Gilbert O'Sullivan

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Move along, move along, move along Said the man with the uniform on Get away, get away, get away Said the goldfish to the whale Oh what have I done now And the goldfish replied you fool You're too big for me And I'm too yellow for you Hurry up, hurry...

A Friend of Mine

Good morning Mary Ann And how are you upon this bright And sunny morning I hear your brother Ted Got caught for speeding But was let off with a warning I hope he's learnt his lesson And the next time he goes out will drive with care It doesn't pay to drive too...

A love so

I get a little bit of lovin' in the morning I get a little bit of lovin' at night I get a little bit of what I want And when I know it's due Get a little bit of kissin' and cuddling Feeling that I wanna be liked By you With a love so......true Never n...

A Minute Of Your Time

I've got a good position here. my boss is proud of me He said so in a letter that he wrote the other week My parents too are happy. which is nice For without their encouragement I never would have tried But now much to their horror. I've decided I might quit W...

A sight for sore eyes

Some stupid guy with his head in the clouds Thinks the world is a wondrous place Next thing you know as he's looking around Plane hits him in the face A sight for sore eyes are couples who think Marriage is not for them They want their children to know...

A very extraordinary sort of girl

She could take a leaf upon a tree and turn it into gold Just as she could take a piece of rope which on its own will fold You see, she's a very extraordinary sort of girl Why don't you take a stone and eat it just as if it were a cake You could be surpris...

A woman's place

So what if I am I'm not any different To any other man I'm not one of those Who look for blood from a stone But I believe A woman's place is in the home. Now I'm not one to kid you You know it's not my style I wouldn't want to hurt you Not even for a while I'...

Ain't no telling

Always when you think about it, nothing goes Quite the way you wish it would do Even when you think that you have got it made Someone else has gone and made it too Usually the first thing you do each day Isn't different to the last Even if the same thing...

Alone Again (Naturally)

In a little while from now If I'm not feeling any less sour I promise myself to treat myself And visit a nearby tower And climbing to the top will throw myself off In an effort to make it clear to who Ever what it's like when you're shattered Left standing in...

Always somebody

Whatever you are whatever you miss Whatever you're thinking whatever it is Whatever you feel and whatever you do Remember there's always somebody Worse off than you Always somebody worse off than you You know that there's always somebody Worse off than...

Answers on a postcard

I'm lost and all alone what do I do The girl that I'm in love with says we're through How can I just let her go Answers on a postcard please It seems while I've been doing this and that She's been carrying on behind my back Why was I the last to k...

Anytime

Anytime you need a friend Anytime you're at an end Call on me and I'll be there with you Just my luck if you don't want me to Don't leave me in a spin You know the state I'm in too Anytime, anytime, anytime will do Anytime your heart is sad Anytime you're feel...

Are You Happy?

You say you got a big house out in the country With a ruddy great swimming pool You say you got a lot of things I never had, that's true But are you happy Are you happy Are you happy When you get right down to the nitty gritty Are you happy you You s...

As a rule

Now I'm not, I repeat not anyway a prude But the sight of two people cavorting on stage Doing what can only be termed a natural act Is unless you wear a raincoat only good for a laugh As a rule, I never smoke while on duty It just isn't on do I make mys...

As long as I can

I don't want to live forever, I just want to live as long as I can, I don't want to live forever, I just want to live as long as I can, I just want to live as long as I can, I don't know if you don't know me, I don't know if you do or not, I don'...

At least I'm honest

I'd tell you a lie if I told you that I wouldn't tell you the truth I'd stand in the way of a runaway train If it came towards you Well maybe not if there was I'm a coward I have to confess But at least I'm honest I'll never forget how it was that we m...

At the very mention of your name

At the very mention of your name Get shivers down my back and in my brain The parts that used to function normally Are now as you can see Acting very strange Oh at the very mention of your name Don't know why but if I were tied up in chains I would somehow be...

Barking up the wrong tree

I love those great big blue eyes I love those laughter lines Round about where an ill wind blows That's where for me it shines And I have no inhibitions That I wish to, put on If I did what would I inhibit A painting I've never done And such...

Bear With Me

I know that you've enjoyed all the good things money's given to you And that to have to live without them is not an easy thing to do You take great pride In your appearance all of which is second to none And I can understand how you're feeling when you s...

Because Of You

There's never been a time like this before Cos when I'm not with you like is such a bore Now if I feel lonely or I fool blue I'll know it's because of you. You always tell me things that I want to know Yet when you went away you never told me 50 Now if ever t...

Break a leg

Met me a girl the other week Long blonde hair lips you could eat She thanked me for the drinks I bought And said the train that she ought to have caught Had probably left I heard a voice inside me Say You lucky bugger Break a leg All my life I've...

Break It To Me Gently

Look at me, I'm in my glory Like a child, who loves a story pinching myself just to see If you're really here with me Nothing good can last for long So when you feel like moving on Break it to me gently. How I wish that we could make Love for as...

Breakfast, dinner and tea

All I ever get from you is breakfast dinner and tea Served with all the love that you possess So tomorrow I'll be off with nothing left in me Bar a helping of your tenderness People said before we met how good you could be Especially at well that they di...

But I'm not

Don't you ever change your mind Don't you ever be unkind To me some say that (You're a fool) Well, I'm not You might think that I'm a fool but I'm not If I take you to a dance Don't let me catch you holding hands With other boys they think I'm cruel...

Bye-Bye

I've only this to say to you know why Good bye, bye bye My loneliness endears it but so do I Good bye, bye bye You'd think by now that somehow You'd have changed Long range no change Forget me now you know how I will you Will you please do? I've only this to...

Call on Me

When you're feeling blue You don't know what to do Just call on me I'll make it worth your while I'll always be at home You'll never be alone As long as I'm there with you By your side Now when the moon is high Above there in the sky Just...

Came and went

When you needed money You came to me It was no problem That was plain to see Yet when I needed some company You promised you'd pay me a call But you came and went so quickly I didn't know You had been here at all When there was a war on You...

Came to see me yesterday

If I ask you politely What it is your going to be When you grow up you tall me A woman Came to see me yesterday, In the merry month of September I took a trip to see All the things I was going to be A famous movie star With a two hundred foo...

Can I Go With You?

The day you came my way I was such a fool to say All the things I said about you just to make you jealous But I've learnt my lesson then Now I'm prepared to start again If I promise to be true Can I go with you Whenever you're around All the boys I know are fo...

Can't Find My Way Home

Nothing You can do or say After the fact Even with experience Which I don't lack I'm like a little lamb That I can't find my way home. Read about it talked about it Even asked Wanted it to happen And now it has I'm a little lamb That I ca...

Can't Get Enough Of You

There's nothing in the world that I'd like more Than to be left standing outside your door, Where perhaps I might be asked to come in There I could very easily demonstrate Of what now appears to be my fate, You see I'm hooked on something And it's...

Can't Get You Out Of My Mind

You know what's right baby, I know what's wrong, Turn off that light baby and I'll turn you on, There's no denying and I've got to concede, You're casting a spell of some kind, It's breaking my heart every time we're apart, I just can't get you out o...

Can't get you to love me

I can mark time walk a straight line Grab a mad bull by the nose I can stand still on an ant-hill And not once get itchy toes I can even for no reason Be as nice as I am rude But I can't get you to love me I just can't get you to love me What do I do?...

Can't think straight

Hello...Ooh, is Mary there? No, but Well, if you see Mary Will you tell her I called? Tell her that I love her And I'm sorry that's all You see we had our very first quarrel today I got really angry and I slapped her face Now I'm sorry but what can I say I lo...

Christmas Song

I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas All I'm dreaming of the whole day long Is a peaceful world Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year To those of you who live in fear And let us hope that very soon The peace you seek will...

Clair

Clair, the moment I met you I swear I felt as if something somewhere Had happened to me Which I couldn't see And then The moment I met you again I knew in my heart we were friends It had to be so It couldn't be no But try as hard as I might do I don't know w...

Con-Lab-Lib

Well I've been trying to make a living working eight hours a day But despite the overtime what I take home is a disgrace Still old con-lab-lib still Keeps coming round Looking for support I've got a car that doesn't go A baby that won't stop crying...

Conversation with the flying plates

I'll tell you what you want to hear Tell me where I'd like to go Ask me where the Summer went That way maybe I don't know And while my life's not in a rut Every weekend I take flight Given that today's the day Presumably tonight's must be the ni...

Dear dream

Dear dream of mine Am I wasting time Thinking that you Will be my dream come true Dear dream I guess If the answer is yes What must I do If I'm to get to you It's not as though I haven't tried hard Even had myself barred From taking a rest but like a...

Disappear

I was asking for a drink last night Never noticing that things just weren't quite right For the bartender said you look queer So disappear Before I realised what I'd be through A girl came up to me and said "I love you" But I whispered gently in her ear...

Dishonorable profession

This is a dishonorable profession Brought about by people who think right First will take a kid And when he's earned a bit We'll fleece him Push him on the stage Then push him to one side This is a dishonorable profession Even thieves would tre...

Divorce Irish style

In answer to your question You've made a big mistake But in the eyes of God That's a risk you have to take Divorce Irish style Unless of course your privileged With a cardinal up your sleeve Hope of an annulment is Unlikely to succeed Divorce...

Doesn't it make you sick

Heart beat low heat no heat at all Question unanswered and I recall Haves that have no qualms what arses they lick in taking their pick Doesn't It make you sick One day Tuesday three days Or more Looked for a job saw one framed in a store Rush...

Doing the best I can

I'm doing the best that I can Hiding my head in my hands Proving without a conclusion or doubt a great deal More than you'll ever feel I'm giving up all that I know It's possible to do and so Here's to your mother Who though I loved no other than she Take off...

Doing what I know

Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing, But I always end up doing what I know, Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing, But I always end up doing what I know, And It's amazing when you think of it, How many people smoke, Despite the ri...

Don't bother at all

Went and left me on my own before Said you don't want me round anymore Found some other fool to come and care for you Now you're back and though my heart is sad You still want me but girl I'm still mad at you So baby don't bother at all When I see you w...

Don't I know it

Don't I know it don't I know it Don't I know it How you don't love me girl Don't I know it don't I know it Don't I know it How you don't want me girl I was wrong to have took for granted All the love you have given me Should have tried even that bit h...

Down, Down, Down

Little bo peep didn't lose any sleep Trying to make it with the sheep of the town What she did instead was to lose her head While attempting an assault on a human catapult (Going) down, down, down, down, down (Going) down, down, down, down, down (G...

Easier said than done

Easier said than done What does it matter where you lay your hat Is it your home if it's a Laundromat The point I'm getting at is even if You think that you can make a go of it It's easier said than done It's easier said than done Easier said than done...

Everybody Knows

Everybody knows that the world is round That is everybody 'cept me 'Cause I ain't been told So why should I be forced to believe That the feet I wear are meant to bear Pieces of leather that shine No that can't be true Cause I can't find a piece...

Fine By Me

I'm tired of beating round bushes That don't exist I'm sick to death of being dropped At the flick of a wrist I'd like my batteries charged And the charge of course to be cheap And if you want to make love In the back of a van With a rabbit's foot on...

For what it is worth

I feel so strange here on my own She's out with her friends While me I don't have one Every time I have some She would make them all disperse Yet I love her with all of my heart For what it's worth. She said had I been more careful with her We...

Forever wondering

I woke up late this morning That's the second lime this week If my boss finds out I'm late again He's sure to make me leave Is there no end to my worries I'm forever wondering My girlfriend's name is Susan We got engaged last march Was killed while ge...

Get Down

Told you once before And I won't tell you no more Get down, get down, get down You're a bad dog baby But I still want you 'round You give me the creeps When you jump on your feet So get down, get down, get down Keep your hands to yourself I'm strictly out of...

God forbid

Touch my face find a place That only you can see You don't need an appliance It isn't rocket science God forbid that it ever Should be Read my lips there's no risks Attached to what we do It may be that at times I'm way our of line God for...

Good Company

My doctor told me if my headache gets much worse The best thing that I can do is get myself a nurse Let her give me the kiss of life and after that You watch my headache disappear three seconds flat And as you know, I don't really want you to go For...

Gordon Bennett

Gordon Bennett Suddenly I've just remembered Left my suitcase unattended Gordon Bennett If I don't get back fairly quick There won't be nothing left of it Gordon Bennett It takes a lot to make me cry But given that I do flied it herd Nevertheless C...

Got to be that way

Let me take you half way round the world Better still out Into space We may be drops upon the ocean Something of 50 little importance Yet in each other's arms, It can be so great Seeing something start and then escalate To such dizzy heights like of whic...

Happiness Is Me And You

When the evening is over Put your head upon my shoulder And I'll tell you something I believe is true Happiness is me and you In a world so distorted Where the worst is best reported Love maybe something That will see us through Happiness is me and you There...

Has Been

I think a lot about the times when I was old and full on lines Like man it's all so hip or was It groovy Well anyway that's all so yuk Like a book I didn't read last night Concerning someone else's wife. whose husband's son Had ran off with his mother A...

Have it

If you want my love If you really do If you want my love If you really do Have it have it I want you to And if you want my soul If it's really true Have it have it Please do No need to swear How much you care If you just couldn't care less I hat...

Having said that

I think love is just a load of crap But having said that If you'd love me the way that I love you I'd take it all back I don't give a dam about you now And I'm not being sour There's plenty more of you where I come from On the hour Every hour And I...

Hello, it's goodbye

Take off your coat pull up a chair Sit next to me not over there How about a drink what would you like Would a scotch on the rocks be alright Then as the lights invariably dim I gently touch your thigh And before you know it, Hello it's goodbye. You tel...

Help Is On The Way

So you want to love me But you don't know why You've got a problem up ahead That's in sight Love to meet your uncle Only as I was saying I have a relative myself the same type Call yourself a man I said, why not if it's true I said, you call yourself...

Hold on to what you got

I've been over and I've been under Been through all kinds of hell Trouble was not only my middle name It was my first as well Through the years all I've encountered I've lust one thing to say Hold on to what you got And don't let it slip away...

Houdini said

Doctor in love who is above All others close to you Is it the Queen is it obscene Tell me I want you to Oh I've often wondered what it is that incites So many young people to take part in those riots Whereby all men in blue are the targets to destroy Lady be g...

How I say that I love you

You know I love you what more can I say Although the words themselves are not my way For me a kiss that lasts a minute or two Is how I say that I love you The tea and toast I bring us up in bed The pleasure I get when you stroke my head That I can be th...

I can give you

There are diamonds in this world for a lady If I had the money you'd never had enough You don't have to understand me When I tell you There is only one thing I can give you Love He may ask to take you with him every day And then give you presents...

I don't care

You tell me you love and then you don't love me Well I don't care You say that you need me and you deceive me Well I don't care maybe you're everything I'll ever need Maybe I'll hate myself after you leave But now I swear I don't care You say that...

I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You

I don't love you but I think I like you Think I like you and I think you know I don't want you but I do desire you Do desire you and I won't let go You say you love me, I say you do You say believe me I say it's true If there's a question you'd like to...

I Don't Mind

I don't mind you calling round on me Cos I like your company Anytime you want to baby Please don't feel obliged to telephone Call in any time your Lonely and in need of someone To love and comfort you I promise to Faithfully do lust that and much more i...

I Don't Trust Men With Earrings In Their Ears

If you don't mind me saying so then why do you object Are you frightened of something you'll hear Have you no inhibitions are you basically shy And not what you appear Got a good mind to tell you what a bad boy I've been But I'm not sure you'll be all tha...

I gave mine to you

There's no question of me being asked How could she be untrue Last night you gave me the keys to your heart And I gave mine to you Call it simple call it the pot Calling the kettle blue When you gave your word you'd always be mine I gave mine to...

I Have Never Loved You As Much As I Love You Today

Any old time that you're feeling lonely Nothing to do to pass the time Think about me out in foreign parts With scarcely a moment to unwind Knowing only too well that even though You're a million miles away I have never loved you as much as I love you to...

I hope you will stay

I hope you'll stay and have a cup of tea Oh I hope you'll play my monopoly And I hope you'll do what the others do You say you'd love me to Make that cup of tea like I said I would Make that cup of tea like I know I should And not to think what the others thin...

I love it but

I love it but it doesn't knock me out I think it's great, but it could be better I like it a lot, it's just not my cup of tea Yet if you were to change the melody Take out a part that you think should be here Put in a part that wouldn't otherwise appear...

I Of Course Replied

Hey pretty baby have you heard the news Somebody stepped upon my blue suede shoes They said they were sorry And as you can see I took it all in my stride But when they said, is there something we can do I of course replied I went to my doctor, just ten...

I promise honest

Now that you're gone everything I do seems so wrong Nothing Is the same anymore then I'm to blame Even my toes usually so calm and composed Are arguing to see whether you'll come back to me I'm not saying It's true I just pray that you do And I promise h...

I Remember Once

I remember once as a boy of nine My sister eating glass Though she thought it strange For a glucose fruit She enjoyed the taste it had Having lived with you over seven years It's amazing looking back At the time our parents were of the view Outside marriage i...

I will never let you go

Ever since the day I saw you come my way, I know that you were mine, Nothing could prevent it, heaven must have sent it, Oh and what a find, From my head to my booted seams, I'm living my wildest dreams, I'm living my wildest dreams, Now I think...

I wish i could cry

Day by day Someone we really love Seems to feel the pain We're always thinking of But you know If only we were the men That we're supposed to be That wouldn't happen again I wish i could cry I wish i could cry I wish i could cry I cry today I wish I could die...

I wonder would you mind

Did you ever (never) neither have I Well, pardon me for breathing but Would you give me back my cup You know the one I mean Yes, you do because I've seen you take it out From time to time I wonder would you mind Excuse me Ma'm your hand it's on my knee...

I'll be the only one

God speed on your journey overseas Into the path of the sun And while you're away spare a thought for me Cause I'll be the lonely one You say that my leaving doesn't mean We've been together too long What it does mean however is till Your here I'll be t...

I'll Believe It When I See It

You gave your love so tenderly, Said there could be no one hut for me, And all the time you had it planned, To spend your weekend with another man, What kind of love do you call this, I cannot live my life on promises, You say your lesson has been l...

I'm a writer not a fighter

If you put me in a ring For a few rounds of boxing I'll fall down right there on the ground Cause I'm a writer, not a fighter I'm a writer, not a fighter I'm a writer, not a fighter If you take me to a place Where old trouble shows its face I'll bow out No, I...

I'm about

I don't believe you'd let me down I don't believe you'd go But lately you're avoided me If something's wrong You know The least you should do Is tell me what you Think's wrong and we'll work it out If you don't I'm about To be faced with a prob...

I'm in Love with You

Did you ever tell somebody you're in love Like the way I'm telling you I'm in love With you Baby baby with you I'm in love I'm in love I'm in love I'm in love love love With you You can tell me how it feels to be loved Only I can tell you how it feels to be lo...

I'm leaving

Living in a town that's on the brink of being a city Won't satisfy my soul though the women may be pretty My mind is made up I have had enough I'm leaving here today Shops, walls, pavements, streets Is all that I could find From head to foot and toe to eye I l...

I'm not getting any younger

I'm Since I've known you we've always been together And in that time the love we shared we vowed would last forever Yet marriage is a subject you approve providing it has nothing whatsoever to do with you And much as I respect that view have to state my...

I'm not too young

I'm not too young to fall in love I'm not too young to smoke I'm not too young to defend myself If ever I'm provoked I'm not too young you mark my words To be left on the shelf I'm not too young I'm over one Next year I will be twelve I'm not...

I've never been short of smile

As you know when the girl of your dreams Doesn't seem to exist If you want my opinion then here's what it is Don't tell your wife she'll kill ya And who knows maybe one day you'll wake up And walk to the door Where's she's waiting impatient this daughter...

If I Can't Have You All To Myself

Having been so long a loner Always coping on my own Girls were more or less A trail of one night stands But with you I realized The morning after you arrived A change of plans (a change of plans) Instead of wishing you'd leave I got down on my knees B...

If I Know You

I should have known from the start this would happen From the moment we went anywhere If other women so much as looked at me You'd be Screaming blue murder. I swear And yet you say that my leaving doesn't hurt you in the least But even if that's true You...

If I start with the chorus

If I start with the chorus as I progress with this song Even though it's arse over backwards Sometimes it pays to be wrong When your life is in a turmoil be it sad or incomplete No use crying over spilt milk Think like a cat and be pleased This is the...

If you commence before the start

If you commence before the start Where do you begin If you commence before the start Where do you begin If you take off your shoes and socks Throw them up in the air What do you think Your mother would think Will she go spare If you commence...

If you ever

If you ever go to school Then you'll know that it's a fool Who believes a teachers pet Is a pupil like yourself For if I remember well My old teachers was a belt Which he kept around his shoulder blade There for the mistakes we made Have you ever been...

If you love me like you love me

Who can tell when I'm not well And have no place to go Who can see what I can see Before I even know Who can climb up any mountain For no other reason than the view If you love me like you love me Love me like you love me It's you Who can wait when I am late A...

IfI don't get you

I used to sit and watch the stars Especially old Jupiter and Mars When my days were blue But now those days are gone and still If I did, I would, you know I will Never feel the same If I don't get you Back Again For who am I to who are you To who are we Sir If...

In bed by ten

Love peace and understanding makes no difference in the end What you need to survive mother nature will provide As long as you're In bed by ten Everybody has that feeling One that drives you round the bend I don't know what else to say I suspect...

In my hole

Everytime a bell rings I go berserk I climb into my hole And sit there like a mole Playing with the dirt Contradicting people who think of me as being So soft and gentle Very clean I used to have a daisy A purple one called Maisy Stuck on my bed It didn't both...

In Other Worlds

Well come on everybody it is time we were going I've got a whole lot of loving and it's suddenly growing I get up, I go out, I come in, roundabout After that ain't no doubt You can never skin a rabbit when he's off and running (In other words) He's...

Independent air

Oh no said I don't dare defy my word Don't you impede my heart Make my sight blurred unless of course you feel That confrontations are funny Or sad with occasional sunny Spells You will be so intensely slow But then You've always been that way Since I don't kn...

Introduction

Well, before we go any further, we agree It's a pleasure to introduce Gilbert's L.P. It's a pleasure of course providing we are paid If not, we think it's the worst one he has made Well, before I go any further let me say That as far as I'm concerned you will...

Introduction 2

Now you've turned me over You're on the other side I hope that up to now There's been at least one track you've liked And even if there hasn't I won't give up just yet There's still this side of me to go And your favourite could be next... 

Is it a crime?

Is it a crime to say I love you A crime to say I care Is it a crime to want you madly With me everywhere Is it a crime to be reminded That someone close to you is true if it's a crime of course I'm guilty But you are guilty too Is it unwise to ask a q...

It ain't for me

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It Never Rains But It Pours

Hey little baby you act like I'm crazy Walking around in my sleep Well if I knew it why on earth would I do it I've other appointments to keep In my sleep Spare me the drama you slipped on a banana After you'd eaten the skin How could you do it...

It's Easy To See When You're Blind

It's easy to see when you're blind How walks in the park are mountains to climb And it's easy tell at a glance How hard it must seem When you don't stand a chance Let me take you out to a movie I promise I won't spoil your view It's easy to see w...

It's so easy to be sad

See the statues in the square They almost look alive It's amazing after all these years How they've survived Two young children gazing at them Faces so forlorn One is saying to the other I wonder how they're born It's funny how we always tend To look...

January git

I still believe in Sunday as being a day of rest And maybe it's because I'm an Irishman That I like Dublin best Still whose who are you to tell me I'm alright Fred But don't let that worry your son For when he grows up and gets blown out of here Have yourself...

Just as you are

Now you may not be the world's most beautiful, glittering glamorous star But you're all in the world that I'll ever need And I love you just as you are. Now Sophie Loren and yourself have in common Really nothing whatsoever so far But then who needs...

Just Like Me

There's a swinging little place On the outskirts of town There's a rocking little band That will have you jumping up and down- You just grab your car and take a drive And you will see You'll be rocking just like me If you don't want to dance You can w...

Live now pay later

Give me that money boy and don't look down I'm tired of being beaten up and bullied around Got an ambition that I'm gonna fulfill And If It means taking money well you know I will Live now pay later What does it matter where we go from here And don't lo...

Looking(A tale of two meanings)

I'm looking for a man who knows how to finish Better than to begin I'm looking for a girl whose age is Virginia Name around seventeen I'm looking for a tie that won't get knotted One that will not be four making five On I've a reason you see That...

Lost a Friend

When you read about somebody special Who has met an untimely end Although you didn't even know them personally Feels like you've lost a friend And to all the cynics who think Lennon Only cared about what he could spend I say to hell with your money fixa...

Matrimony

I've no wish to hurry you luv But have you seen the time It's quarter to ten and we're supposed to be there At nine I don't think the registrar Will be very pleased When we show up an hour late Like two frozen peas Both now facing for the first time Presently...

Me

(randy newman karl marks the spot where tom waits before the war) Oh why do people look at me as though I were a freak Oh can抰 they see that what they抮e looking at is quite unique In fact I抎 go as far as saying I抦 something of a gem whose qualitie...

Miss my love today

Miss my love today As I miss the stars that shine above Telling me one day my love Will come to me again Miss my love I'd say Is the only thing that I can do I just can't live with someone new Reminding me of her She said before she left That she wo...

Mr, Moody's garden

Every day's a holiday in Mr. Moody's Garden Where little girls say pardon and how do You do my name is Nosey And this is me sister really (really) Good she is at saying to you too Now just across the lawn is Pat Sitting on his favorite hat Waiti...

Mr.and Mrs.Regard

Congratulations everyone and two and three and four You've really made my day for me So here's what I've in store An ounce of tea that will if we Stir well turn into glue, Should Mr. and Mrs. Regards Send theirs with love to you. Now Jonathan's a king...

My advice to you

Why do you hurt her When she's in love with you Please don't desert her Is all I ask of you You know it's wrong You knew along Do what I say and you can't go wrong My-advice to you Is stay Baby my advice to you is stay Wait till tomorrow And see wha...

My Father

I shudder to think what my father would think If he came home and found me in bed With more then just one But several of some Lovely big strawberries He'll probably shout Give me a hell of a clout Or perhaps a good kick up the rear But one thing's for...

My front door is

I'm doing something I don't understand What I am doing, although I have planned out everything yesterday morning I saw you walk by My front door is blue How about you Coming around to see me in the spring Mattress on my bed, there's one sheet missing S...

My Love and I

I have just one regret in life That change I wasted When you said goodbye And to be honest, at the time Though I could see I must have been blind Oh what I'd give to have you back Relive those moments once again I'd take your hand And we would fly Ju...

No Matter How I Try

No matter how I try I just can't say goodbye No matter whay you say looks like I'm here to stay No matter where I go I don't know if you know but everywhere we been I'm kept in quarantine It's easy to see why She's over six feet five I'm only five foot two I...

No More

Tried to see you yesterday I had so many things I wanted to say Yet when knocked your mother answered the door Said I can see you no more. Why? I asked her politely You're not her type, she said, you're too carefree So take your bunch of wild petunias a...

No Telling Why

I can see by that look on your face You despise all the tears You've had to embrace And I can tell by that look in your eye There's no telling why There's no telling why Oh, I really love you I do so desperately And I'll never be above you You're all there is...

Nobody wants to know

Once I was hailed as a prodigal son In other words loved by everyone Now it's so different wherever I go Nobody wants to know Tried having meetings running about Same as I did when I started out Now though different wherever I go Nobody wants to...

Not in a million years

Every other morning I lie in bed awake And wonder why the dawning Always has to break Could it be it must As we all expect it to Could it be I just Simply haven't got a clue And what if it stayed behind Had itself a change of mind What would your imp...

Not so Great Britain

Take one policeman whose job is tough Investigating a cover-up Looks to his colleagues for support Gets accused of nothing has to leave the force Not so Great Britain Not So Great Britain Not So Great And who knows why We pride ourselves on our...

Not that it bothers me

I know the difference in our ages Is quite considerable indeed You're almost twice as old as I am Not that it bothers me And I keep your picture in my wallet It's there so everyone can see And those that do think your my mother Not that it bother...

Nothing Rhymed

If I give up the seat I've been saving To some elderly lady or man Am I being a good boy, am I your pride and joy Mother please, if your pleased say, I am And if while in the course of my duty I perform an unfortunate take Would you punish me so, unbelievably...

Nothing to do about much

I don't know why I came here on my own There's so little to do I'm like a dog without a bone If I can't get to sleep I'll just count sheep Nothing to do about much I could wander for hours in the rain I could stand on the corner Watch the traffic ligh...

Nothing To Fear

Love your music and love the songs Only query, don't get me wrong Is this really the way you appear Then again if you feel it's right Go ahead if it's what you like You got (you got) you got (you got) nothing to fear See that building with all it's...

Number 4

Number 4 In the beginning There was one-- Himself had just began Then along came Number 2-- The other way round is your clue And after that came 3-- Written by you know me Now I'm not saying anymore Except to tell you That this is not Number 1: number...

Ooh baby

Ooh baby your love is so bad You baby you're driving me mad Ooh baby your kiss is so sweet You baby knock me off my feet Ooh baby I wish you were mine Ooh baby we'd have a good time Ooh what can I do Ooh baby whatever you've got You baby you're making me hot O...

Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day

I want to tell you, I might as well do About a girl I met back in May Her name is Rita and you should see her And she goes Ooh wakka doo wakka day She's got a brother like any other Who got his nose caught inside a gate And when they freed him, it so relieved...

Or so they say

Or I've never been able To stand on a table Without using both of my feet I've always resisted The choice that was listed Whenever I sat down to eat. Now don't think me rude but that dress is so low cut Your navel is sticking out And not that I...

Our own baby

We both know each other for welt over a year, During which time we've shed many a tear, But throughout it all one thing is clear, I still love you, love you, love you You more than hold the key to my happiness, Therefore, I suggest, why don't we get...

Out Of The Questions

One minute you say you will And the next you won't One minute you want me And the next you don't You're turning me upside down Giving me the run around Don't think that I don't know I do Don't think that I won't go You watch me It isn't out of the question On...

Parrish

Now Parrish was born on a summer's morn High up on Salisbury plain His parents were surprised when he opened his eyes And said how do You do Parrish is my name He started in school breaking every rule Violence was his only relief For someone so sm...

Passport photos

I really love you baby When I need a laugh I check out passport photos They're what give me that Look at yours and your friends See if you agree Passport photos always Do the biz for me Show me one that you've got You'd like to see enlarged Show me...

Pemissive twit

Oh Heaven help our Linda She's really done it now What's more it's all so obvious I mean her stomachs sticking out If father tells me' mother She's bound to have a fit Followed by a neat convulsion Thanks to our permissive twit She thinks his name was Ronald O...

Please Don't Let My Weakness Show

I don't know what else to say I'd thought we were doing okay Shows you how little I know And tomorrow when at work Someone calls out does it hurt Oh Lord Please don't let my weakness show Is I wonder her excuse Given there was no abuse That she just h...

Pretty Polly

Pretty Polly what have you done to your hair Keeping it in rollers won't get it nowhere Neither will it turn you into what Your mother prescribed when your father forgot Don't you think the boys could be looking at you After all you've got what it ta...

Save it

Save it for your children This love that you have got Forget me now that I am sure It's you that I want not Save if for your loved Ones who come to you each day No matter what you do to them They'll never have to say That I don't love you any more Still I don'...

Say Goodbye

Say goodbye say good morning Say good evening and good noon Say hello tell me how you're feeling Very well thanks and how are you Say you did say you didn't Say it's someone else instead Say it's me would I be forgiven Or is it something that I said I...

Say Ireland

When words fail you don't say why say Ireland say Ireland and I'll tell you why When bombs dismay you don't just cry cry Ireland cry Ireland cry Ireland cry Ireland and I'll tell you why (How much time have you got?) Where are my Irish roots where did I...

Sex Appeal

And I don't know why some have more I only know they always will Tracksuit top coming off As the sweat is pouring from you still Sex appeal it's a lover's embrace Sex appeal it's the thrill of the chase Sex appeal something you have places That looks...

Showbiz

The way to skin a rabbit the way to comb a hare I know which one of those I'd rather heed As I'm sure would the rabbit Who only wants to live and breed I write each and all my songs Always have done all along So if you want My Way I can do Every...

Shy

Oh, every time I pass you I'm Inclined to look away I don't know why, but some day I will turn my head and say Excuse me miss, but this glove is it the one that you've just dropped And you'll reply by saying OŠf course? Or in as many words et lost? I...

So what

Oh I was born and raised in Alabam Well it sounds better than Leeds Mama said the sooner you grow up The sooner you can leave And thus I came into existence What else can I tell you I could reminisce about the kiss That really blew my mind I could demonstrate...

Sometimes

Sometimes when I am lonely And I need some love and care Sometimes I feel I only Have to call and you'll be there Sometimes I wake up in the morning With my hair down in my eyes Sometimes I can look at you Then I don't and then I do Sometimes Sometim...

Stick in the Mud

Roll out the barrel bring in the beer Hell bent for leather rousing good cheer Don't let your best friend down He wouldn't like it to be done Don't be a stick in the mud Be a little cleaner one Right up this ladder write down this note Dear sir or mada...

Susan van Heusen

Little Susan Van Heusen was present When her father decided to play Cat and mouse round the house with that peasant Girl of a B good and maybe I will stay For a while if you smile but remember When my head is bowed It is not because I am sad Merely that old bl...

Taking a chance on love

I wanted to give her my heart But as the doctor observed What could she do with it Then when she said we must part Albeit for only an hour Couldn't go through with it I was unhappy until she came along Suddenly problems That seems insurmountable Left...

Tell Me Why

I don't want you hanging round outside my door I don't want you hanging round anymore If you'd only tell me why you did lie Baby please baby please baby one time Tell me why anyway you want to Tell me why anyway you choose Tell me why anyway you w...

That's

That's Oh! come now boys don't give me that I've had it all before If not inside my overcoat hanging outside my door A silver plaque in prussian blue Bears these few words upon Don't ever say that that's okay Cos that's where I come from Now if...

That's a fact

I could dance all night, I could shake with delight, It's as simple as that and that's a fact, I could squeeze your hand, I could give a command, It's so good to be back and that's a fact You can be as cool as you like, You can be as wrong as you are...

That's Love

Once in a while, out of the blue I might appear somewhat rude But don't be alarmed or get upset Just say to yourself this I'll forget And when I come home after being away It might do me good just to hear you say Darlin' don't move an inch, keep perfectly stil...

That's Were I Belong

Twist me round your little finger Wrap me round your thumb Give me what it is I'm after Make me feel I'm the one And anytime you need a friend I'm yours to lean upon Cause where you're going I am too That's where I belong Sentence me to life in prison...

That's why I Love You

When I look back on yesterday And all the songs we used to play The thing that sticks in my mind most Is not how badly each one goes But what they mean to me This one especially When I'm alone with you it seems all my dreams come true It makes me feel...

The Best Fun I Ever Had

You were the best fun I ever had You gave me a love that couldn't be bad You taught me things that I thought were rude Oh-you were the best girl I ever knew You were the best girl I ever knew We were a couple so much in love We gave to each other over and abo...

The best love I never had

I say a prayer for those who Unlike me Suffer some form of brutality I get no kicks from mugging pensioners I don't believe that that's all they're good for You know I love you And I always will I keep a picture of you on me still It's so sad You were...

The Golden Rule

I wouldn't be glad wouldn't be sad I wouldn't be good if I knew what I could And I hate to go But I must you know Duty calls Niagara Falls See it go down As it falls on the ground And gets up again At the count of ten I would like everyone here to re...

The Luck Of The Irish

One and one and two are three If you adhere to Irish logic That's just one of the many jokes of which the Irish are the topic You can talk about the luck of but in truth there's not a lot So we have this reputation of being as thick two short planks A...

The marriage machine

There will be days We'll be in each others way Down each others throats Like you wouldn't believe But then who was it said Married life begins in bed And ends up somewhat disparagingly You say to me that you love me truly I say to you likewise I feel...

The Niceness Of It All

It's the niceness of it all Baby it's the niceness of it all Whether you are close to me or far It doesn't matter in the least As long as I can be with you Any time I need to Like the baby that's just starting to grow It's the niceness of it all...

The thing is

Oh I was walking down the street When a man came up to me And said don't I know you? And I said, well, you might do But the thing is ooh, the thing is I don't know you- Now I was driving in my car And I had not gone very far When from out of nowhere...

The way things used to be

I look at your face and I see it's red You got a lot on your plate that is in your head You think that money's ok but it ought to grow on trees And when I say why don't you plant a coin You say I'm being sarcastic and that you're goin' See how a silly rem...

The window-cleaner's mate

You better not say what you're thinking That's if you don't want a slap. Tell the Mrs. she looks gorgeous and don't for God's sake, don't do that. Must admit I'm tired of hearing rude remarks about my hair. Sure It's long but so's your nose, cut yours and...

They have only themselves to blame

I'm afraid that from today our meeting Must be temporarily postponed It seems our parents followed us one evening Caught us walking one another home Now I have been confined till further notice Told I should be thoroughly ashamed And for all the good that it w...

Things That Go Bump In The Night

Some people tell you you're better off dead Especially when you're in the very best of health Me I don't understand why Just like the din of those things that go bump in the night What does it matter Who really cares If you die tomorrow All you g...

Thunder And Lightning

There's people who believe That what we're to receive Is meant to happen anyway Then there're those who'll admit That they're literally scared stiff of it No matter what you say Then there are those who'll astound By simply being around to play Thunder and lig...

To Cut a Long Story Short

I had a woman that loved me true To cut a long story short We got married on our honeymoon To cut a long story short Now we're together I'm afraid no more To cut a long story short Like billions of other people we're divorced To cut a long story...

To Each His Own

You say some day, oh baby let's get away, Me, I'll stay at home, to each his own Blackbird on the wire leave something to be desired, This bird hasn't flown, to each his own Where in the world would you ever incur, Such incongruous statements as inco...

To the extreme

Just think how easy it would be if we had Not just time on our (bends) hands but some in a bag We could for Instance if there's no time to spare Take out the bag (end) and use some up from in there There's nothing I like more then anything else Better (t...

Tomorrow Today

You seem to be wanting Everything yesterday Always the impossible That's what you seem to portray Give me one good reason Why, even if I stay You won't walk away from me Tomorrow today You seem to be wanting Everything yesterday Why, all of a sudden Are you a...

Too Bad

It's too bad you couldn't come It's too bad you decided to stay away (Too bad baby) It's too bad you couldn't come It's too bad I really thought you were okay (Too bad baby) You admit you were wrong That you knew all along Yet you still had th...

Too Long

I've been outside my window looking in for a change, And what I've seen let me tell you, Isn't the least bit strange, My landlady she puts her head into my room, Her nose must be as long as the handle of a broom, But you, you amaze me when you sudde...

Too much attention

There is too much attention Paid to people who believe That the world we live in Really isn't round Yes there's too much attention Paid to people just like me Who'll confess their only aim in life Is down There is too much attention As to where we all should b...

Tou better run

Little bo peep didn't lose any sleep Trying to make it with the sheep of the town What she did instead was to lose her head While attempting an assault on a human catapult (Going) down, down, down, down, down (Going) down, down, down, down, down (G...

Two's company

Sellotape is sticky Now there's a surprise Next they'll tell you you can see out of your eyes Mummified mummies daddies little girl Had the operation then became an earl Once you would have kissed her gently on the cheek Now she kisses you beginning wit...

Underneath the blanket go

I don't know if you've heard the news but I'm a boy Who's got himself a problem so big it's no joy You see I've something that people claim Could bring me fortune and instant fame A face so ugly you could hardly blame Anybody here for saying so I think...

Victor E

This pleasure book I'm writing Doesn't give me any thrill All it does is prove conclusively Where there's a way there's Will Who by the way along with Mary Peter, Patsy, and Paul. Has the cheek to turn the other When the other was on the ball It will...

Water music

It's over now you've had your fun Get up them stairs go on quickly Don't run Take off your shoes the both of you's Leave them down outside the door turn the landing light off, No wait, leave it on it might make the night that easier to be gone And in the morni...

We Will

It's over now you've had your fun get up them stairs go on quickly don't run Take off your shoes the both of you's and leave them down outside the door turn the landing light off, no wait, leave it on it it might make the night that much easier to be go...

What A Way

If and when you want me to I'll be right there by your side If and then you can't be sure I can help you to decide It's no secret any longer Come to think it It wasn't even at the start In my heart where you reign You'd have thought by now That somet...

What am I doing here with you

I do my best to please you You know I would never leave you Or would I ever let you down Whenever we are parted I get so broken hearted However silly that may sound I think you're something special That's why I would like to settle Once and for...

What could be nicer

Mum, the kettle's boiling Daddy what's the time Sis, look what you're doing Can't you see the baby's crying Tell your Uncle Tony Helen wants to know Did he get the letter That she sent a week ago All in all what could be nicer Than two people young at...

What You See Is What You Get

You don't know me, I don't know you, We're like strangers coming out of the blue, We call each other by different names, My name is Tarzan baby, your's could be Jane, Looks like rain, I think there could be snow, These days somehow you just never kno...

What's in a kiss

What's in a kiss Have you ever wondered just what it is More perhaps than just a moment of bliss Tell me what's in a kiss What's in a dream Is it all the things you'd like to have been All the places that you haven't yet seen Tell me what's in a dream I know...

What's it all supposed to mean

Tell me what's happening to this world I've just seen pictures of a girl Lying half-naked in a stream She was so fall of life Yet in one moment killed by a knife Will somebody tell me What's it all supposed to mean? Sign on the door says go away Sign...

When to Today

When I call you will you tell me what to do Cos I've reached a point where I depend on you To supply me and rewind me every time that I go down On the ground I see a face It reminds me of a place I used to go With you when I was a boy of seventeen...

Where Peaceful Waters Flow

When the world you live in Really gets you down When you feel a pain inside you Starting to pound And the girl you love She doesn't want to know Let an old friend as a Godsend Lead you to where peaceful waters flow And if the day you thought Was drawing to a c...

Where the hell have you been

You know my inside pockets Got my outside twin So badly indisposed I think I'll dust my bin And all the while you're making eyes at me You could be doing something useful Like climbing up a tree Who knows there may be something lurking Like a koala bea...

Who knows, perhaps, maybe

I don't know why you came But I'm glad all the same After all you've been good to me And if you want me to love you In a real good way Who knows perhaps, maybe I don't know where you've been But I've got this thing That I want you to do for me Is it s...

Who was it

Who was it that caught you falling And put you back on your feet Who was it that tripped you any way (In order that the two of us would meet) It was me and I'll tell you why Oh! I did it because of my Pure unabashed devotion to loving you Who was it that tried...

Why pretend

Oh everyone knows You're all alone So why pretend And everyone knows You're on your own Why not let it end Your baby's gone And you're all alone So why pretend. Every time You're not at home You say that she's with you Isn't it time You made it kn...

Why,oh why,oh why

Why is it you must be so very cruel to me In order to be kind Why when I hold you close Do you insist your toes Are being stood on by mine Why when I kiss your lips Do you astound me Saying that you wont put Your arms around me No one should be that cold What...

Will I do

Everybody needs somebody You need someone too If you can't find him and you've looked real hard Will I will I do Forget that big hunk pumping iron He's no good it's true You need someone whose ribs sticking out Will I will I do? If I had the...

Wonder Why

Some say the right words, some say it's absurd To think that children can brutally die I say it's easy, so very easy And all we do is wonder why In spite of progress. you say we're making In spite of wisdom. stretching afar We find solutions, always solutions...

World of work

From the cradle to the grave From the present to the cave All we're doing most of our lives Is for the most part trying to survive Aspirations all every well Your degree it looks really swell Only problem always the same It's heads their needin...

You and me and the garden post

Hard to know what possesses anyone After a parent's died Why tell the world how badly they treated you Could it not be you lied Let's not go down that road you read about Let's keep all we disclose Between you me and the garden post One day, ra...

You Are You

You're every dream I've ever dreamt You are by far the only apartment That I'd ever care to rent You're like Doctor Kissenger On a peace trip or two But most important of all You are you You're like a painting by Cozanne A tin of soup by Andy Warhol A sonata b...

You better believe

You'd think that nothing could erase Like rubber bullets well your right I've got a lead one in my hand It won't erase a word I write You are the keeper of the flame You are the flame the keeper keeps You are the kingdom of a god Whose statue on...

You don't have to tell me

You don't have to tell me You've got something on your mind Because I've seen it there So many time before And you don't have to tell me Just what it is that's on your mind For I'm inclined to agree with me There must be something wrong A subtle bree...

You Don't Own Me If I Know You

You may have given me the breaks Amended all my life's mistake Ooh but Wait a minute You don't own me You may be more than just a friend On whose assistance I depend Ooh but wait a minute You don't own me What makes you think you have the righ...

You Got Me Going

Now move a little closer baby Don't stand in the road There's such a lot of traffic about You'll catch your death of cold And as you can well imagine What with your death on my hands Nobody would believe me They just wouldn't understand Without you knowing You...

You Never Listen To Reason

Hey baby what's that you say I didn't know that you felt that way You got a problem let me solve it You can be my world baby I'll revolve it I like the way you wear your dress You have a style cut above the rest Your kiss is sweet, so warm and tender Anything...

Young at heart

Young at heart we may be only Young at heart but we're not lonely If anything we're never in but we're out Young at heart if we are only Young at heart then let us slowly Unwind our say, only way we know how Young at heart You can so easily become a part Of...