Rod's song for Slim

                Rod’s Song for Slim

                                 by

                Rod Gow and Virginia Gow.

Verse 1

I’ve been around the top end

For the better part of my life

I’ve often been in trouble

Sometimes I’ve been in strife

I soon found out what life’s about

Among the top end mob

They help you with your problems and

They get on with the job.

Chorus:

I like the top end way of life

The people are true blue

And  a place is just it’s people

Be it many, or few.

Verse 2

When I first arrived at the top end

With a prayer and a couple of bob

A smart young southern city bloke

Found myself with a newspaper job.

Setting type and spinning yarns

Loved to leave my mark on a story

Hidden in the type, a message clear

That was my kind of glory.

Chorus:

I like the top end way of life

The people are true blue

And a place is just it’s people

Be it many, or few.


Verse 3

I learnt to roll with folky mob

With my girl from Parramatta

Songbird sweethearts, melting hearts away

We quietened all the chatter

One dark night, on the way to a gig

My bike ran into a car

Now I sing up the sun through the morning’s mist

You see, I have traveled so far.

Chorus:

I like the top end way of life

The people are true blue

And a place is just it’s people

Be it many, or few.