Gilbert O'Sullivan

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"Dishonorable Profession"

"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 treat their own more kind
And the man who gets his ten per cent
Will go on to become a president
While you will just barely survive.
Such is a dishonorable profession where success however great is despised
And while you say that you are
In it only for the music managers and agents view this with delight.
Such is a dishonorable profession
Once you've passed the age of thirty-five
Your career is as good as up
Though your songs might still be good enough
The business is saying bye bye.
Sign on the dotted line
And soon you'll he in the big time
Making a fortune for let's see
The management and the record company
Such is a dishonorable profession
Once you've passed the age of thirty-five
Your career is as good as up
Though your songs might still be good enough
The business is saying bye bye.

 

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"Divorce Irish Style"

"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 Irish style
How can two people live together
When they've fallen out of love
Are we so blind
As to reject the pain they fell
What right has anyone to say you must
Even God himself can't be the judge
We've only one life after all
And if it's not our fault
Why can't we be released
Something must be done
And that something must be done urgently
Forget it ever happened
Go away and start anew
You love each other surely
Well at least you used to do
Divorce Irish style
How can two people live together
When they've fallen out of love
Are we so blind
As to reject the pain they fell
What right has anyone to say you must
Even God himself can't be the judge
We've only one life after all
And if it's not our fault
Why can't we be released
Something must be done
And that something must be done urgently
Think about the children
After all they must come first
Okay she's found another man
Oh well it could be worse
Divorce Irish style

 

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"Doesn't It Make You Sick (Mortar And Brick)"

"Doesn't It Make You Sick (Mortar And Brick)"


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
Rushed into buy it but I was too quick
Doesn't it make you sick
At no time in my mind are wheelchairs inept governments tell you with charm
When faced with a stairway here's what they advice
Just walk with it under your arm

Who are what are where are the few
Always it's arabs hated by jews
Bombing your neighbor with mortar and brick
Doesn't it make you sick

At no time in my mind are Wheelchairs inept Governments tell you with charm
When faced with a stairway here's their advise
Just walk with it under your arm

No doubt sauerkraut is a racist remark
So to is blackpool long after dark
Have nots deprived of their mortar and brick
Doesn't it make you sick
Doesn't it make you sick

And suppose If I'm a atheist
It's God I'll thank

 

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"Doing The Best I Can"

"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 that silly grin
Put back that double gin
You'll need it in the morning
If I leave you without warning

I'm noticing words have been spoke
Since the day I began being broke
Now when I hear the smell
Of sweet damn all I shall tell you
Take off that silly grin
Put back that double gin
You'll need it in the morning
If I leave you without warning
I'm doing the best that I can
Hiding my head in my hands
Feeling the pinch and yet
Somehow I can't forget you

 

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"Doing What I Know"

"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 risks that are involved,
There's really very little hope, -
Without them we just couldn't cope,
Couldn't cope, neither could we
Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing,
But I always end up doing what I know,
Doing what I know, 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,
Have you ever wondered,
What would happen in a third world war,
No sooner would it have begun,
Than it would be all over,
Just look over your shoulder, your shoulder,
It's above your knees
Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing,
But I always end up doing what I know,
And what I know, may not I know be a great deal,
But what I know nobody can take,
Nobody can take, nobody can take away from me,
No, no, no, away from me, no, no, no I do what I know, doing what I know
Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing,
But I always end up doing what I know,
Away we go doing what I know,

 

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"Don't Bother At All"

"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 walking down the street
I feel so sorry for the one you meet

Now I know what you are like and what you can do
That was then and now you're at my door
What can I tell you that I haven't before, we're through
So baby don't bother at all

From a bird's eye view to a T-bone steak
From above to below the human race
Have about as much respect for each other as we demand
To the moon to the wrong southside of you

Still remember how you used to care
Take you with me almost everywhere
Seems so funny to think that you'd be untrue
But the day you ran away with him

You made a fool of me and that I think is cruel
So baby don't bother at all
A bed of roses suppose it doesn't exist
Would you believe,I believe that believing in this

Is like a suit on a groom and the bride he's going to wed
Well instead go asleep in separate beds
Went and left me on my own before
Said you don't want me 'round anymore

Found another fool to come and care for you
Now you're back and though my heart is sad
You still want me but honey I'm still mad at you

So baby don't bother at all
So baby don't bother at all
So baby don't bother at all

 

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"Don't I Know It"

"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 harder
Now I'm made to suffer and as you can see

Don't I know it don't I know it
Don't I know it
How you don't want me girl
Don't I know it don't I know it
Don't I know it
How you don't love me girl
Like to think that it doesn't matter
Love to feel that I just don't care
But the truth after all that's happened
I can't live without you and when you're not there
Don't I know it
Don't I know it don't I know it
Don't I know it

You could say that I had my chances
And that I let them slip away
You could argue it's not all my fault
Still I got it wrong and at the end of the day
Don't I know it don't I know it
Don't I know it
Don't I know it don't I know it
Don't I know it

 

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"Down, Down, Down"

"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
(Going) down, down, down, down, down

Stanley had a girlfriend
Who was given to him
Which would take him on a journey aground
Yet all he had to do was to see
I presumed to a fella who was known as doctor Livingstone

(Going) down, down, down, down, down
(Going) down, down, down, down, down
(Going) down, down, down, down, down

You better listen to me girl
I've got nothing to say
You better watch your step cause baby
It could very easily run away

Mary had a lamb chop for her dinner
But by suppertime she felt a bit browned (off)
So every day since then Mary's had to spend
Every penny that she's got in and out the you
Know what

(Going) down, down, down, down, down
(Going) down, down, down, down, down
(Going) down, down, down, down, down

You better listen to me girl
I've got nothing to say
You better watch your step cause
Baby it could very easily run away

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
(Going) down, down, down, down, down

 

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"Easier Said Than Done"

"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
Show me that girl that just wants to have some fun

Isn't it wonderful to give up meat
A healthy vegetable is such a treat
I've got this lettuce I'm about to dig
What if it tells me that it wants to live
It's easier said than done
Show me where a leaf out of any book comes from

A summer's day in dead of winter
A new year's ball being headed in
A fleet of cars out on the ocean
Causing a tail-back to the fin

It's easier said than done
It's easier said than done
Easier said than done
Tell me what kind of a fugitive
Is a rabbit on the run

A bed of nails a bed of roses
I know which on I'd rather sleep
You can be sure mixamatosis
Isn't the way you cross your feet
You study hard at college to prepare
For unemployment in the world out there
And while the level you've attained is high
Getting a job for which you qualify
It's easier said than done
It's easier said than done
Easier said than done
Show me that girl that wants some fun
Show me a man giving birth to a son
Show how you get from a to z
With an alphabet in front
It's easier said than done
Easier said than done

 

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"Everybody Knows"

"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 to fit mine

When I walk downtown
Dressed up like a clown
People they just burst into tears
Lift their heads and whisper in my ears
Cover up your toes 'cause everybody knows

When I walk downtown
Dressed up like a clown
People they just burst into tears
Lift their heads and whisper in my ears
Cover up your toes 'cause everybody knows

That the state we're in
Is about to begin
And if that's not enough
You try to balance a plate
While eating granny smelly's mince pie

When I walk downtown
Dressed up like a clown
People they just burst into tears
Lift their heads and whisper in my ears
Cover up your toes 'cause everybody knows