Take my family, smash it apart
Well, it's just a few machines
And a little piece of land
Bring that hammer down on my heart
Well, his family's been here
For seventy years or more
His granddad cleared the land
Heard him cryin' late last night
When he thought I wasn't round
Oh I'm sorry granddaddy let you down
So auctioneer, auctioneer
Take my family, smash it apart
Well it's just a few machines
and a little piece of land
Bring that hammer down on
Well there's acres and acres
My heart's achin' and achin'
for the work that should be done
Now the banks stop the checks,
oh, no one wants the crack
But it's breaking my heart to watch it rot
So auctioneer, auctioneer,
Take my family and smash it apart
Well, it's just a few machines
and a little piece of land
Bring that hammer down on my heart
After half this rain and flood,
years and years of drought
are gonna finally wipe us out
They say it's not our fault,
it's just the world economy
Oh, but he blames himself,
because we're down on our knees
So auctioneer, auctioneer,
Take my family and smash it apart
Well, it's just a few machines
and a little piece of land
Take my family and smash it apart
Well, it's just a few machines
and a little piece of land
Thank you, thanks very much
welcome back on stage, Slim Dusty
Well thank you very much indeed Anne
we'd like to do this song
about my first trip to Sydney with my dad. I
was going to dress up in all the stockman gear
with the laughing side boots,
And dad said if you dress up like that
they'll call us bushkalooks.
So I had to dress like a civilian
and buy a brand new pair of flat
about that very memorable trip with dad.
so I just naturally called it Lace -Up Fuse.