Gilbert O'Sullivan

[fox69]

"Can't Get You Out Of My Mind"

"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 of my mind,
Don't be like that baby, be like you are,
Don't wear that hat baby, it looks like a scarf,
People go hungry for something to eat,
It happens I'm told all the time,
I don't know for a fact,
all I do know is that I just can't get you out of my mind
We'll make the headlines as the world's greatest pair,
Taylor and Burton they had better beware,
We'll make each other happy, too,
Don't say you don't think so,
Don't make me have to go,
Don't leave me in a spin,
Make me your everything, everything, everything,
You'd make a man like so happy, I know,
And I'd do my best to make you happy also,
For we'd make each other happy, too,
Don't say you don't think so,
Don't make me have to go,
Don't leave me in a spin,
Make me your everything, everything, everything,
Where there's a will, there must be a way,
Where there's a match on, what can I say,
Two things mean more to me than anything else,
And both are just one of a kind,
When were playing away, even during a game,
I just can't get you out of my mind,
No matter what you say, no matter what you do,
There's got to be a way, a way to get to you.

 

[fox69]

"Can't Get You To Love Me"

"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?

I can stand up put my hand up
Where perhaps it shouldn't be
I can go down to a hoe-down?
Have one hell of a yippee!
I can also if you must know
Do whatever else I choose
But I can't get you to love me
I just can't get you to love me
What do I do?

All of my life I've been waiting
For a moment like this
And now that I've found it
You know something's amiss
Can't get you to love me...

I can tell tales hammer toe-nails
Write a letter to the Queen
I can easily and discreetly
Be as charming as obscene
When I feel light

I can take a fight
But I know one thing for sure
I just can't get you to love me
I just can't get you to love me
What do I do?

 

[fox69]

"Can't Think Straight"

"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 love her so much
I can't think straight

My name is Peggy and I know how you feel
Same thing that happened to you did to me
I was so upset I couldn't sleep for a week
Finally he called boy was I relieved
Now I'm sorry but what can I say
You love her much I can't think straight
Love her much you can't think

What about people other than me?
What about those with nothing to eat?
How can I claim that life isn't fair?
What a pathetic sight I swear
If I could kick I'd kick
Myself of course and if

Listen to me look I know what I'm saying
I'm sure Mary is as much to blame
Well in that case
Why won't she answer the phone?
Don't try and tell me
She's not at home
I'm sorry but what can I say

I'm sorry but what can I say

We're sorry but what can I say
I love her so much I can't think

What are we doing? What have we done?
What in the world is going on?
Isn't it crazy looking so fine
Knowing that in as much time
As it takes to make a drink
We could all become as the dinosaur has
Nothing but extinct
And to top it all I hear
That my rent is to be raised

So if you see Mary
Will you tell her I called
Tell her that I love her
And I'm sorry that's all
And by the way thank you for being so kind
If I've taken up too much of your time
I'm sorry but what can I say
I'm sorry but what can I say
We're sorry but what can I say
I love her so much
I can't think
Love her so much
I can't think straight

 

[fox69]

"Can't Think Straight (Spanish Version)"
(duet with Silvia Tortosa)

"Can't Think Straight (Spanish Version)"
(duet with Silvia Tortosa)



Si...Ooh, is Mary there?
No, pero
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 love her so much
I can't think straight

Yo soy Silvia y te podria ayudar
Si en lugar de a ella me quisieras mirar
Te baáaria en oceanos de amor
Haria de tu vida un paraiso mejor
Y mira ya no puedo seguir
Te quiero tanto que ahora siento
Nublarseme el pensamiento

What about people other than me?
What about those with nothing to eat?
How can I claim that life isn't fair?
What a pathetic sight I swear
If I could kick I'd kick
Myself of course and if

No te amargues ten la seguridad
De que tambien ella se arrepentira'

Well in that case
Why won't she answer the phone?
Don't try and tell me
She's not at home
I'm sorry but what can say

Lo siento pero no se que decir

We're sorry but what can I say
I love her so much I can't think
What are we doing? What have we done?
What in the world is going on?
Isn't it crazy looking so fine
Knowing that in as much time
As it takes to make a drink
We could all become as the dinosaur has
Nothing but extinct
And to top it all I hear
That my rent is to be raised

So if you see Mary
Will you tell her I called
Tell her that I love her
And I'm sorry that's all
And by the way thank you for being so kind
If I've taken up too much of your time
I'm sorry but what I can say
Lo siento pero no se que decir
We're sorry but what can I say
I love her so much
I can't think
Love her so much
I can't think straight

 

[fox69]

"Christmas Song"

"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 then resume

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 peaceful world

(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 then resume

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 peaceful world

 

[fox69]

"Clair"

"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 that 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 why
You get to me in a way I can't describe
Words mean so little when you look up and smile
I don't care what people say, to me you're more than a child
Oh, Clair
Clair

Clair
If ever a moment so rare
Was captured for all to compare
That moment is you
In all that you do
But why
In spite of our age difference do I cry
Each time I leave you I feel I could die
Nothing means more to me than hearing you say
"I'm going to marry you, will you marry me, Uncle Ray?"
Oh, Clair
Clair

Clair
I've told you before, don't you dare
Get back into bed
Can't you see that it's late
No you can't have a drink
Oh all right then, but wait just a bit
While I, in an effort to babysit
Catch of my breath what there is left of it
You can be murder at this hour of the day
But in the morning this hour will seem a lifetime away
Oh, Clair
Clair
Oh, Clair

 

[fox69]

"Con-Lab-Lib"

"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
And a wife that works so hard
She can't afford a lie-in
Still old con-lab-lib keeps coming round
Look for support

Who the hell does he think he is
Telling us the way that we should live
While he's out dining A La Carte
We're back to war like
Back to war like rationing parts

He says he doesn't really care if we are
for against him
Cause he knows in the long run
We are bound to elect him
Still old con-lab-lib keeps coming round
looking for support

I've never seen anybody that could lie with
Such ease I call it second nature
He calls it his policies
And as for his movements
As your expect
He's extremely moderate right where he is left
Who the hell does he think he is
Telling us the way that we should live
While he's out dining A La Carte
We're back to war like
Back to war like rationing parts
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

 

[fox69]

"Conversation With The Flying Plates"

"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 night

Accustomed though I am
To crying in the rain
What's the point of counting sheep
When by the time you get
To ten or twelve you're asleep

You are my love you are my life
It's emblazoned on my chest
Every time we have a row
I just keep it covered with a vest

You ask if I am anxious
How this will pan out
Let's just say until it's foiled
Answer does I fear
Lie nowhere near the soil

And so the conversation
With the flying plates begin
You see a pattern now emerging
On a plate shell fling
It doesn't matter where it goes
As long as it goes fast
You recognize your favourite
China cup as it goes past
And was the Meissen so enticingly
That I had to leave
Surely the fact it was a wedding present
Would ensure
It would remain secure

Like to think within a year
We'll look back on this and laugh
Only problem is it's year
One year on's already what we've had
Accustomed though I am
To diamond-studded ears
Which by the way on men
As it's just in one
Look when hung
Bent

And so the conversation
With the flying plates continues
In the yellow corner
Flexing all her muscular vim
Throwing overhand or underhand
It makes no odds
Lovely bit of Royal Doulton
Heading for ye Gods

And in the midst of all this carnage
Comes a sobering thought
Most of what has been destroyed
Can never be re-bought
Such a shame now in the morning
As the maid comes in
On her morning stint
Looking on in shock
After taking stock
Of what's around her feet

 

[fox69]

"Dear Dream"

"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 lot of things in life
When your down
Nothing comes round
That isn't a mess
Dear dream I pray
That you will come my way
Give me a clue
Of how to get to
Of how to get to
Of how to get to you
You have no idea what its like to be told
Get out of clothes
You look too bizarre
The list of don't call us
And we won't call you has in my view
Become too large
Dear dream of mine
Am I wasting my time
Thinking that you
Will be my dream come
Will be my dream come
Will be my dream come true
And he can't wait another day
Sometimes he thinks he'll go insane
How can he be so close and yet very far
Is there something that he should know
Some place maybe he can go to in search of you.
Dear dream of mine
Am I wasting my time
Thinking that you
Will be my dream come
Will be my dream come
Will be my dream come true

 

[fox69]

"Disappear"

"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 realized what I'd be through
A girl came up to me and said "I love you"
But I whispered gently in her ear
To disappear
What is wrong with everyone in this town
That's what I am asking me
And to my reply it's bound to be
Something I'll never forget
That alone it would happen again
But if it did, I'd know right there and then
I would pack everything I have here
And disappear