Joe Will Tell You

Joe will tell you all is well in his life Kate to me a loving and devoted wife Our beautiful daughters of twenty and nineteen Are working in good jobs Jo Ann and Irene He works hard for a livelihood a bricklayer by trade Easy money in such a job not to be made Perhaps twenty years past his physical prime He does not seem one who is wearied by time Every morning before work he goes for a jog Ten times around the park with Jack his black kelpie dog On Saturday he goes to the football to support the local club And after the game a few beers with his mates in the pub But Joe will tell you there's more to life than beer and football And he is content with his lot over-all.