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Hello Dan, it's Joe here

I hope you're keeping well

it’s the 21st of December

now they’re ringing the last bell

if I get good behaviour

I'll be out of here by July

 won’t you kiss my kids on Christmas day

Please don't let them cry for me

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

Who's gonna make the gravy now?

I bet it won't taste the same

 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 stand 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 cologne)

And Roger, you know I'm even gonna miss Roger

'Cause there's sure as hell no one in here I want to fight

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.

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