Capgras

Cap gras   

The Mardi Gras is held in Sydney

The same weekend every year

They says it’s the place to go

If you’re feeling a little queer

You can really let your hair down

But some let down their pants

Some do it so unprotected

They carelessly take a chance

Some marchers say come join us

Stop living in sweet denial

Others say leave us alone

Burning effigies of Reverend Nile 

Well I would never go there

To join the march and participate

If you want to love another

Well any kind of love is great

I go to the cap gras

We each wear our baseball cap

Sit and talk about the old days

Sometimes all we talk is crap

When you get older

You learn to cover your head

You learn about skin cancer

From a mate that is now dead

Men all around the country

Attend a regular cap gras

Some do it in the sunshine

Others never leave the bar

There aren’t many women there

They tend to come along later

They don’t wear caps as much

Some really love a fascinator

I’m happy at my cap gras

With all the other Norms

Akubras and Tribly’s

There are so many other forms

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