Captain Tractor - Famous Last Words lyrics

Well at Macquarie Harbour It was in the pouring rain None of us quite sure if we would see Inwood(?) again Some fool muttered, "d**h or liberty" There were six of us together A jolly hungry crew And as the days went by, you know Our hunger quickly grew Some fool muttered "d**h or liberty" So that night We made fires out of twigs and out of bark And our stomachs, they were grumbling All through the night so dark We were only tryin' To keep ourselves alive But when the sun came up next morning The six had turned to five And I said Right, there's another one, don't you frown Chew the meat and hold it down It's a tale they won't believe When I get down to Hobart town All five of us were nervous And I'll tell ya, that's a fact We just should have seen the ba*tard Who was carrying the axe He was a sick man, he had murder in his heart And we reached the Franklin River And it took two days to cross We were wet and almost starving And for food were at a loss We were hungry men with murder on our minds So that night We made fires out of twigs and out of bark And our stomachs, they were rumbling All through the night so dark And they were makin' noises The dead could not ignore And when sun came up next morning The five had turned to four And I said Right, there's another one, don't you frown Chew the meat and hold it down It's a tale they won't believe When I get down to Hobart town Well the four of us kept marchin' To the place called Western Tears Country full of tasty game For us it held no chew We had no guns, we were travelin' without hope The axe, it loomed so ominous And God fearin' was at play A sick man is the type of game That cannot run away So stay easy, my poor man, your time's at hand So that night We made fires out of twigs and out of bark And our stomachs, they were grumbling All through the night so dark Can't say that I felt guilty After all, it wasn't me But when the sun came up next morning The four had turned to three And I said Right, there's another one, don't you frown Chew the meat and hold it down It's a tale they won't believe When I get down to Hobart town The three of us kept movin' But one was fading fast He'd been bitten by a snake And you could see he would not last Said "Easy, my good man, your time's at hand" He could last no longer His days were fading fast Far too weak to carry him Subsistence, he(it) comes first Said "Easy, my good man, your time's at hand" So that night We made fires out of twigs and out of bark And our stomachs, they were grumbling All through the night so dark It was a messy job But it was one we had to do When the sun came up next day, guess what? The three had turned to two And I said Right, there's another one, don't you frown Chew the meat and hold it down It's a tale they won't believe When I get down to Hobart town He'd been lookin' at me funny Been eyeing me for days And I wouldn't need to be too bright To know that ba*tard's ways He was a sick man; he had murder in his heart But even ba*tards have to rest And even ba*tards have to sleep And when he was in the land of nods Straight over I did creep And the axe that he once wielded now was mine So that night I made the fire out of twigs and out of bark And my stomach, it kept grumbling All through the night so dark Can't say that I enjoyed it It wasn't exactly fun But when the sun came up next morning The two had turned to one And I said Right, there's another one, don't you frown Chew the meat and hold it down It's a tale they won't believe When I get down to Hobart town Now history is a pack of lies As any fool can tell So when I got down to Hobart town I told my story well But do you think they would believe one word I said? They thought I was coverin' For my mate still at large So they'd be roamin' in the bush So I went free And back to old Macquarie Harbor they sent me But I remember Fires made of twigs and made of bark My stomach it was grumbling All through the night so dark And this young fool, he just said to me "It's literally your d**h" And he looked a right and tasty one I just could not help it, saying Right, there's another one, don't you frown Chew the meat and hold it down It's a tale they won't believe When I get down When I get down When I get down to Hobart town