks will make a big noise
And the colours will look pretty in the sky
The dogs will back and think the worlds blowing up
And teenagers will start running wild
And my friends will party to the break of dawn
With there lovers by there side
And the reality of me and you together
Is further away than the horizon line
They say that love is a doing word
If you love someone let em know
But the fact is I don’t even like you
I just think you’re wonderful
2. Underpants on fire
Well we got our things together and we were ready to go
Hit the open highway down the long lonesome road
We were thinking about the cat,
but leaving our worries at the doormat
By the time that we got there it was getting quiet late
We could hear the people rocking by the front gate
We knew it was gonna be fun
But the party had just began
I wanna take you higher, higher, higher, higher
C’mon baby we can blow your mind, with your underpants on fire
I wanna take you higher, higher, higher, higher
C’mon baby we can blow your mind, with your underpants on fire
Well we woke up in the morning with our heads in a daze
But it didn’t stop us rocking when we hit the main stage
There was people tapping their feet
And grooving on down to the beat
We did another show and more people rocked up
We were even able to tame some young teenage hearts
At the height of our stardom and fame
I didn’t want to stop the train
I wanna take you higher, higher, higher, higher
C’mon baby we can blow your mind, with your underpants on fire
I wanna take you higher, higher, higher, higher
C’mon baby we can blow your mind, with your underpants on fire
At this point we wanted to try something new
We tried wearing funky hats or taking off our shoes
We thought if we could burn our underwear on stage
That would be cool
We just did another gig and recorded it too
So we did our 7th gig in the space of 2 days
And our singer was feeling sick from his alcoholic ways
The crowd was thinning out
And the people started to doubt
Whether to come to our show on the final day
Will they return to form or fade away?
But they got there and waited in line
And baby we just blew their mind
I wanna take you higher, higher, higher, higher
C’mon baby we can blow your mind, with your underpants on fire
I wanna take you higher, higher, higher, higher
C’mon baby we can blow your mind, with your underpants on fire
C’mon baby we can blow your mind, with your underpants on fire
C’mon baby we can blow your mind, with your underpants on fire
3. Possum
On the 8th day of August
A mother possum did cry
Found her husband on the wires
Up in the sky electrified
She said gather round all you possums
Before we all wind up dead
She got all the animals together
And this is what she said
Keep your tail, keep your tail
Keep your tail up in the sky
If you ever go walking on a wire
Keep your tail up by and by
Well weeks went by and another
And more possums started to stray
Mother possum saw a baby possum
On the wire on a sunny day
She said get down from there you young boy
You’re really in trouble now
But seen as though you’re walking on a wire
I better tell you how right now
Keep your tail, keep your tail
Keep your tail up in the sky
If you ever go walking on a wire
Keep your tail up by and by
So the young boy was walking on the line
And all the other possums watched
But he kept his tail up like she said
And avoided electric shock
And when he got down all safely
All the possums cheered him on
And when they asked him how he did it
He told them how it was done
Keep your tail, keep your tail
Keep your tail up in the sky
If you ever go walking on a wire
Keep your tail up by and by
4. Laundromat Song
Well ya walking down the road
With ya clean clothes that you hold
All your coins go jingle jangle
You’ve got dollars from your hips to your ankle
Put a dollar in and watch it spin
When your drying your clean clothes
People tend to leave the show
But you’ve got your banjo on your lap
And ya playing tunes down the Laundromat
Put a dollar in and watch it spin
Got your wallet from your pocket,
dollar in the slot then you rock it
Watch it spin all night long
you can watch it spin til the early dawn
Can’t stop watching it spin
Then a guy walked through the door
And I don’t think his seen a weirdo like a you before
And I knew that he was thinking something
But we both just said nothing then started singing
Put a dollar in and watch it spin
It just goes round and round,
makes a humming kind of sound
It sits right next to the washing machine
it’s a whole lot better than a gambling machine
I just can’t stop watching it spin
5. Smart Phone
Friday night I was dancing to your song,
girl you got me thinking you and I should get along.
You got the moves that giving me the shakes
You got the moves that giving me the shakes
Girl I think you’re something I can relate too,
girl you got me thinking nothing I want to debate,
so lets take it easy. Let’s do a little dance,
lets take it easy, let’s have a little romance.
But when I try to contact you you’re phone doesn’t seem to work,
it’s a shitty situation and it’s getting on my nerves.
You got the buzz got the crackle but I really want you to do is call me. Just call me.
If you’re phone is able to do that,
yours can do everything else but you can’t even talk on the bloody thing…
So we decided to have some lunch,
and you’re went ring ring ring and I said yeah yeah yeah yeah
Wha wha wha what did you say.
Said you wanna get it fixed but it’s gonna cost too much.
As much as a new one that coming out next month,
I said ooh yeah tell someone who cares.
You said you do care I said yeah well it’s very important.
Then my phone rang so I picked it up
I said what ya doin’ tonight, yeah 8 o’clock so good.
I stood from my chair pointed at my phone and said I’ll call you, I can call you.
Cause my phone is able to do that.
Yours can do everything else but you can’t even talk on the bloody thing.
So while we were out just having some lunch,
some guys came over and said that we weren’t alone
they said “I dropped my phone in the toilet”
"I split some beer on the screen”
"I felled it out of my pocket” “mine’s nowhere to be seen”
“mine just won’t turn on” “mine went crazy when I was playing a song”
“had mine and I almost died” almost died when I saw the phone bill.
Excuse me guys but let me tell you a story,
I dropped my phone out of a ten story building,
I went to the ground, put my phone back together and you could still call me.
If you’re phone is able to do that,
yours can do everything else but you can’t even talk on the bloody thing.