I said G\u2019day to Barry today
\nAs I passed him down on the street
\nWe stood for a while and he gave me a smile
\nWith teeth that no longer meet
\nWe stood there together, I noted the weather
\nAnd said \u2018my season of choice\u2019
\nHe would have replied, instead he just sighed
\nFor Barry had lost his voice<\/p>\n
Barry had worked on a farm West of Bourke
\nJust barely a few years ago
\nAnd though not a friend, I wouldn\u2019t pretend
\nHe was someone that I didn\u2019t know
\nWe\u2019d shared the odd brew as work colleagues do
\nAnd swapped the occasional smoke
\nAnd our frames of mind weren\u2019t exactly aligned
\nBut I thought him a fair enough bloke<\/p>\n
He\u2019d worked everywhere and done it with flair
\nAnd been a lot better than most
\nHe\u2019d tried everything, (but still couldn\u2019t bring
\nHis humble nature to boast)
\nHe spoke a bit much about women and such
\nIn manners I didn\u2019t condone
\nFor it seemed to me, he considered that he
\nWas in a class of his own<\/p>\n
But that was my youth, for the obvious truth
\nWas that he was alone and bereft
\nHe\u2019d foregone his wife in the wreck of his life
\nAnd bragging was all he had left
\nBut he ran out of ears with the passing of years
\nAs listeners grew and moved on
\nAnd those who remained became less entertained
\nTil all but the whiskey were gone<\/p>\n
And now on his own, he wanders alone
\nWithout any tales to promote
\nThe power of speech is beyond his reach
\nAs whiskey has rotted his throat
\nAnd the half broken teeth hide the Barry beneath
\nWho reaches out now with his eyes
\nAnd wills you to tell, you\u2019ll remember him well
\nThough all that you know are his lies<\/p>\n
I must say that I am not really sure why
\nI feel I should make this report
\nPerhaps I have seen myself in this scene
\nOr maybe a lesson was taught
\nFor time takes its toll and is beyond control
\nAnd we all must say our farewell
\nThen all of our glories will only be stories
\nSo I hope we are telling them well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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