Slim Dusty - Never Was at All lyrics

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They say I'm getting older and my hair is turnin' grey,

They say I should be slowing down, give it all away.

Living like a gypsy doesn't bother me at all,

And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'.

Now, I could've been a shearer and I could've been a vet,

Could've been a lot of things, of this much you can bet.

A man can sit there hangin' like a picture on the wall,

But I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'.

Oh, Id sooner be 'has been' than a 'never was at all',

All my life I had a go, really had a ball.

If you don't climb the ladder, mate, then you can never fall,

And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'.

When I look at that old suitcase and I think of how it was,

The bad times and the good times, hey, and we did it just because.

I know I had to try it and today I'm standing tall,

Cause I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'.

Now, you won't reach the finish line if you don't ever start

You'll never live and you'll never love if you don't have a heart.

So don't just sit there whinging mate, it's no damn good at all

And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'.

Oh, Id sooner be 'has been' than a 'never was at all',

Give it everything I'd got, really had a ball.

If you don't climb the ladder, mate, then you can never fall,

And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'.

And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'.

Oh laydee oh, laydee Oh, laydee

[From his album: "Looking Forward Looking Back"

Contributed: Marten Busstra 2009]