Now I'm Easy

For nearly 60 years I've been a cocky
Of draughts and fires and floods
I've lived through plenty
This country's dust and mud
Have seen my tears and blood
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy

I married a fine girl when I was 20
She died in giving birth when she was 30
No flying doctor then, just a gentle old black gen
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy

She left me with two sons and a daughter
And a bone dry farm whose soil cried out for water
Though me care was rough and ready
They grew up fine and steady
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy

Me daughter married young and went her own way
My sons lie buried by the Burma railway
So, on this land I've made me home
I carried on alone
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy

All city folks these days despise the cocky
Saying with subsidies and dole we've had it easy
But there's no drought or starving stock
On the sewered suburban block
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy

For nearly 60 years I've been a cocky
Of droughts and fires and floods
I've lived through plenty
This country's dust and mud
Have seen my tears and blood
But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy

But it's nearly over now
And now I'm easy