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
Six short of a carton