How to Make Gravy

Hello Dan, it's Joe here

I hope you're keeping well

It's the 21st of December

Now they're ringing the last bells

If I get good behaviour

I'll be out of here by July

Won't you kiss my kids on Christmas Day?

Please don't let 'em cry for me

I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensland

Stella's flying in from the coast

They say it's gonna be a hundred degrees, even more maybe

But that won't stop the roast

Who's gonna make the gravy now?

I bet it won't taste the same

Just add flour, salt, a little red wine

And don't forget a dollop of tomato sauce

For sweetness and that extra tang

Give my love to Angus, and to Frank and Dolly

Tell 'em all I'm sorry, I screwed up this time

And look after Rita, I'll be thinking of her

Early Christmas morning when I'm standing in line

I hear Mary's got a new boyfriend

Well I hope he can hold his own

Do you remember the last one?

What was his name again?

What was his problem?

He never did get Nina Simone

Now Roger, well I'm even gonna miss Roger

'Cause there's sure as hell no one in here I want to fight

Oh, pray to Baby Jesus, have a Merry Christmas

I'm really gonna miss it, all the treasure and the trash

Later in the evening, I can just imagine

You'll put on Junior Murvin and push the tables back

And you'll dance with Rita, I know you really like her

Just don't hold her too close

Oh, brother, please don't stab me in the back

I didn't mean to say that, it's just my mind it plays up

It multiplies each matter, turns imagination into fact

You know I love her badly, she's the one to save me

I'm gonna make some gravy, I'm gonna taste the fat

Ah, tell her that I'm sorry, yeah, I love her badly

Tell 'em all I'm sorry, and kiss the sleepy children for me

You know one of these days, I'll be making gravy

I'll be making plenty

I'll pay 'em all back

I'll pay 'em all, pay 'em all

Pay 'em all, pay 'em all

Pay 'em all, pay 'em all

Pay 'em all, pay 'em all back

Ooh, yeah

I'll be making gravy

Gravy

I'll pay 'em all back

Yes, I will, you'll see