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Mama feared I'd end up in trouble I was six foot five and all muscle
She said son use those big old hands for good and I meant it when I said I would
But I got me into a bar room fight he threw two lefts I threw one right
His head hit the bar started pissin blood my hands were shakin when the cops showed up

But tell my Mama not to worry just tell her I've gone fishing with Arthur Gorrie

Recession came and the work dried up I still owed money on the truck
All I could do was drive much longer hours I barely saw my wife and daughters
I was near the end of a 14 hours stretch only had a few hours left
I took some pills just to see me home and how the crash happened I still don't know

But tell my children not to worry just tell em Dad's off working for Arthur Gorrie

My parents split when I was a baby my aunty and uncle raised me
Lord how they tried but it weren't no use and I took to drinking booze
I was drinking on the street one morning up jumps a copper without warning
He says If you've seen one you've seen em all so I broke my bottle across his jaw

Tell my uncle tell my aunty tell em both that I'm really sorry
Tell em there ain't no need to worry just tell em I'm off drinking with Arthur Gorrie

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from Paddy McHugh & The Goldminers - Trials and Cape Tribulation, released July 20, 2013

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