He's A Good Bloke When He's Sober-Slim Dusty

[ti:He's A Good Bloke When He's Sober] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:A Piece Of Australia] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]He's A Good Bloke When He's Sober - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:04.29]There's a character I've met in my travels [00:06.45] [00:08.03]And of him in this song I will tell [00:10.05] [00:11.68]Just listen and you'll be reminded [00:13.43] [00:15.32]Of someone like him you know well [00:17.43] [00:19.02]He annoys everyone who is near him [00:21.31] [00:22.80]Sitting there on his barstool [00:24.36] [00:26.18]He's a really nice bloke when he's sober [00:28.22] [00:29.76]But a pain in the rear when he's full [00:31.99] [00:33.59]With each drink he gathers more wisdom [00:35.43] [00:36.98]While good manners take a back seat [00:39.10] [00:40.57]He butts in on your conversation [00:42.02] [00:44.19]And bores you until you retreat [00:45.94] [00:47.68]Then he starts on the barmaid or barman [00:49.91] [00:51.34]With unlimited dull boring junk [00:53.45] [00:54.97]He's a man of few words when he's sober [00:57.24] [00:58.49]But you can't shut him up when he's drunk [01:00.33] [01:11.06]Oh they're personal friends of the famous [01:13.44] [01:14.81]The dancers and sportsmen and so [01:17.04] [01:18.20]And they tell all the bad things about them [01:20.84] [01:22.30]Or the good things you don't want to know [01:24.10] [01:25.76]Repeating themselves as they bore you [01:28.06] [01:29.15]You're a bloody good lot they insist [01:30.95] [01:32.67]They don't know you at all when they're sober [01:34.81] [01:36.16]But they're your best friend when they're pissed [01:38.43] [01:39.82]Well I'm using the men for example [01:41.72] [01:43.55]But we know lots of women the same [01:45.61] [01:47.04]Quite often they're worse than the men are [01:49.63] [01:50.88]Cause no-one can talk like a dame [01:52.71] [01:54.23]They'll hug you and call you oh darlin' [01:56.26] [01:57.87]You're the only great hero I choose [01:59.80] [02:01.28]And they're pretty stand off-ish when sober [02:03.41] [02:04.64]But come on like a rash when they're boozed [02:07.04] [02:17.24]So with each drink they gather more wisdom [02:19.72] [02:21.08]While good manners take a back seat [02:23.11] [02:24.40]And they butt in on your conversation [02:26.15] [02:28.39]And bore you until you retreat [02:30.08] [02:31.58]Then they start on the barmaid or barman [02:33.92] [02:35.25]While swaying there on their barstool [02:37.49] [02:38.90]Well they're pretty nice folks when they're sober [02:41.09] [02:42.48]But a pain in the rear when they're full [02:44.98]All together [02:45.27] [02:45.92]Then they start on the barmaid or barman [02:48.26] [02:49.65]While swaying there on their barstool [02:51.62] [02:53.25]Well they're pretty nice folks when they're sober [02:55.35] [02:56.69]But a pain in the rear when they're full [02:59.27]All together [03:00.17]And with each drink they gather more wisdom [03:02.56] [03:03.94]While good manners take a back seat [03:06.05] [03:07.27]And they butt in on your conversation [03:09.00] [03:11.17]And bore you until you retreat [03:12.86] [03:14.44]Then they start on the barmaid or barman [03:16.76] [03:18.19]While swaying there on their barstool [03:20.13] [03:21.72]Well they're really nice folks when they're sober [03:23.88] [03:25.33]But a pain in the rear when they're full [03:27.39] [03:30.17]Dah dah da da dah