Gilbert O'Sullivan

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"Nothing To Fear"

"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 floor
See those people go out it's doors
They don't know it but they're
why you're here make a record that they all bum make it appealing to every mum
You got (you got) you got (you got) nothing to fear
So you've had a bad experience
And you don't know who to trust well if you want me to represent you then in me you must trust
I'm not promising you the earth
I'll bow out if it doesn't work
You got (you got) you got (you got) nothing to fear
You got (you got) you got (you got) nothing to fear
Have to say when I heard your voice
Wasn't sure if it was my choice
Then I listened again and I could hear
Don't ask why but I'm certain you will make it big and the day you do
You got (you got) you got (you got) nothing to fear
But suppose in the studio (I'm) (he's) unhappy with a take will you let (me) do it again (him)
(Of course I will say okay) Don't be worried about your songs
I'll 1ook after them every one
You got (you got) you got (you got) nothing to fear

 

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"Number 4"

"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: number2:
Number 3: or Number 5 But Number 4

 

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"Ooh Baby"

"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
Ooh baby my temperature is high
Ooh baby a hundred and five
Ooh baby I think that you'll find
Ooh baby I'm out of my mind
Ooh what can I do

I wish that there was some way
I could have you to myself
Wish I didn't have to share you
With anyone else (share you)
With anyone else (share you)

Ooh baby wherever you are
You baby will you be my star
Ooh baby I'm begging you please
Ooh baby down on my knees
Ooh baby why don't you say yes
Ooh baby I'll give you my best
Ooh what can I do

I wish that there was some way
I could have you to myself
Wish I didn't have to share you
With anyone else (share you)
With anyone else (share you)

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

 

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"Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day"

"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 him
He just went Ooh wakka doo wakka day

You wouldn't think to look at me
That I was strong
But underneath it all, I really am
And just to prove it, why;
Only the other day
I picked a needle up with one hand

Now, up in Bradford a chap named Radford
While taking part in a local play
Was intercepted and then suspected
Of going Ooh wakka doo wakka day

Hey, hey...

Who's that lady I saw you with?
It was not your wife
It looked to me suspiciously
Like someone I have never seen before in my life

Doo-doo doo-di-doo ...

It's not suprising when you come to think of it
Just what it is that makes people swear
You only have to sing about bleepin' thing
And there'll be bleeping ev'ry-bleeping-where

Now, if you love me, you're not above me
And if you don't, well, what can I say
Except we'll see when you come to tea, then
You can go Ooh wakka doo wakka
Ooh wakka doo wakka
Ooh
Wakka doo
Wakka day

 

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"Or So They Say"

"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'm curious
But seeing how low yours is I wonder where mine is about.
I read in the newspapers only today that tomorrow's will be even better
liquid detergent is now guaranteed to absorb all the dirt from your sweater
Or so they say.
We once had a neighbour
Who came from Jamaica (No - she came of her own accord)
Who talked with an accent
Like that of a Dachshund
Whose cousin the Queen had adored.
Oh how would you like it
If I was invited to
Lords on the first day of play I'm no Gary Sobers
But I can bowl overs
In quite an unorthodox way.
Now cricket's a game that can baffle us all
It's the silly mid-on that gets me
Silly or not, it's enthralling to watch
Only maidens of course disagree.
Or so they say.
Life is so often a dullish affair
It's no wonder that crime has increased
What does it matter, if there's no hereafter
We're here after all just to breathe
Or so they say.
And as I finish playing
This is my way of saying "THE END."

 

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"Our Own Baby"

"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 together,
Once and for all, who knows baby,
Next year a stork might call,
Present us with a beautiful sight to see,
Our own baby
All my life I never asked for very much,
Never felt the need to take what I could touch,
My ambition was without any fuss,
To be happy, happy, happy, happy
Well judging by the time I'm having with you,
I'd say it's come true, now why don't we
Get together once and for all,
Who knows baby next year a stork might call,
Present us with a beautiful sight to see,
Our own baby;
We'll give it everything that money cannot buy,
We'll take it with us everywhere we go,
Because we love it I may not be as handsome as a king,
But looks aren't everything,
Now why don't we get together,
Once and for all, who knows baby,
Next year a stork might call,
Present us with a beautiful sight to see,
Our own baby
Our little one, our own baby,
It's bound to be a son,
Just like his father before him.

 

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"Out Of The Question"

"Out Of The Question"


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

One minute you're kissing me
And the next you're not
One minute you remember
And the next you've forgot
I don't like it one little bit
You're giving me the slip
Don't think that I don't know I do
Don't think that I won't go
If you want me
It's really out of the question

Between us we could have conquered Everest
Sailed empty handed around the world
But no you couldn't wait
You had to go make the fatal mistake
Of leading me on
You silly girl, that was wrong-

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

One minute you're full of life
And the next you're sad
One minute you're marvelous
And the next you're bad
I don't like it one little bit
You keep giving me the slip
Don't think that I don't know
I do
Don't think that I won't go
If you want me
It's really out of the question

I'm doing my best and I don't know why
I'm giving her a call and there's no reply
She's getting me down till I can't get up
She's giving me hell and if that's not enough
She's breaking my heart nearly every day
Not only in pieces but every way
I'm sorry of course but the fault is hers

I'm doing my best and I don't know why...

 

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"Parrish"

"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 small
To burn down the school hall
Was to him an education that just
Couldn't be beat

Throughout every, week of every half a year
Throughout every month of every day
At the age of thirteen
When most boys should still be green
His experience with women was to say the least great

The best way to describe him in later life
Is to go back to where it began
While abducting a Nun
He had suddenly become
Converted from a sinner to a
Godfearing man

Throughout every week of every half a year
Throughout every month of every day
If he gets to be Pope
And who's to say he has no hope
There'll be one hell of a party down
Salisbury way

Incredible though it sounds he still astounds
All those who hear him speak
The man they, used to call
The biggest villain of them all
Former child delinquent now a good
Parish Priest

 

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"Passport Photos"

"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 one that doesn't
Look like your being charged

Smile of course you mustn't
That's the only rule
Irony of course is
You just look a fool
Sideburns down to your chin
Hair all long and straight
No doubt when you took it
You thought you looked great

Ain't nobody living
That's ever had one that
Ever did them justice
That just isn't a gaffe

For the life of me I don't
Understand why in Spain
When it rains at an airport
Mainly wet is the plane

I really love you baby
When I need a laugh
I check out passport photos
They're what give me that
Go through immigration
Waiting next in line
A man there can't believe it
When he looks at mine

Show me one that you've got
You'd like to see enlarged
Show me one that doesn't
Look like your being charged

Here's looking at you kid
Looking like you're from the twilight zone

I really love your body
When I need a laugh
I check out passport photos
They're what give me that
They're what give me that

 

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"Permissive Twit"

"Permissive 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
Or was it Sid or Len
The only thing that's certain
Is that it wasn't Bill or Ben
Our parish priest God bless him
The very reverend Father Pitt
Will no doubt be preaching sermons
To our dear Permissive Twit
By now the word
Will no doubt have been heard
By almost every bleeding nosy parker in our alley all except that is
Our own great aunt Liz
Who I hear's been deaf since the day our Grace recorded Sally, Sally, Sally

Unless we raise the money
She'll have to let it out
What I mean is she will have to
Have it the right way wrong way about
In other words let nature
Take its course and do its bit
For the sake of those concerned with
Own dear permissive
Dear permissive twit