Pinchgut

(album: Gangs Of New Holland - 2010)

If I buy you a drink will you leave me alone?
I'm a bug-eyed young stranger 'round here
I'll tell ye nowt ye don't already know
And my brogues too thick for your ear

See I landed this morning unwashed and unfed
Yer man thought I were Greek, wouldn't give me a bed
And I've walked all o' Sydney wi' a heart of pure lead
And a half a warm bottle of beer

Tho my room lay as quiet as the old guns o' Pinchgut
My heart beats a lonesome and steady tattoo
For a smile that I met on the boat frae Southampton
Oh Christ! What am I gonnae do?

D'ye know I'm a full qualified engineer?
Tho the paper I've got's no good to me here
We built the damned ships that brought you all here
All we're good for is digging a hole!

Tho my room lay as quiet as the old guns o' Pinchgut
My heart beats a lonesome and steady tattoo
For a smile that I met on the boat frae Southampton
Oh Christ! What am I gonnae do?

Oh your frosty old evening commands me respect
And your sun locks its jaws on the back of me neck
As I pocket me pride and line up for a cheque
Oh Christ! What am I gonnae do?
Christ! What am I gonnae do?

If you buy me a drink, I'll leave you alone
I've talked your damned ears off, its time you were home
Spare me the floorboards, I'll dig you a hole
Big enough to swallow the moon