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Ya Gotta Love That

"Well, O.K," she says, "I'll come on back,
Or you come to my place" - ya gotta love that.
I've heard parents speak of their children on stage -
Ya gotta love that, at primary school age.
When driving along, the first time you see
Your band's street poster, accidentally;
Friday night after work; or Steve Waugh (1) out to bat;
There's beer in the fridge - ya gotta love that.

"It's only a lump" - ya gotta love that
When the tests are done, and results are back;
Unleaded's got cheaper; a seat on the wing;
When at last you're sure she keeps on looking;
The Kerrigan's castle (2); and Kafka's? (3) – unsure;
Literary allusions that aren't too obscure;
You're in bed by ten - ya gotta love that -
After too many nights late back to back.

Some racist bastard says, "Why, you little black…"
Che Cockatoo Collins (4) talkin' right back (5) -
Ya gotta love that; and the phone finally rings -
It's the girl calling; when Paul Robeson (6) sings;
Lust, before it goes away - and then when it's back;
Flashing high beams to warn of a speed trap -
Ya gotta love that. Your band writes a slow track,
And some people like it. Ya gotta love that.

Annotations

1. Australian cricket player.
2. The Kerrigan family are working class battlers trying to save their family home from developers, in an Australian film called The Castle.
3. Franz Kafka is a Czech existentialist author of books including The Castle. Kafka is also mentioned in The Art/Income Dialectic.
4. Aboriginal Aussie rules football player, and member of the team Essendon.
5. Cockatoo-Collins brought a charge of racial vilification against another player, the Western Bulldog's Todd Curley (who was subsequently cleared) in April 1997.
6. African-American singer of traditional songs.