| Down at the local on Friday nights
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| My neighbour Dave wanders in
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| Sheepishly looking for company
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| 'Cause his misses has bounced him again
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| He drinks with the boys from his single days
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| And life takes on a much brighter tone
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| And Dave can’t believe, when it’s time to leave
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| That his wife comes to take him back home
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| She’s the Mrs of a farmer
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| The better half of a man
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| Workin' the land as a family
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| Raisin' the kids in Gippsland
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| She’s been the wife, through trouble and strife
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| Ever ready to lean a hand
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| The backbone of the farmer
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| A girl from the land
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| Dave’s wife is Sue, and she’s local too
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| For they’ve been in the district for years
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| They work side by side, it’s been no easy ride
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| But they’ve made it with love, sweat and tears
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| Their kids are all grown with homes of their own
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| So each Friday Sue gets in Dave’s ear
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| It seems like a fluke, but I’m tellin' you
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| It’s just so he can have a few beers
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| Yes the Mrs of a farmer
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| Is the better half of a man
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| Workin' the land as a family
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| Raisin' the kids in Gippsland
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| She’s been the wife, through trouble and strife
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| Ever ready to lean a hand
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| The backbone of the farmer
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| A girl from the land
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| Instrumental
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| And meanwhile at home, Sue’s been on the phone
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| Her girl friends will be droppin' in
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| An' they laugh as they can about Susie’s old man
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| As he thinks he’s in trouble again
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| The womenfolk know their men like to go
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| For a beer with the boys now and then
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| And the girls think it’s fine having tea cake and wine
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| Till it’s time to collect them again
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| Yes the Mrs of a farmer
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| Is the better half of a man
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| Workin' the land as a family
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| Raisin' the kids in Gippsland
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| She’s been the wife, through trouble and strife
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| Ever ready to lean a hand
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| The backbone of the farmer
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| A girl from the land
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| A girl from the land |