Shoulda Known Better

from Ramshackle Junction by Ken McDonald

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lyrics

Been working with cashed up bogans
I’m talking concepts they’re talking slogans
We all work with different notions
I shoulda known better

Talking to the brass it all turned funny
I’m talking people they’re talking money
They need a plan but they just want the honey
I shoulda known better

I shoulda known better, shoulda known, shoulda known
I shoulda known better, shoulda known better

I once chaired a secret meeting
In no time flat there was a big dam leaking
Good stories travel like a wild man streaking
I shoulda known better

I knew a bloke lost in a rage
He didn’t see the anger through the haze
We all look through a different cage
I shoulda known better

I work with guns ‘n I work with hacks
Some give it all and some are plain slacks
We all roll down our own set of tracks
I shoulda known better

I wondered why we’re called the human race
Why all the hurry and breakneck pace
Got caught napping in a sleepy place
I shoulda known better

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from Ramshackle Junction, released December 1, 2013

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Ken McDonald Music Brisbane, Australia

G’day, I am Ken McDonald, a singer songwriter who has been writing songs for over 40 years. I started recording albums for fun about 10 years ago. I have completed five albums, some with the help of family and friends.

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