Gilbert O'Sullivan

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"It Never Rains But It Pours"

"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 are you really that stupid
Knowing that there was a bin you could put it in

Of course being a Monday would be the one day
Trains are delayed by the score
And it never rains but it pours
Mine's not due for a week

Would you believe it our Adam and Eve skit
Didn't go quite as we'd planned
Leaves we were using both of our choosing
Fell off and so we got banned
Could have used a hand

Heart has been broken credit card stolen
Off-licence closing its doors
And it never rains but it pours
Why I've no idea

But if you want romance
Then here's a good tip leave all expletives behind
And as for the men maybe they should try
Giving flowers from time to time

Call me a loser cos I didn't choose her
Call me a fool if you like
Sure she was pretty but when she said hit me
That kind of gave me a fright
As well it might

A word from Head Office there, being no profits
We have to show you the door
And it never rains but it pours
Rents just been increased

If only the good days outnumbered the bad
If only the bad died young
In an ideal world we would still disagree

But doing so would be fun
Smile for the camera the one that can't stand ya
You know the one that I mean
Where every picture looks like a mixture
Of hideous crass and obscene
But never lean

Afloat on a big lake boat hits a big wave
After which you lose the oars
And it never rains but it pours
Now it's started to leak

 

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"It's Easy To See When You're Blind"

"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 when you're blind
How much this means to you
It's easy to see when you're blind
How words you can feel
Enlighten your mind
And it's easy to tell at the start
Those able to breathe
But who haven't a heart
Building roads without a pavement
Who needs to walk when a car will do
It's easy to see when you're blind
How angry this makes you
And I'm afraid for everybody's future
And I'll tell you why
Instead of common sense we'll have computers
Running our lives
And that ain't right

We have so much to distract us
Images of wealth and greed
It's easy to see when you're blind
How blind we all must be

 

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"It's So Easy To Be Sad"

"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 back on our past
As if they were the only good times
That we're ever going to have

See the river heading outwards
Watch the ships sail in
Notice how despite their size
They very rarely sink

Tell the man who's watching with you
His shoelace is undone
When he looks pretend you didn't notice
You were wrong

And anytime there's trouble up ahead
Don't get into a state
Where you wish you were dead
Just take your time and do
What you believe is right
It could turn out to be
A blessing in disguise-disguise-

It's funny how we always tend
To overlook the bad
Doesn't anybody know that
It's so easy to be sad

Talk about doing what you do best
Seems to me the more you do
The less you get
All told I would say that it was pretty grim
Although on the other hand
I've got a ring

Mass unemployment's at an all time best
Why not quit your job and take a well earned rest
Grow old on the dole
That's the life I need
Everybody's doing it so why not me

 

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"January Git"

"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 A-tomic bomb
Now introducing Maisie (Maisie) and on my right Will be
Both of whom are here now represented by
our good friend U.V.I.P.
Whose mundane conjectural I'd recommend
Only if you like rocking jazz
Intermingled with an ounce of U double K
full of eastern Raj Matazz
Close your eyes and the door don't forge-t
If you do I take it you know what to expect

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 a (really)
Tour-de-force-a (yearly)
non-de-plume A-tomic bomb
Feeling tired one degree under Oh -
What you need is picking up so off you go
(Get picked up you know)

Whose mundane conjectural I'd recommend
Only if you like rocking jazz
Intermingled with an ounce of U double K
Full of Eastern (promise)
Without a doubting (Thomas)
Polynesian Raj Matazz

 

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"Just As You Are"

"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 biggies when with a pair like Twiggy's
I love you just as you are.
When you do away, even for a day I would like it to be known
That I wish that you could stay
Now the day we got married
You'll remember I carried you over the threshold of Mooney's bar where in between every round
You fell flat out on the ground
Still I love you just as you are
Not to mention Mick and your brother Vic
Who I hear have settled here down after two years in the nick
Take it away Semprini
When you do away, even for a day
I would like it to be known
That I wish that you could stay
So 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
Love you just as you are
I love you just as you are

 

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"Just Like Me"

"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 watch the band play-
I can guarantee you they're worth
Every minute of your stay-
So just grab your car and take a drive
And you will see
You'll be rocking just like me

Just like me baby just like me
Just like me baby just like me
Just like Little Richard oohing
Just like Chuck Berry cruising
Baby wait and see

Over in the corner
Sitting all on her own
Sits a little lady by the name of Joan
Joan is there to help you
If you need a hand
But only for a price you understand

 

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"Live Now Pay Later"

"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 look at me 'cos I got no Idea
Our stake in the future looks pretty grim
Ah, but bacon and eggs well that's a different thing
Live now pay later

Keep your chin up. you know you got great potential
And if you, work real hard, you know you
could become influential
Whatever that means and whatever it seems
And whatever it seems, I means damn all

All kind of people kinda feel the same
Ain't got nothing else to do but complain
Got to be crazy if you wanna survive
And the only way to do it, is to do it in style
Live now pay later

Keep your chin up, you know you got great potential
And if you, work real hard, you know you
could become influential
Whatever that means, and whatever it seems
And whatever it seems, it, means damn all

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

 

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"Looking (A Tale Of Two Meanings)"

"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's good, tell me where's the door

I like to think it's time I stopped interfering
In peoples private lives
I like to think the bits I find fascinating
Ought to decrease in size
I like to think but then you tell me who doesn't
And I'll tell you a tale
Is the part you start with when you begin
Or brush if your dog's on sale

I like to think but then you tell me who doesn't
And I'll tell you a sale
Is the time you find out everything's cheap
Only prices remain unchanged

I'm wondering if the girl I married this morning
Wants us to get divorced
I'm wondering if the child we both plan on having
Shouldn't be ordered first
I'm wondering if the pain I have in my left leg
Isn't just in my head
Which is fine, don't mind as long as I'm here
I might as well stay myself

 

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"Lost A Friend"

"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 fixations
Feels like we've lost a friend

And when I die as I must do
I know it's an awful thing to talk about
And I'd give anything for it never to be true
What a way to make a living digging graves
Still you'd never need to fear being made redundant that way

And for those of you who think that Presley
Only cared about what he could spend
Remember that without him might have been no Lennon
Feels like we've lost a friend

And when I die as I must do
Know it's an awful thing to talk about
And I'd give anything for it never to be true
If it's any consolation money buys
Only material things no way can it extend your life

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

 

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"Love Being Faxed By You"

"Love Being Faxed By You"


Oh what a feeling when you're up all night
Get home to see that in the morning light
Whether it's cold out there's no doubt
Love being taxed by you

Looks like a piece of junk till it gets turned on
So good at getting to anywhere you want
Even if one time it's one line
Love being faxed by you

I despise the telephone when it goes and I am home
I just say I'm out
Anyone whose mobile rings on a train that I am in
I just scream and shout
Let there be no doubt
Give their ears a clout

Night time's the right time in the U.S.A.
There only starting up as you end your day
Whether it's New York an old Cork
Love being faxed by you

I despise the telephone when it goes and I am home
I pretend I'm out
Anyone whose mobile rings on a train I'm sitting in
I just scream and shout
Let there be no doubt
Give their ears a clout

Oh for the fun of it when you're on your own
Oh for the joy it gives as you head for home
Maybe I'm crazy but lately
Love being taxed by you
After a hard day I must say
Love being faxed by you

And I don't know what I'd do now without it
And I don't know how without I'd live
Would that I did
And I don't care if it runs out of paper
I don't mind if at time it's a mess
It's still the best