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Heart Work

from Domestic by Fred Smith

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If your father-in-law shows up at your door in a permanent state of undress
Says he is happy to stay for the rest of the days it could be that you’re less than impressed
See he had a fine mind but it’s been in decline by degree like a slow setting sun
Now it is dusk and he’s only got us and there’s heart work to be done

In youth we all press to rise above the rest in whatever the field or profession
We stress and we strain no pain no gain with a focus not far from obsession
Then something goes snap, the bone or a strap, or our wings get burnt by the sun
And we fall to the ground and fumble around with some heart work to be done

Now my girl Maryanne cannot do the CanCan nor perform a piano recital
She cannot hit a note she would not win a vote if she entered Australian Idol
Her strong suit is love and when push comes to shove there’s no need for a hired gun
I’m telling you pal she is my go-to-gal when there is heart work to be done.


If you find yourself alone in an old folks’ home one stop from the mortuary station
Best not to curse the nightshift nurse with your views on immigration
Seems she came here of late from some African state for centuries shabbily run
Now you may well infer, it’s just you and her and some heart work to be done

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from Domestic, released January 12, 2020

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Fred Smith Canberra, Australia

“Fred Smith is simply the best folk/country musician working in this country in 2020. Beyond writing some of the finest songs about Australians at war, he has created a repertoire that is wry, literate, witty, powerfully emotional and insightful.”(Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald). ... more

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