Paul Kelly
How To Make Gravy
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(Riff 1)
Hello Dan, it's Joe here
I hope you're keeping well
Its the 21st of December
now theyre ringing the last bell
(Riff 2)
if I get good behaviour
I'll be out of here by July
(Riff 1)
Won't you kiss my kids on Christmas day
Pleeeease don't let them cry for me
Break (Continue Riff 1)
(Riff 1)
I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensland
and Stella's flying in from the coast
They say it's gonna be a hundred degrees, even more maybe,
but that won't stop the roast
(Riff 2)
Who's gonna make the gravy now?
I bet it won't taste the same
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(Riff 1)
Just add flour, salt, a little red wine and don't forget a dollop of
tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang
And give my love to Angus and to Frank and Dolly,
Tell 'em all I'm sorry I screwed up this time
And look after Rita, I'll be thinking of her early Christmas morning
When I'm standing in line
I hear Mary's got a new boyfriend, I hope he can hold his own
Do you remember the last one? What was his name again?
(Just a little too much too cologne)
(Riff 2)
And Roger, you know I'm even gonna miss Roger
'Cause there's sure as hell no one in here I want to fight
(Riff 1)
Oh praise the Baby Jesus, have a Merry Christmas,
I'm really gonna miss it, all the treasure and the trash
And later in the evening, I can just imagine,
You'll put on Junior Murvin and push the tables back
And you'll dance with Rita, I know you really like her,
Just don't hold her too close, oh brother please don't stab me in the
back
I didn't mean to say that, it's just my mind it plays up,
Multiplies each matter, turns imagination into fact
You know I love her badly, she's the one to save me,
I'm gonna make some gravy, I'm gonna taste the fat
Tell her that I'm sorry, yeah I love her badly, tell 'em all I'm
sorry,
And kiss the sleepy children for me
You know one of these days, I'll be making gravy,
I'll be making plenty, I'm gonna pay 'em all back.
(Riff 1) Fade into distance
