[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:15.33]Sometimes kind people comment on the ballads I have wrote [00:20.97]Even though sometimes I sing them on a dry and battered note [00:25.98]And they always place importance on what's said not sung by men [00:31.29]For quality's not in the voice but in paper and the pen [00:37.71]But this song is no great ballad with writing skill attached [00:42.99]Oh it's just a simple story that I hope your ears will catch [00:47.97]Of the backgrounds of my ballads and the hours that I spend [00:53.19]In the bush or at the table with Henry Lawson's pen [01:08.85]One time when I was travelin' just kind of driftin' round [01:14.34]I went through Lawson country then on to Grenfell town [01:19.17]The old mining town was quiet and their parklands thrived with grass [01:24.24]And the place where this great man was born was marked by stone and brass [01:30.87]So slowly we walked over then through the iron gate [01:36.00]Oh we read the masters name plate the old monument looked great [01:41.04]Then my old mate showed me something in the grass a fountain pen [01:46.35]Then jokingly he said to me Hey Henry's lost his pen [01:55.38]So I took some strangers' rusty pen Lord knows who dropped it there [02:00.54]But I smile and like to think that it was placed with so much care [02:05.58]And that maybe Lawson left it 'cause he knew I'd be there then [02:10.77]So I truly try to follow suit with Henry Lawson's pen [02:17.34]So I like to thank those people that enjoy my old bush songs [02:22.53]And I'll try to keep them comin' if the good Lord keeps me strong [02:27.63]So I'll go back to my table and give it a go again [02:32.70]Cause I love to sing those ballads born from Henry Lawson's pen Hey [02:45.48]But this song is no great ballad with writing skill attached [02:50.91]Oh it's just a simple story that I hope your ears will [02:55.05]Catch [02:56.04]Of the backgroundsof my ballads and the hours that I spend