My Time Again Songtext
von The Rumjacks

My Daddy, he were just a boy when he walked outta school
His Mammy said, "There′d soon be one more hungry mouth to fill"
He said, "The learnin' and the schoolin′ wurnae bad for them that could
Though, I can read and write my bloody name and sign it where I should"
And he said

"If I had my time again, I know I'd be a learned man
An artisan in high demand, a doctor or a teacher
As sure as guns are made of iron, I were born a working man
I'd live and die right where I stand if I′d my time again"

He went wide-eyed down to Johnny Brown, he were a big lad for those years
And there he worked so long, if he ever cried, there′d be iron ore in his tears
He'd tumble in of a Friday night, a Haddie for your tea
And he′d sing to me their dirty songs and diddle me on his knee
And he said

"If I had my time again, I know I'd be a rovin′ man
I'd rove away to far Japan to court the Emperor′s daughter
As sure as guns are made of iron, I were born a working man
I'd live and die right where I stand if I'd my time again"


With his mates, he′d belt the plates on fleets of shining awe
To carry all the well-to-do to golden foreign shores
They all coughed themselves to an early grave half filled with bloody rain
As the people sang ′The Long Black Limousine'
(We all sing!)

If I had my time again, I know I′d be a fightin' man
In far Malay or Vietnam, though, I am more a lover
As sure as guns are made of iron, I were born a working man
I′d live and die right where I stand if I'd my time again
My time again!

Oh, if I had my time again, I know I′d be a learned man
An artisan in high demand, a doctor or a teacher
As should, as guns are made of iron, I were born a working man
I'd live and die right where I stand if I'd my time again

Oh, if I had my time again, I know I′d be a fightin′ man
In far Malay or Vietnam, though, I am more a lover
As sure as guns are made of iron, I were born a working man
I'd live and die right where I stand if I′d my time again
My time again!