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farewell to the vines shoe shine guy, david mather

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i used to get into great conversations with him

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and he hated the sound of the song 'when a bloke gets married'
he didn't believe the song existed

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he used to drive me home from the brumbies matches

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he gave me many of his brumbies caps

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it was a good connection with me and stephen and david

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he used to tell me the right way to talk so i could be respected

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it used to be great talking to him at vinnies

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i used to say he would be the shoe shine guy in heaven,
when people entered he would shine their shoes, he said
he didn't want that  though

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give david mather a good send off to his next life

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but it's a shame that his death meant he won't be around post the coronavirus

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but he had an excellent life, though

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he was always ringing the council if they weren't doing their jobs properly like ******* on ovals and council grass that needs mowing

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he used to like good music like eva cassidy and supported damien death on australian idol, i wonder if he liked the voice for the nice singers

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may his next life be really grand

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goodbye to the great shoe shining man named

DAVID MATHER

you see i have this little cool kid
trying to get out,, you see my head is itchy
so is my feet, i could have tinnea
i love the footy, all sorts will do
i hate the coronavirus
stay the f..k at home
i stay off the alcohol
cause it makes me look and act like a hooligan
i stay off the smokes
because people love to tease me
when people tease me
they hassle me for money
steal all my cool stuff
get me to drink beer and throw
the empties on top of the catholic school roof
making me buy a pack of smokes for a 13 y o
because they love to see me get yelled at by the business men
putting dangerous voices in my head
making me do strange things
like **** a cat nd throwing my things over the balcony
forcing me to go to the psych ward, where i get bashed up
i want this horrible teasing to STOP
when i say i am a boy
they say they are better
when i say i am a man
they say they are better
when i want to be an inspirational disabled man
they say they are more ispirational or disabled than me
when i say i am a family person
they say i am a hooligan
PLEASE LET ME BE A FAMILY PERSON
when i get locked up
i show my fresh young legs
i asked my mate to tie me up
he now wants to do it for real
I WAS SICK, MENTALLY SICK, I NEEDED HELP
stop teasing me like this
for, i am cool

my two mates
wanted me to drink with them
on a high school oval
at 1.00 in the morning
but unknown to me
my two mates were treating me
like a hooligan to muck around with late outside at night
teasing the adults who go to bed
even if they stay up late
i prefer to be like those adults
because my two mates
daniel and eddie tried to **** me
my trying to run their car into me
i missed my favourite radio show
the show i listen to in bed
i lay in bed listening to the dudes
charging up their motors in their cars
while i am in bed listening to adelaide radio because i love it
i ran away from daniel and eddie
because they are cowards
like all bullies are

Hi am bimmy jarnes
And I am performing this quarantine concert from my living room with my alcohol pile mr drinkerbocker and my hat rack friend mahatma kote and scarf
And my first song is I am a real bludging man
Not working anymore
Just sitting down alone
In my house near my award and sign
Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi
Relaxing oh yes indeed
Then mr drinkerbocker said to mahatma kote n scarf
That we must drink as many beers we want oh yeah mate yeah
Oh yeah dude, I am real bludging man
Then I go to the kitchen
To get a can of beer
It is like going to the bar, mate
But you don’t have to pay
You just get drink and sit right down
The best way you can
Oh yeah dude I am real bludging man
Ok thanks and now my action song for you
Mr drinkerbocker mighty fine
He will mind these drinks in time
Let’s get the rhythm of the vb
Ready to party with me
Let’s get the rhythm of the mighty fine
Party on days go on always loving life
Mr drinkerbocker mighty fine
He will mind these drinks in time
Let’s get the rhythm of the Carlton draught
Ready to be hungover the next day fast
Let’s get the rhythm of the mighty fine
Party on days go on always loving life
Mr drinkerbocker mighty fine
He will mind his drinks in time
Let’s get the rhythm of the Melbourne bitter
While watching your footy team win no crowds
Let’s get the rhythm of the mighty fine
Party on days go on always loving life
Mr drinkerbocker mighty fine
He will mind his drinks in time
Let’s get the rhythm of blue kamakasi shot
To really be cool a lot
Let’s get the rhythm of the mighty fine
Party on days go on always loving life
Mr drinkerbocker mighty fine
He will mind his drinks in time
Let’s get the rhythm of champagne
And go out and play a drinking game
Let’s get the rhythm of the mighty fine
Party on days go on always loving life
Thank you and now here is my next song
You picked my hat and coat up off the ground and you put a scarf on as the face everybody cheers you on
Oh yeah mate yeah
You bring the sunflowers in from the backyard and put them at the bottom as the feet
He is my best friend I have ever had
Never ever arguing with me
Mahatma kote n scarf
Everything is looking cool
Breaking every golden rule
Yes mate you are a tool
Using coffee to make you feel unreal
Yes yes yes mahatma kote and scarf
And now here is my award called the
National imagination award which I won because I have a cool imagination
I won this award one Sunday night
In a bar a long time ago
Everybody liked me then
I was cool
I was cheering the loudest I have ever cheered yes this felt great
We had roast chicken vegetables and a tasty mud cake
For my award is such a great friend
Never ever let’s me lose
Oh yeah partying in the club is what I enjoyed then
I really set fire to this town
Number 1 is to find my phone
That I lost yesterday
Number 2 is to have a shower
Putting on cologne
Number 3 is the happy hour on your YouTube or Facebook stream
When you party and you enjoy it yeah
I could really set fire to this room
With a cigarette lighter
And ok that was it there ain’t no more
Unless you come when Corona is over yeah

Singing and dancing while you work
Is what I really like to do
I get the broom out of the closet
And I go to the front door
And sing and dance while I work
People worry about me
But I ain’t doing nothing wrong
I am still doing the job good
It is just that I am singing and dancing
While I work
Some say I look like a loud hooligan
Some say I need help
Some say I am mentally sick
But I Just say to you, this
I was just singing while I work
Dancing while I work
Having fun loving life
Doing a good job
But partying very hard
Picking up *******
And cigarette buts
Singing smoke that cigarette
Cleaning the 2 kitchens singing
Don’t stop me now
Which I sing very loud
People telling me to quiten down
But all I wanted to do is
Singing while I work
Dancing while I work
Partying at work loving life at work
Just singing and dancing
Loving life oh yeah
Singing and dancing at work

Quarantining is a joke
We can’t go out and have fun
No club no sport no movies no shows
Really is fucken annoying
But if we think about
The fun we can have at home
Watching YouTube and Netflix
And we will bring our time
Letting trapper win oh yeah
Quarantining is a joke
No sitting on the beach
Can’t sit in the park
Talking to your mate
What a fucken joke it is
But if we follow all the rules
We won’t catch covid 19
And hopefully we won’t die
It is a jolly big sacrifice
But it is important
Just follow the rules the politicians say
And stay at home oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah stay at home
Quarantining is a joke
No watching bands at the clubs
No poetry slams or bingo sessions
Really drives me insane
But if we follow the rules
You can see all that on YouTube and on zoom
And have a party at home
Enjoying life oh yeah come on party dude
Yes rock and roll
No kareoke except for singing along on YouTube
Just listen to the authorities and you can still have fun even if fun looks like fading just have fun at home

Once a happy young dude
Came into Canberra
To see the dudes and dudettes there
He met a nice person
Named Patrick Enright
Who was his father type
Then Patrick said he doesn’t like
The young dude life
Cause they make to many mistakes
But Brian came in and said
Making mistakes is how we learn
On how to be a real person
Brian was a young dude
Brian was a young dude
Brian was a young dude
And pat was a man
You see Brian loves life
Looking back at the life he had
Knowing Patrick will never have that
Then pat told me
I committed a bad crime
And that ruined the life we have
I told Patrick that he was too perfect and needed to get a reality check
Life isn’t really like he has
I get his voice saying me and Chris ain’t like him
Well that is true because he was a nerd
Which is a man who never ever really lived
I lived a very exciting life oh yeah
Brian was a young dude
Brian was a young dude
Brian was a young dude
And pat was a man
You see Brian loves life looking back
At the life he had
Knowing Patrick will never have that
You see pat hated me
So he chose to follow god
With his mate Greg Harris
I saw the old man in pat
Following my fathers lead
I was a young dude and pat was a man
I went to Scott’s and then I went to James’s to hang around like a young dude does
I took pat with me one day which was alright untill he got cranky because
I was a normal young dude
Brian was a young dude
Brian was a young dude
Brian was a young dude
And pat was a man
You see Brian loves life looking back
At the life he had
Knowing Patrick will never have that
Now Brian misses Patrick
So he dreams about him all the time
Thinking what would Patrick
Do in covid 19
I know my poems are better than
What he can do
Patrick, how are you coping mate
You see I ain’t visioning Patrick
I am seeing me when I was young
When I was a party dude
I am dealing with it
But I vision Patrick not
As I see him turning into a hating life ****
And with my writing I show I can deal with my life
Brian was a young dude
Brian was a young dude
Brian was a young dude
And pat was a man
You see Brian loves life looking back
At the life he had
Knowing Patrick pretty stupid Patrick
Knowing Patrick will never have that