Now I'm Easy

Eric Bogle

For nearly sixty years
I've been a cocky
Of droughts and fires and floods
I've lived through plenty
Yes this country's dust and mud
Has seen my tears and blood
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy
I married a fine girl
When I was twenty
But she died in giving birth
When she was thirty
No Flying Doctor then
Just a gentle old black gin
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy
She left me with two sons
And a daughter
And a bonedry farm
Whose soil cried out for water
So my care was rough and ready
But they grew up fine and steady
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy
My daughter married young
And went her own way
My sons lie buried
By the Burma Railway
So on the land
I've made my own
I've carried on alone
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy
City folks these days
Despise the cocky
Say with subsidies and all
We've had it easy
But there's no drought
Or starving stock
On a sewered suburban block
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy
For nearly sixty years
I've been a cocky
Of droughts and fires and floods
I've lived through plenty
Yes this country's dust and mud
Has seen my tears and blood
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy

Now I'm Easy
Soft Karaoke
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