A Nervous Kid

A little freckled wonder

A BMX riding bandit

Chucked a cigarette in passing, yeah

Called me a faggot

My skinny little hands ...

To find something ...

I was angry .... full of beans

Essentially just a n-n-n-n-nervous kid

It was the year of care for kids

They even made a campaign song

They used to sing it as I entered the room

Before light switched on

Just In case my lone obductor

Was to spark a message within

I was eager to learn

Full of sunburn

Essentially just a n-n-n-n-nervous kid

So I made a pact with the silence

If you get me out of this one

I'll be true to what I was born to do and be a Roustabout, roustabout

Yeah a Roustabout

It was the year of gettin' loose

It was the year that my head broke

Clueless and free in the ACT

My mind buckled its spokes

... was like a hummingbird

I cried til it returned

I want to drag that son

Show him i won

Essentially just a n-n-n-n-nervous kid

So I made a pact with the silence

If you get me out of this one

I'll be true to what I was born to do and be a Roustabout (a roustabout)

Be a Roustabout (a roustabout)

Be a Roustabout..

It ain't easy...

Go!