Getting Older
Well I must be getting older
And I don't know who to blame
All the words now have new meanings
Though they still sound just the same.
And I was so good at English
Now I get the words all wrong
when I put them in a sentence
well they really don't belong.
Now when a bloke was really happy
it used to be ok to say He's Gay "
a Rap was how you hit a door
And Hi ! just meant gidday.
Grass" was grown upon your lawn
We used a "Pot" to cook a stew
A Score was what your team made
And a "Dope" meant silly you
A Dyke was just a little dam
A Poof a puff of smoke
and Bread was flour and water
Now if you've got none well your broke
And Cactus that was a prickly plant
But now it means your dead
a Joint was an old run down shack
A place to rest your weary head.
" Acid" was something we used
in Chemistry at school
and winter was the only time
that we could say were " Cool ".
A "Trip" meant falling over
when we tangled up our feet
And lollies were the only thing
we used to say were " Sweet ".
Amazeballs means thats amazing
and Wicked means its great.
A Camp was set up in the bush
a friends a peep now not a mate.
A Weed grew in the garden
a party now can be a Blast
Spam was meat inside a tin
and Speed meant going fast.
If someone had a bit of luck
wed say that's really slick
now when somethings great
the kids say its "Fully sick".
And we put "Ice" into our eskies
just to cool our beer and rum
and the only "Smack" I ever got
was on me bloody bum.
People stopped you in the street
to talk about the weather
now when you ask a question
the kids simply say " What ever ".
Well Ive tried to understand it
It's progress I've been told
But I really have to face it mate
Gees I must be getting old.
Bob Pacey ©