Slim Dusty - Give It A Go lyrics

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<b>Give It A Go</b> by <i>Slim Dusty</i><br />

I met him out where the west is wide on a shimmering summery day

Where the heat waves dance and the emus prance oh thats what the poets say

But I think these scribes must pen their lines in the shade of some city room

For its always bare in that land out there and its pleasures are mostly gloom

He was leaning against an old grey log that was once was a mulga tree

The shade was sparse not a blade of grass as far as the eye could see

Nearby in a heap were some listless sheep so weak they could hardly stand

And he said to me what there you see is the end of a dream so grand

I bought this place when times were good and the world had a rosy glow

But I never cried when hope had died I never willed it so

And old man drought has run me out as sure as the winds that blow

I gambled and lost on fortunes wheel but a man had to give it a go

Then he said today I bid goodbye to this place of droughts and crows

To join the army and fight someplace where you cant tell friends from foes

But Ill never be good at snipin blokes and medals Ill never show

But theres nought left now but a faded dream so a man must give it a go

We said goodbye and I wished him well and were sorry that things were so

Then I thought of some on the city streets wavin banners to and fro

They protest of this and protest of that but what they should surely know

This mad old world could be far better off if like he theyd give it a go

Oh hes gone to a life thats foreign to him one of many more hell be

In the jungle mud or the desert sands ordered by fates decree

And should he knock on the door above if his time comes around to go

Hell be welcomed in if he says with a grin a man had to give it a go

Yes hell be welcomed in if he says with a grin a man had to give it a go

[From the LP Spirit of Australia May 1979

Barcoo Bill]