The ROOT! Compendium - Lyrics

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Crown

When I was younger, I used to sit on the couch with my mum
And we'd eat Mackintosh's Quality Street^[1]
And we'd watch Dean Martin^[2] on the piano
And then one day, the piano busted^[3]

I've got the blues, Crown Tower^[4] blues
I've got the blues, Crown Tower blues
Ain't got no shirt, ain't got no shoes

Well these people here, they treat me fine
Well these people here, they treat me fine
They bring me beer, they bring me wine^[5]

Well I'm going back - to my family
I'm going back - to my family
I left them somewhere in carpark level three^[6]

I've got the blues, Crown Tower blues
I've got the blues, Crown Tower blues
Ain't got no shirt, ain't got no shoes

Woah the pokies
Woah the pokies
Woah the pokies
That's what its all about^[7]

Let me hear you say:
Woah the pokies
Woah the pokies
Woah the pokies
That's what its all about

Do the stoney brokey,
Spent the kids' school fees,
Loan defaulty,
Kneecap injury,
Foreclosed mortgagey,
Wife takes the family,
Skidrow society,
Help, police inquiry,
Month in solitary,
Rim job^[8] sodomy,
Chemical dependancy,
Brotherhood bin^[9] residency, yeah,
End of the ropey,
Swinging blokey,
Hokey pokie, yeah,
That's what it's all about

Information

1) Debuted on June 17, 2007 at The Spanish Club.

Notes

1) Mackintosh's Quality Street is a type of lollie.
2) Dean Martin was a singer/performer. From the mid sixties to the mid seventies, he hosted a variety show called The Dean Martin Show.
3) If you know if this is a reference to anything specific, please contact.
4) Crown Towers is the hotel attached to Melbourne's Crown Casino, the largest casino in Australia.
5) In some areas of the Crown Casino, staff will bring gamblers free drinks to encourage longer stays at the machine/table.
6) Gambling addiction can become so strong for some that they will leave their children in cars while they gamble.
7) The melody and lyrics of this section follow the tradional song/dance "The Hokey Pokey".
8) If you know what this lyric is, please contact.
9) According to ROOT! fan Ben, "Brotherhood bin residency refers to a Brotherhood of St. Laurence charity clothing bin and having to live in it due to poorness."