Gilbert O'Sullivan

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"I Wish I Could Cry"

"I Wish I Could Cry"


Day by day
Someone we really love
Seems to feel the pain
We're always thinking of but you know if only we were the men that we're supposed to be
That wouldn't happen again
I wish I could cry
I wish I could cry
I wish I could cry
I cry today
I wish I could die
I wish I could die
I do wish I'd die away
Now I fear
We must accept the fact
That what happened here
Was simply a vicious act
And you know I just can't help wondering how long it will be before
Somebody else must bow
I wish I could cry
I wish I could cry
I wish I could cry
I cry today
I wish I could die
I wish I could die
I do wish I'd die away

 

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"I Wonder Would You Mind"

"I Wonder Would You Mind"


Did you ever (never) neither have I
Well, pardon me for breathing but
Would you give me back my cup
You know the one I mean
Yes, you do because I've seen you take it out
From time to time
I wonder would you mind

Excuse me Ma'm your hand it's on my knee
Oh, would you mind removing it
My collars getting rather stiff
And I'm not one to fuss
But if I don't catch my bus
I'm afraid I won't be home in time
I wonder would you mind

If I asked you for a date
Kept you out three hours late
Would you be happy or upset
Would you no longer have respect for me
Would I just be a danger

On your mark get set all ready go
And don't be such a silly ass
Just because you failed to pass
It doesn't mean to say
You can't try another day
Why even failures pass in time
I wonder would you mind

 

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"I'll Be The Lonely One"

"I'll Be The Lonely One"


God speed on your journey overseas
Into the path of the sun
And while you're away spare a thought for me
Cause I'll be the lonely one
You say that my leaving doesn't mean
We've been together too long
What it does mean however is till
Your here I'll be the lonely one
Come away with me won't you I can hear
A voice in the distance yell
And when I look up to see if it
Could be you I see that it's only myself
I'll be the lonely one
Some say that it's easy to forget
The further it is that you run
What I'd like to say is when your not here
I'll be the lonely one
I'll be the lonely one
And I won't try and reach you there's no point you never return my call
If I do leave a message I guarantee
It won't be acknowledged at all God speed on your journey overseas
Into the path of the sun
And while you're away
Spare a thought for me
Cause I'll be the lonely one
Yes, I'll be the lonely one

 

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"I'll Believe It When I See It"

"I'll Believe It When I See It"


You gave your love so tenderly,
Said there could be no one hut for me,
And all the time you had it planned,
To spend your weekend with another man,
What kind of love do you call this,
I cannot live my life on promises,
You say your lesson has been learned,
It's over now as far as you're concerned;
Well I'll believe it when I see it,
I'll believe it when I see it,
If I can't have you when I want to,
I might just as well be dead,
I don't think I can live my life
Sharing you with someone else,
You told our children on the phone,
How much you hated leaving them alone,
Yet for the past few weeks or so
You never phoned them just to say hello;
You disappointed me so much,
Does it surprise you that I bear a grudge,
In Spite of promises you broke,
You still insist that there 5 a ray of hope,
Well I'll believe it when I see it,
I'll believe it when I see it,
If we can't survive and live our lives
The way we both intended to,
We might just as well stop right now,
What good would going on do;
I'll believe it when I see it,
Oh, you know I try to understand,
I'll believe it when I see it,
'Cos that's the kind of man I am,
If I can't have you, when I want to,
Oh when I want to, I just might as well be dead,
Oh, I might just as well be dead, I don't think that I can live my life
Sharing you with someone else;
I'll believe it when I see it
Baby, baby, what else can I do, I'll believe it when I see it,
You don't know how much I'm in love with you,
If we can't survive and live our lives
The way we both intended to,
We might just as well stop right now,
What good would going on do;

 

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"I'll Never Let You Go"

"I'll Never Let You Go"


Ever since the day I saw you come my way,
I know that you were mine,
Nothing could prevent it, heaven must have sent it,
Oh and what a find,
From my head to my booted seams,
I'm living my wildest dreams,
I'm living my wildest dreams,
Now I think you know,
I'll never, never let you go
How can I express the misery
I get the minute you're away,
No sooner have you gone when everything is wrong,
And nothing is OK,
Oh I may not be a superman,
I'm hardly the type that can,
But I think you know, I'll never, I'll never let you go,
Love may not be as good as it may seem,
Often it's a sad affair,
But for everyone that hits the rocks,
There's two that really get somewhere
Ever since the day I saw you come my way,
I know that you were mine,
Nothing could prevent it, heaven must have sent it,
Oh and what a find,
There's so much that I want to say,
And if I can find a way, I think you know I'll never, I'll never let you go,
No, no, I'll never let you go,
Never, never let you go, never, never let you go
Never, never let you go, never, never let you go
Never, never let you go, never, never let you go
Never, never let you go, never, never let you go

 

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"I'm A Writer, Not A Fighter"

"I'm A Writer, Not A Fighter"


If you put me in a ring
For a few rounds of boxing
I'll fall down right there on the ground
Cause I'm a writer, not a fighter
I'm a writer, not a fighter
I'm a writer, not a fighter

If you take me to a place
Where old trouble shows its face
I'll bow out
No, I won't hang about
Cause I'm a writer, not a fighter
I'm a writer, not a fighter
I'm a writer, not a fighter
But if you came to burn my home
I'd be out there on my own
Fighting tooth and nail
To keep you all at bay
But don't ask me to defend
What I cannot comprehend
That is violence simply for violence sake
Now if you want me to prove myself
Without anybody's help
This I will do
In a gentle way too
Cause I'm a writer, not a fighter
I'm a writer, not a fighter
I'm a writer, not a fighter

 

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"I'm About"

"I'm About"


I don't believe you'd let me down
I don't believe you'd go
But lately you're avoided me
If something's wrong
You know The least you should do
Is tell me what you
Think's wrong and we'll work it out
If you don't I'm about
To be faced with a problem only you
Know how to explain
Although I've tried a hundred times
Even looked inside my brain
Yet all I could see
Was that you and me
Were getting along just fine
Think I'm about to be binded and thrown
Into a room wallpapered with gloom
And furnished with memories
I No longer believe in cause someone's deceiving me
I won't say who I don't have to
Yet all I could see
Was that you and me
Were getting along just fine
Think I'm about to be binded and thrown
Into a room wallpapered with gloom
And furnished with memories
I No longer believe in cause someone's deceiving me
I won't say who I don't have to
I don't believe you'd let me down
I don't believe you'd go
But lately you're avoided me
If something's wrong
You know The least you should do
Is tell me what you
Think's wrong and we'll work it out
If you don't I'm about

 

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"I'm In Love With You"

"I'm In Love With You"


Did you ever tell somebody you're in love
Like the way I'm telling you I'm in love
With you
Baby baby with you
I'm in love
I'm in love
I'm in love
I'm in love
love
love
With you
You can tell me how it feels to be loved
Only I can tell you how it feels to be loved
By you
Believe me baby baby by you
To be loved
To be loved
To be loved
To be loved
Loved
Loved
By you
Oh I life can be short
Of that there's no doubt
However I'm not pushed for time
If you can't come out till
Round about nine
When that sun don't shine for me I won't care
Only sunshine that I'll need is waiting there
With you
Believe me baby, baby with you
Waiting there
Waiting there
Waiting there
Waiting there
there
there
With you

 

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"I'm Leaving, Outro"

"I'm Leaving, Outro"


Living in a town that's on the brink of being a city
Won't satisfy my soul though the women may be pretty
My mind is made up
I have had enough
I'm leaving here today
Shops, walls, pavements, streets
Is all that I could find
From head to foot and toe to eye
I looked till I was blind
No matter what turns up
I'm leaving here
This place ain't good enough
You might think that I'm being funny
Just 'coz I won't spend my money here
Well let me tell you I have no objection
Except that I can find correction
Everywhere I go
Jump high in the sky unless you're feeling bitter
About walking down an empty street
With gutters full of litter
My mind is made up
I have had enough
I'm leaving here today, hey, hey
I'm going away
You might think that I'm being funny
Just 'coz I won't spend my money here
Well let me tell you I have no objection
Except that I can find correction
Everywhere I go
jump high in the sky unless you're feeling bitter
About walking down an empty street
With gutters full of litter
My mind is made up
I have had enough
I'm leaving here today, hey, hey
My mind is made up
I have had enough
I'm leaving right away, hey, hey
I'm going away
Getting out of this place
I know I've said it before
But this time I mean it
I'm leaving
Packing my bags and going away
Getting out of this place

 

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"I'm Not Getting Any Younger"

"I'm Not Getting Any Younger"


I'm Since I've known you we've always been together
And in that time the love we shared we vowed would last forever
Yet marriage is a subject you approve providing it has nothing whatsoever to do with you
And much as I respect that view have to state my case
Though I'm far from being over-the-hill
It occurs to me with each passing day
That I'm not getting any younger
God knows it wasn't my idea
The years that used to take
An eternity to make
Are now passing at what seems like one a week.
If only we'd have met when I was your age wouldn't have this awful fear
I get when I leave your place
You don't know how upsetting it can be
To hear you talk of future plans
None of which seem to include me
Blue jeans and high heel boots are great course
I still wear mine quite a bit
But it's now more apparent than ever before
Despite keeping myself fairly fit
That I'm not getting any younger
Even those grey hairs are now starting to appear
And there are lines under my eyes
That never used to be this size
Even though it could be due to lack of sleep
Something tells me that it's more to do with passing years.
At times I think perhaps it would be better
If rather than go on this way posted you a letter
Explaining in great detail why I feel
The way things are between us
Suits you much more than it suits me
You have you whole life ahead of you
Well damn it I also have mine
And unless I am by nature a freak
There's no mistaking those deadly signs
And I'm not getting any younger
Look closely now and you will see
The rebel in his teens
Who thought all adults were obscene
Is now somewhat disenchanted with the news
That kids today have got no respect for his views
And I'm not getting any younger
Gone are those days when school reports were all I feared
Now for the first time in my life I'm seeing something I don't like
And am powerless to prevent from happening
One day you'll find out for yourself just what I mean.