Intro: 
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Gotta getta job get a real good job gotta get an apprenticeship son, 
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That's what me old man told me he said you'll thank me when ya done, 
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The lyin' lazy old dole bludger he's never had a job in his life, 
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And he's never been a fuckin' apprentice and he dunno what it's like... 
 
 
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When they pull me pants down 'round me ankles shave me pubic hair, 
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Grease me balls with old sump oil and chain me to a chair, 
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Hoist me up on the workshop roof and turn the fire hose on, 
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He's only the apprentice and we're only havin' fun. 
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What is he?  He's only the apprentice and we're only havin' fun. 
 
 
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Yeah then it's off to the store with an order form for a bucket of weldin' sparks, 
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And a left handed hammer and a cork screw spanner and a sheet of broken glass, 
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And a can of striped paint to paint the sky hook ta hang me push bike on, 
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He's only the apprentice and we're only havin' fun. 
 
 
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Yeah then it's off to the office in me underpants for a dip in the typin' pool, 
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And see if they've got some plastic wrap for a female fattenin' tool, 
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Or a cheesy muff burger with heaps of sauce and a randy tart for lunch, 
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He's only the apprentice and we're only havin' fun. 
 
 
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That's why they pull me pants down 'round me ankles shave me pubic hair, 
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Grease me balls with old sump oil and chain me to a chair, 
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Hoist me up on the workshop roof then turn the fire hose on, 
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He's only the apprentice and we're only havin' fun. 
 
 
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Some one shit in me sandwich box pissed in me thermos flask, 
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Singed me eyebrows off with an oxy torch stuck an air hose up me arse, 
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Pinched the wheels off me fuckin' push bike peirced me ear with a rivet gun, 
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He's only the apprentice and we're only havin' fun. 
 
 
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Yeah I'm only the apprentice and I've put up with all this shit, 
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And I'll get through this apprenticeship if these arse'oles let me live, 
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And I can hardly wait for the day 'till I'm a tradesman too, 
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And I'll get me a fuckin' apprentice... he he... ya know what I'm gonna do? 
 
 
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I'm gonna pull his pants down 'round his ankles shave his pubic hair, 
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Grease his balls with old sump oil and chain him to a chair, 
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Hoist 'im up on the workshop roof and turn the fire hose on, 
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He's only the apprentice and we're only havin' fun. 
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What is he?  He's only the apprentice and we're only havin' fun. 
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Big finish, He's only the apprentice and we're only havin' fun. 
 
 
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