I was riding away out upon the property
Checking that day for possible strays
And I noticed the old man from next door
Fixing a piece of fence a little way aways
I rode up and greeted him with a simple GDAY
And he tipped his hat right then with a nod
Wiping his brow and said how are you going now
And my horse just stood slightly kicking sod
He had just then stretched a piece of wire
Through a post on the fence line there
And those old MacDonald wire strainers
Where too far away and I heard him swear
He said do ya know I'm sure it's so
A bloke is getting too old for this game
Both my boys are away in the city ever fine
And I'm still out here doing this so I'm to blame
He said only just awhile ago a salesman called
To sell me more of what I'll never in life
He'd still be here if I had not winked at my dog
Soon he took off again saying say gday to your wife
I'm tied off always feeling I've got to prove myself
To the idiots that feel that's what you should do
They are mostly still wet behind the ears
And have half their life to live to match me it's true
So I guess I come away out here to fix a fence
And just would not you know they drive away out here
To sell me stuff I'll never need in my life
And of how great they are they love to bend my ear
Both rolled another smoke said see you soon bloke
And I slowly rode on around the fence line there
Having a look for any possible strays out for a graze
And I thought he was right about life's idiots to be fair,