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[Verse 1]
Little Johnny in the backyard
Red dust
Busted cricket bat
Sunburnt knees
Chasing shadows
With his stuttering
Sputtering cat
“C-c-come here
Mate
” Johnny calling
Bare feet in the yellowed grass
Galahs screaming on the power lines
Afternoon stretching
Slow to pass
[Chorus]
Fffu
Fffu
Fffu
Little kitty
Trying to spit that one last word
Tail like a question mark
Heart in a hurry
But the punchline never heard
We all freeze on that silly sound
Laugh
Then suddenly go slack
Fffu
Fffu
Fffu
Little kitty
The dog never gave him time to answer back
[Verse 2]
Big stray hound from the laneway
Tongue out
Ribs like worn-out rails
Came charging through the brittle weeds
Snarls and snapping
Flying tails
Johnny grabbed at fur and collar
“G-get out
Hey
Leave him be”
Cat arched up like a boomerang
Spitting consonants
Trying to flee
[Chorus]
Fffu
Fffu
Fffu
Little kitty
Trying to spit that one last word
Tail like a question mark
Heart in a hurry
But the punchline never heard
We all freeze on that silly sound
Laugh
Then suddenly go slack
Fffu
Fffu
Fffu
Little kitty
[Bridge]
Out past the fence
The kookaburras crack up
Like the whole sky’s in on the joke
Johnny sits still
Dust on his sneakers
Blinking through the smoke
Grown-ups say
“That’s life out here
Kid”
Shrug
Then shuffle back inside
But he still hears that broken syllable
Every dusk at low tide
Fffu
Fffu
Fffu
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