《Peter Anderson & Co(Remaster 1996)》歌词

歌曲： Peter Anderson & Co(Remaster 1996)

所属专辑：Me And My Guitar

歌手： Slim Dusty

时长： 05:40

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Peter Anderson & Co (1996 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty[00:00:00]

Written by：Slim Dusty/Henry Lawson[00:00:02]

He had offices in Sydney many years ago[00:00:16]

And his shingle bore the legend peter anderson and co[00:00:22]

But his real name was careless as the fellows understood[00:00:29]

And his relatives decided that he wasn't any good[00:00:34]

'Twas their gentle tongues that blasted any character' he had[00:00:41]

He was fond of beer and leisure and the co was just as bad[00:00:46]

It was limited in number to a unit was the co[00:00:53]

'Twas a bosom chum of Peter and his christian name was Joe[00:00:58]

Oh the office was their haven for they lived there when hard up[00:01:05]

A daily' for a table cloth a jam tin for a cup[00:01:10]

If the chance the landlord's bailiff happened round in times like these[00:01:16]

Just to seize the office fittings well there wasn't much to seize[00:01:22]

And when morning brought the bailiff there'd be nothing to be seen[00:01:28]

Save a piece of bevelled cedar where the tenant's plate had been[00:01:34]

And there'd be no sign of Peter and there'd be no sign of Joe[00:01:40]

But another portal boasted Peter anderson and co[00:01:46]

Peter always met you smiling always seemed to know you well[00:01:52]

Always gay and glad to see you always had a joke to tell[00:01:58]

He could laugh when all was gloomy he could grin when all was blue[00:02:04]

Sing a comic song and act it and appreciate one too[00:02:10]

Glorious drunk and happy till they heard the roosters crow[00:02:16]

And the landlady and neighbours made complaints about the co[00:02:21]

But that life it might be likened to a reckless drinking song[00:02:28]

But it couldn't last for ever and it never lasted long[00:02:33]

Debt collecting ruined peter people talked him round too oft[00:02:53]

For his heart was soft as butter and the co's was just as soft[00:02:58]

But of course it wasn't business only Peter's careless way[00:03:05]

And perhaps it pays in heaven but on earth it doesn't pay[00:03:10]

They got harder up than ever and to make it worse the co[00:03:17]

Went more often round the corner than was good for him to go[00:03:22]

I might live he said to peter but I haven't got the nerve[00:03:29]

I am going Peter going going no reserve[00:03:34]

Peter's fault is very common feeling fitting and bereft[00:03:42]

Paid the undertaker cash and then got drunk on what was left[00:03:47]

Then he shed some tears half maudlin on the grave where lay the co[00:03:54]

And he drifted to a township where the city failures go[00:03:59]

In a town of wrecks and failures they appreciated him[00:04:06]

Men who might have been who had been but who were not in the swim[00:04:11]

They would ask him who the co was that queer company he kept[00:04:17]

And he'd always answer vaguely he would say his partner slept[00:04:23]

That he had a sleeping partner' jesting while his spirit broke[00:04:29]

And they grinned above their glasses for they took it for a joke[00:04:34]

Till at last there came a morning when his smile was seen no more[00:04:41]

He was gone from out the office and his shingle from the door[00:04:46]

And a boundary rider jogging out across the neighb'ring run[00:04:53]

Was attracted by a something that was blazing in the sun[00:04:58]

And he found that it was peter lying peacefully at rest[00:05:05]

With a bottle close beside him and the shingle on his breast[00:05:10]

Yes he had offices in Sydney many years ago[00:05:17]

And his shingle bore the legend Peter anderson and co[00:05:23]