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[Verse 1]
Red dirt on your boots
Ranger hat hung by the door
You smelled like sunblock
And the river from the day before
You’d lean back laughing
“Just wait and see
You mob
When I kick the bucket
I’m goin’ back through a saltie’s gob”
[Chorus]
So we fed you to the crocodiles
Just like you said
Bit of yarn
Bit of ashes
Bit of breadcrumbed bread
Round the river
All your kids
All their kids in a line
We fed you to the crocodiles
One last time
[Verse 2]
We minced you in with chicken
Nan’s old rissole pan
Cousin on the esky
Mum just shaking her head
“Your dad
That man…”
We wrapped it up in foil
Drove out where you knew every bend
Roaring out bad stories
Laughing like you’d only just left
[Chorus]
So we fed you to the crocodiles
Just like you said
Bit of yarn
Bit of ashes
Bit of breadcrumbed bread
Round the river
All your kids
All their kids in a line
We fed you to the crocodiles
One last time
[Bridge]
Kimberley sky went pink
Quiet as a held breath
Someone said a clumsy prayer
Someone cracked a joke about death
We watched those ripples widen
Like they’d been waiting all the while
“You see that
Dad? You mad old bugger”
You finally got your crocodile
[Chorus]
So we fed you to the crocodiles
Just like you said
Bit of yarn
Bit of ashes
Bit of breadcrumbed bread
Round the river
All your kids
All their kids in a line
We fed you to the crocodiles
One last time
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