Gilbert O'Sullivan

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"I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You"

"I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You"


I don't love you but I think I like you
Think I like you and I think you know
I don't want you but I do desire you
Do desire you and I won't let go

You say you love me, I say you do
You say believe me I say it's true
If there's a question you'd like to make
It really depends on how much it weighs

I don't love you but I think I like you
Think I like you and I think you know
I don't want you but I do desire you
Do desire you and I won't let go

We are the champions, we are the few
We stick together all the way through
We don't like people telling us off
Hand on your mouth boy when you cough
Hand on your mouth boy when you cough

I don't love you but I think I like you
Think I like you and I think you know
I don't want you but I do desire you
Do desire you and I won't let go

I'll be your hinges, you be my door
You'll beg your pardon, I'll beg for more
If there's a knock then you're on your own
Tell them you're sorry, but no one's home
Tell them you're sorry, but no one's home

I don't love you but I think I like you
Think I like you and I think you know
I don't want you but I do desire you
Do desire you and I won't let go

I don't love you but I think I like you
Think I like you and I think you know
I don't want you but I do desire you
Do desire you and I won't let go

 

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"I Don't Mind"

"I Don't Mind"


I don't mind you calling round on me
Cos I like your company
Anytime you want to baby
Please don't feel obliged to telephone
Call in any time your
Lonely and in need of someone
To love and comfort you
I promise to
Faithfully do
lust that and much more if you let me
Cos I love you.

Cos I like your company
Anytime you want to baby
Please don't feel obliged to telephone
Call in any time your
Lonely and in need of someone
to love and comfort you
I promise to
Faithfully do
Just that and much more if you let me
Cos I don't mind you calling round on me
Cos I like your company
Anytime you want to baby

 

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"I Don't Trust Men With Earrings In Their Ears"

"I Don't Trust Men With Earrings In Their Ears"


If you don't mind me saying so then why do you object
Are you frightened of something you'll hear
Have you no inhibitions are you basically shy
And not what you appear
Got a good mind to tell you what a bad boy I've been
But I'm not sure you'll be all that pleased
Funny how being unfaithful often makes us realise
How foolish we can be
Here's to the child who applied for a divorce
Said his parents were not up to much
Once upon a time used to be children
Now there are just adults

And I don't trust men with earrings in their ears
Or women who look like they're men
I trust only those who are true to themselves
And god knows there aren't too
Many of them

In a manner of speaking reminiscent of greek
You could say "hold my heart" and I will
If it pleases you no doubt I'll gladly oblige
It would be a thrill
You ask for directions you say it's a road
With houses on either side
Well I don't want to shatter your illusions
But I'm afraid that I'm gonna have to try

And I don't trust men with earrings in their ears
Or women who look like they're men
I trust only those who are true to themselves
And god knows there aren't too
Many of them

Here's to the child who applied for a divorce
Said his parents were driving him nuts
Once upon a time used to be children
Now there are just adults

And I don't trust men with earrings in their ears
Or women who look like they're men
I trust only those who are true to themselves
And god knows there aren't too
Many of them

 

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"I Gave Mine To You"

"I Gave Mine To You"


There's no question of me being asked
How could she be untrue
Last night you gave me the keys to your heart
And I gave mine to you

Call it simple call it the pot
Calling the kettle blue
When you gave your word you'd always be mine
I gave mine to you

Proof of the pudding
Is in the eating
Not any more it's not
Now it boils down to ingredients

Makes no difference how you look
After the night is through
You gave me your love at the end of the day
And I gave mine to you
I gave mine to you

Good days and bad days
Whatever that says
You can't deny it's true
Nothing we do is ever boring

I don't care if the sun don't shine
As long as the clouds are blue

Last night you gave me the shirt off your back
And I gave mine to you
I gave mine to you
I gave mine to you

 

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"I Have Never Loved You As Much As I Love You Today"

"I Have Never Loved You As Much As I Love You Today"


Any old time that you're feeling lonely
Nothing to do to pass the time
Think about me out in foreign parts
With scarcely a moment to unwind
Knowing only too well that even though
You're a million miles away
I have never loved you as much as I love you today
Any old time that you might feel seasick
After a trip out on a boat
Don't forget me down in old Hong Kong
Doing all that I can to keep afloat
Praying for the moment
That I can touch you
Look in your eyes and say
I have never loved you as much as I love you today
And as soon as I get home on leave
What do you think that I'll have up my sleeve
Apart from arms to hug and hold you tight
I'll have the love that I've been saving for you
Every single night
Any old time that you can't get started
Nothing you do is going right
Think about how when we first met
I kept falling over everything in sight
Now as then although we've aged a little
I would just like to say
I have never loved you as much as I love you today
As much as I love you
As much as I love you
As much as I love you
As much as I love you
today

 

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"I Hope You'll Stay"

"I Hope You'll Stay"


I hope you'll stay and have a cup of tea
Oh I hope you'll play my monopoly
And I hope you'll do what the others do
You say you'd love me to
Make that cup of tea like I said I would
Make that cup of tea like I know I should
And not to think what the others think
So that when you say you like me
I'll be so overjoyed
I'll take the unemployed
I'll give them all a job
They sure could use one, my God!
Isn't it funny, no
A million out of work is really so good for nothin'
When you think that there should be jobs by the dozen
But as often is the case
Nothing ever seems to take place
And not to think what the others think
So that when I say I like you
You'll say you like me too
You'll say you like me too
That's all

 

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"I Love It But"

"I Love It But"


I love it but it doesn't knock me out
I think it's great, but it could be better
I like it a lot, it's just not my cup of tea
Yet if you were to change the melody
Take out a part that you think should be here
Put in a part that wouldn't otherwise appear
Well it's only an idea.
I hate it but that doesn't mean it's bad
In other words I quite enjoyed it
Apart from which, it's the best you've ever done

Yet if you were to change the words
It would be superb with perhaps a different melody

I love it but it's just a shade too long
Though to be fair you'd hardly notice
The only thing as I say is how it's done
Bits to me sound like it ought to have been sung
Not only in two part harmony but one
Making the whole thing really swing before it's swung
Walk instead of run
I love it, but it doesn't knock me out
Yet it you were to change the words
It would be superb with perhaps a different melody.

I love it but it doesn't knock me out
I think it's great, but it could be better
I like it a lot, it's just not my cup of tea
Yet if you were to change the melody
Take out a part that you think should be here
Replace it with a part that wouldn't otherwise appear
Are you getting the idea
I love it, but it doesn't knock me out.

 

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"I Of Course Replied"

"I Of Course Replied"


Hey pretty baby have you heard the news
Somebody stepped upon my blue suede shoes
They said they were sorry
And as you can see
I took it all in my stride
But when they said, is there something we can do
I of course replied

I went to my doctor, just ten other day
I said 'Listen Doc, are you feeling okay?'
I told him to lie down on his couch
And that I would look inside
But when he began to hurl abuse
I of course replied

As you might well have heard
And as from today
Not only have women equal rights
Now they have equal pay

They said run along now
There's a good chap
So I pushed them to one side
And when they said 'Hey,
What's the meaning of this?'
I of course replied

 

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"I Promise Honest"

"I Promise Honest"


Now that you're gone everything I do seems so wrong
Nothing is the same anymore then I'm to blame
Even my toes usually so calm and composed
Are arguing to see whether you'll come back to me
I'm not saying it's true I just pray that you do

And I promise honest never to hurt you again
Cross my heart and hope to die
God's honour please

I don't care two hoots about all this so-called liberation
All I care about is that you'll come back to me
And I promise honest never to hurt you again
Even if that means giving up my life
Lord knows that shows I care for you darling
Do us both a favour and it'll be alright
Couldn't we try something in the region of why
or even at a glance I can tell that there's a chance
Don't you think so too please tell me you do
And I promise honest...

 

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"I Remember Once"

"I Remember Once"


I remember once as a boy of nine
My sister eating glass
Though she thought it strange
For a glucose fruit
She enjoyed the taste it had

Having lived with you over seven years
It's amazing looking back
At the time our parents were of the view
Outside marriage it would never last
Now my parents they were
Divorced last year
And yours are separating soon
If they'd spent less time picking holes in us
Maybe they might not have been doomed

I remember once, as a child at school
My teacher calling me
And it, wasn't 'Raymond, step forward please'
It was 'O'Sullivan, come here'
Now at school they teach you to be polite
But as far as I am concerned
If the ones who teach you
Don't know themselves
How on earth are we supposed to learn

You might remember, just a few years back
Man's first footprints on the moon
Who'd have thought that after
Such a giant step
It would mean so little so soon
Mean so little so soon

If you go outside for a breath or air
And you start by breathing in
When you feel it's done you a power of good
It could have done more damage than you'd think
For the air we breath may be all that's ours
But you mustn't be fooled by space
At the rate we're going we'll all be dead
Breathing in our very own waste

Its amazing really, let me explain
But the thought of ending up dust
Is a clear reminder to those who feel
They're superior to us...superior to us