A Bastard Like Me lyrics

I was born in the bush

Near old Alice Springs

As far as you can get from the sea

My mother was a fighter

My daddy was too

He never knew a bastard like me

My brothers and sisters scattered like the wind

From the desert and the hills to the sea

Much too young, many died

But I have survived

So lucky a bastard like me

So lucky a bastard like me

I have survived a hell of a ride

Nobody knows a bastard like me

Call me astray

A dog of the day

Call me a mongrel half-breed

A mongrel's a strong

Son you take me on

What ? for a bastard like me

Ohh

You better watch out for a bastard like me

I fought all the way

I fight every day

You can't stop a bastard like me

I've taken my licks

I've taken my kicks

I am a man of degrees

I wear the scars

I earned them so hard

Every day in the lucky country

Ohh

Every day in the lucky country

I've taken my licks

I've kicked against the bricks

Oh try and stop a bastard like me

• Artist:Paul Kelly
• Album:Nature (2018)