Old mate Coops a friend of ours been shearin all his life at smoko he would drink his tea and talk about the wife but coops never been married dont think hes all quite there but he can tell a story have you fallin' off your chair Losing the plot as he gets old but hes still got a heart of gold Hes a six pack short of a carton he has got the whole town laughing doesnt play with a full deck of cards but hes as happy as can be hes got his friends and family life is good and never all that hard when you're six short of a carton we've got an old red kelpie useless on the farm instead of chasin cattle she'll chase the bloddy cars she'll try to work the sheep sometimes to prove shes not a sook then you'll turn around and there she'll be running from the chooks This one has clearly missed the bus But after all shes one of us Shes a six pack short of a carton she has got us all laughing doesnt play with a full deck of cards but shes as happy as can be shes got her friends and family life is good and never all that hard when your six short of a carton Now were living on our own not much dough to spare we've got ourselves a farmhouse its a little worse for wear in the winter it is freezing and the summers hot and dry blow up the pool go swimmin' in the paddock with the flies No need for washing up it's great the old red dog will clean our plates were a six pack short of a carton and weve got the whole town laughing we dontplay with a full deck of cards but were as happy as can be weve got our friends and family life is good and never all that hard when your six short of a carton we're a few head short in the top paddock just a brick short of a load a lettuce leaf short of a salad six short of a carton few baloons short of a party three pots short of a shout a couple snags short of a barby Six short of a carton