Get Rich Quick

from Baggage and Stuff by Baggage and Stuff

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Well I haven’t been doing much dancing, just got out of the slot 
Two months in Malabar mansion and looking to play a straight shot 
Gets harder to make easy money, takes longer to make a fast quid 
These days nobody falls for those comic book ads like they used to when I was a kid
Get rich quick, amaze your friends, kick sand in the face of the rest 
X-ray specs, send no cash, mail the coupon and start your life afresh
Well the boss has left me here holding the bag, I’m thinking of bagging the lot
I’ll just say it was won on some no-hoper nag at long odds, whose name I’ve forgot 
Those fences and bookies all drive a hard deal, they’ll tell you that nothing’s for free 
It seems like the whole of the city knows what’s going on except me
Get rich quick…
The six o’clock swill still happens round here, though no one partakes except me 
Out on the pimp walk they’re peeling the peach, where I used to jive with Marie 
The writing on the footpath was washed away with the rain
It seemed like an eternity was going down the drain
Get rich quick…
I slept through a whole double feature at Matraville drive-in last night
I followed myself back to old Chinatown and that’s where I woke up in fright 
Six foot down facing the sky - no wallet, no memory, no key
I thought I was chasing the dragon but the dragon was chasing me
Tonight I’ll go down to the Stadium, got a taste for them rhythm and blues 
Cigarettes, whisky or women - I’m finding it harder to choose
Those milk bar bodgies and good sorts, they dance the Sugarfoot Strut
You can do things with eyes wide open when the devil’s eyes are shut, I’m gonna…
Get rich quick, amaze my friends, kick sand all over the rest
X ray specs, send no cash, mail the coupon and start my life afresh

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from Baggage and Stuff, released August 31, 2021
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