Gilbert O'Sullivan

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"Answers On A Postcard"

"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 know
Answers on a postcard please

And I don't know what rights if any I have
When it comes to little old me
You can be held for days without even being charged
They call it democracy

I never thought of this happening to us
It happens all the time of course it does
Devil did he play a role
Answers on a postcard please

And I don't know what rights if any I have
When it comes to, comes to seeing
Everything you've worked so hard for
All your life
Been smashed to smithereens

I'm lost and like a fool I found my way
Deep inside this dark secluded bay
How'd I get here I don't know
Answers on a postcard please
How'd I get here I don't know
Answers on a postcard please

 

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"Are You Happy?"

"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 say you got boyfriends calling you up
Every other day of the week
And that you got more now then you could ever need

But are you happy
Are you happy
Are you happy
When you get right down to the nitty gritty
Are you happy

You can find happiness
In a hole in your sock
You can be fully dressed
In a coat that's a frock
You can stand in the rain when it's raining
And not think it's not sunny

You say you got a car parked out in the drive
That you've not even driven yet
And that you got another one that you can use instead

But are you happy
Are you happy
Are you happy
When you get right down to the nitty gritty
Are you happy
Are you happy
Are you happy you

What about love
Money couldn't buy it and that's the crazy thing
When you've had enough of trying to deny it
Look what love can bring

But are you happy
Are you happy
Are you happy
When you get right down to the nitty gritty
Are you happy

You can be who you are
Without having to prove
In a sense who you are
With attempts that are crude
Buying acres of land that you won't even use
Is not the answer

You say you got an aunt
Whose cousin is married to a relative of the queen
And that you get invited to every social scene

But are you happy
Are you happy
Are you happy
Are you happy
Are you happy
Are you happy
Are you happy
When you get right down to the nitty gritty
Are you happy
Are you happy
Are you happy you

 

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"As A Rule"

"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 myself clear
Though at times if there nobody's looking I will
I mean, life's too short and if I didn't smoke I bet
What with the luck that I have
I'd probably die of warty and, that would be that

Who would have thought it was humanly possible
To mate an elephant with a kangaroo
Well as my dear old mother once said in a rage
"Next thing you know they'll have pigs an the stage"

Whoever said blue skies were better than red
Must have been talking from out of his hat
I mean whose ever heard of a blue sky at night
Don't like waiting or suffocating
In over crowded tubes
But I like good wine with my dinner don't you
Yes we do

 

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"As Long As I Can"

"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't know if you don't know me,
You might do and then again you might not,
You might do but then again you might not, you might not,
And I've seen so many peculiar incidents in my life,
Like the time a fella got married to a fella,
He called his wife,
Did they make a handsome couple,
Well how are we to know,
What happens when they want a child,
Isn't that what keeps a marriage alive?
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 just want to live as long as I can, as long as I can,
And I've seen some how can I put this,
Funny things in my life,
Like the time a woman said sorry to a man,
She stabbed with a knife
And in view of all of this nonsense,
I think it's only fair,
To point out that despite its faults,
England still has HP sauce,
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 just want to live as long as I can,
I just want to jive as long as I can,
As long as I can, as long as I can,
As long as I can, as long as I can.

 

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"At Least I'm Honest"

"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 met
You were just seventeen
I told you I liked older women
And you were the oldest I'd seen
You started to laugh
Told me I must be daft
Whereupon I said yes
But at least I'm honest

And I'll go on sending you birthday cards
That arrive the following week
And I'll try my hardest not to forget
Not to forget next year
And I'll come home late when I should be early
Blame it on the one for the road
Though it may not always be to your liking
For instance I could never climb
the highest mountain peak
To prove to you my love is true
I'm scared of heights you see

You never say much when I long for your touch
Except keep me enthralled
One thing I like about you is you're
never embarrassed at all
Me, I'm so shy, that at night if the lights on
I won't get undressed
But at least I'm honest

I'll give you a lift on my bicycle
if you don't mind going slow
Needless to say it can vary
Depending on how the wind blows
Cars are okay but on my earnings
I couldn't afford the test
But at least I'm honest

And I'll go on telling your dear old mother
She's always welcome round here
That is providing she can keep tier mouth shut
And doesn't interfere
And I will for want of a better word
Love you more than words ever say
Though it may not always be to your liking
I couldn't climb a mountain high
To prove I loved you so
I'm not the type, I'm scared of heights
A touch of vertigo

And I'll never hurt you, how could I do
You're the one good thing in my life
If it weren't for the fact we're already married
I'd marry you tonight
And I'll do whatever is necessary
To improve our standard of life
Though it may not always be to your liking
For instance I could never die
To prove my love was real
it wouldn't do a lot for you
And even less for me

 

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"At The Very Mention Of Your Name"

"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 released
All problems too would cease
My heart would never feel no pain
At the very mention of your name

At the very moment you arrive
I stop living and I start to feel alive
You have the power that's taken over me
Led me to believe
Call it what you like
At the very moment you arrive
I suspect that I will pinch myself to find
That it really isn't true
It really can't be you
Walking up the garden drive
At the very moment you arrive

And although it's been said well over a thousand times
Here's a thousand more
Will you still be mine forever and evermore

At the very mention of your name
What am I to do and who am I to blame
The effect upon my life can only be described
A bit like being hit by a train
At the very mention of your name

 

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"Barking Up The Wrong Tree (Such Is Life)"

"Barking Up The Wrong Tree (Such Is Life)"


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 is life as Ned once said
However let's be clear
If you think that a noose round my neck
Makes a happy man of me
You're barking up the wrong tree

And I hare those cold damp mornings
Despite a good night's sleep
Stepping out when it's still not light
Feels like I should retreat

And as for those glamour model types
Who when they strut their stuff
Look about as dressed as a naked chef
Making his powder puff

And while we're on the subject
Where in God's name have you been
I've been waiting around for hours
If you think it's good for me
You're backing up the wrong tree

And to the idiots who say for tusks
Killing elephants is not unjust
Don't you wish a herd would come along
And overrule them

Can't for the life of me see
How marksmen armed with guns
Think a man with a table leg
As threatening to either one

And yet as marksmen, surely
Assuming as I've said
That there is some doubt
They must take him out

Who do it in the head?
And such is life as Ned once said
However let's be clear
If barking mad's where you think I'm from
Take a little tip from me
You're barking up the wrong tree

 

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"Bear With Me"

"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 see yourself growing old
The man you love is never there to hold
So bear with me just a little bit longer
Bear with me and I guarantee you that our love will grow stronger
Bear with me just a little bit longer honey won't you - bear with me

I know I said I'd be back tomorrow without any further delay
And I know how you felt when I rang up and told you that I had to stay
You seem to forget that I'm doing everything in my power
To safeguard both our futures we cannot live on love alone
Gotta have more if we're to build a home
So bear with me...

Love is the strangest thing as any song will tell
Just when you think it's heaven
it turns out to be hell

 

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"Because Of You"

"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 there's a time I have nothing to do
I'll know it's because of you

I'll never see you again
And I know I'll regret it somehow
Can't say that I envy me I'm not exactly myself right now

I'll never see you again
And I know I'll regret it somehow
Can't say that I envy me I'm not exactly myself right now

There's never been a time like this before
Cos when I'm not with you life is such a bore
Now if I feel lonely or I feel blue
I'll know it's because of you.

 

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"Break A Leg"

"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 tried to avert incidents where, I could be hurt
At school they taught me right from wrong
No harm in being a weakling as long as long as you use your head
Yet on the stage if you want to succeed
The thing to do is break a leg
Why not an arm
Why not a toe
Why only one when one as you know
Is not quite complete
To do that you need one more
Upon my word you take it from me
On my winter hols I love to ski
But rather than go down too fast
And end up with my face alas
Covered in egg I do as my instructor says
Get on that piste and break a leg
Why not an arm not a chin
What's so clever about breaking your leg so to speak how would your feet then grow
I went to do the other night
Could hardly drink cause I had to drive
And just as I was about to leave
A chap got up and spoke to me
Here's what he said I hear your leaving that's a shame
Its good to see you glad you came
Before you go from all of us here
A safe journey home now
Break a leg