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canonical: https://aderettherapy.com.au/resources/the-bravest-man-on-the-couch/
title: The Bravest Man On The Couch
slug: the-bravest-man-on-the-couch
date: 2026-09-09
type: song
status: published
image: hero.jpg
image_alt: Aderet Therapy Weekly video thumbnail for the original song 'The Bravest Man On The Couch', 9 September 2026
summary: A Father's Day song for the dads featuring a man with a temperature of thirty seven point nine who  is suffering from the manflu in its finest.
keywords: fathers day, man flu, for the dads, paediatric physiotherapy, paediatric physiotherapy Campbelltown, parenting podcast, original song, children's song, NDIS
youtube: https://youtu.be/wUHaGE88l88
---
A Father's Day song for the dads featuring a man with a temperature of thirty seven point nine who  is suffering from the manflu in its finest.

Aderet Therapy Weekly is a weekly paediatric physiotherapy podcast for parents of babies and young children, made by Aderet Therapy in Campbelltown, in the Macarthur region of NSW. Each episode mixes short talk segments with original songs written for the week's topic. This is a song from the episode "What else does cystic fibrosis affect?".

This has been created with the help of AI.

## Links

- [Aderet Therapy](https://aderettherapy.com.au)
- [Listen to the full episode (Aderet Therapy Weekly, 7 September 2026)](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1lCThf2QNYVtmyaCUnblfN?si=Bt01yMqYRZG3IoFFo1ugYQ)

## Lyrics

**Verse**

He came in and said, this is bad

and he sat on the stair

He drove himself home the whole way

and he couldn't get air

**Chorus**

Don't you leave us, we need you here

and the doctor has made it clear

You hold up the roof of this house

you're the bravest man on the couch

**Verse**

He has read it out to me twice

thirty seven point nine

I have told his mum and his dad

and he says it's a sign

**Chorus**

Don't you leave us, we need you here

and the doctor has made it clear

You hold up the roof of this house

you're the bravest man on the couch

**Bridge**

He told me his wishes tonight

and I wrote every one

His brother is to have the ute

and he's not nearly done

**Chorus**

Don't you leave us, we need you here

and the doctor has made it clear

You hold up the roof of this house

you're the bravest man on the couch

**Outro**

You hold up the roof of this house

you're the bravest man on the couch

## Disclaimer

This song and this video are general information. Every child is unique, and nothing here is medical advice or a substitute for a conversation with your GP, your child and family health nurse, or your physiotherapist. The episode this song comes from says what can and cannot be supported by evidence; the song does not make clinical claims.

## About Aderet Therapy

Paediatric physiotherapy for newborns to 18 years: gross motor development, assistive technology, communication physiotherapy, aquatic physiotherapy, key worker early intervention, school holiday programs, and the free Little Movers League community sessions. NDIS, Medicare and private health.

Suite 10, 261 Queen Street, Campbelltown NSW. Wheelchair accessible, free parking.

Phone 02 4949 7276 · info@aderettherapy.com.au · aderettherapy.com.au

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