THAT'S

Oh come now boys don't give me that

I've had it all before

If not inside my overcoat hanging outside my door

A silver plaque in Prussian blue

Bears these few words upon

Don't ever say that that's okay

'Cause that's where I come from

 
Now if you don't and I know you won't

Understand what that means

The answer's obviously to look

In Midsummer night's dreams

Where if he will permit you to

You'll see how it begun

But please don't say that that's okay

'Cause that's where I come from

 
And if you ask me why we multiply

I'll tell you when divided

Two from two leaves 0

 
But please don't say that that's okay

'Cause that's where I come from

 
And if some day should want to stay

On our mum's kitchen floor

Providing he's not under age

I see no reason for

Me to go out without a doubt as he'll be moving on

Never to say that that's okay

'Cause that's where I come 

That's where I come

That's where I come

That's where I come

And the needle isn't stuck

 
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WHEN TO TODAY

When I call you tell me what to do

'Cause I've reached a point where I depend on you

To supply me and unwind me every time that I go down

On the ground I see a face

It reminds me of a place I used to go

With you when I was a boy of seventeen

At least I think it was, if not somewhere between

That amount of fun I've not got a lot of time to spare

Everywhere there's people staring

They think I'm wearing funny clothes

Who knows, where I can go

(For a meal, there's a real, restaurant in town)

 
Who knows, where I can go

(For a meal, there's a real, restaurant in town)

 
I can see you looking through your little hole

In a wall just twice the thickness of the sole on my shoe

I'm telling you you'd better do all that I said

And be ready to go away

Any time today

 
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SHY

Oh every time I pass you I'm inclined to look away

I do know why, but some day I will turn my head and say

Excuse me miss, but this glove is it the one that you just dropped

And you'll reply by saying "of course" or in as many words

"Get lost"

 
I've never been successful I mean

With girls of my own age

They like the food and the wines I choose

But after that I'm afraid

That in the art of making love

I'm really so naive it's not true

I usually pretend I'm too tired

And then fall asleep as proof

 
And by the sound of things it looks as though I'm doomed

To spend the rest of my life living in one room

Dreaming of how on one cold and windy night quite cooly

Sophia Loren seduced me

 
My name is John, I'm twenty one

I drive a Ford Cortina estate

If you care to join me in my room

I'll show you my license plate

 
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THAT'S WHY I LOVE YOU

When I'm alone with you

It seems all my dreams come true

It makes me feel so good

I just can't help loving you

'Cause you're everything I could hope for

That's why I love you

 
Sometimes I tell myself this girl don't love you no more

And that someday with someone new she'll walk from your door

But if you did my world would break in two

That's why I love you

That's why I love you

 
And anytime I see your face

Something very unusual takes place

All my inhibitions disappear

Now that you are here

Now that you are here

 
That's why I love you

That's why I love you

 
And anytime I see your face

Something very unusual takes place

All my inhibitions disappear

Now that you are here

Now that you are here

 
When I'm alone with you

It seems all my dreams come true

It makes me feel so good

I just can't help loving you

'Cause you're everything I could hope for

That's why I love you

That's why I love you

That's why I love you

That's why I love you

That's why I love you

 
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MY ADVICE TO YOU

Why do you hurt her

When she's in love with you

Please don't desert her

Is all I ask of you

You know it's wrong

You knew along

Do what I say and you can't go wrong

My advice to you is stay

Baby my advice to you is stay

 
Wait till tomorrow

And see what lies is store

If I've played my cards right

It'll be like it was before

When she loved you and you the same

I know she'll be glad to have you back again

My advice to you is stay

Baby my advice to you is stay

 
(Why do you hurt her)

(When she's in love with you)

(Please don't desert her)

(Is all I ask of you)

(You know it's wrong)

(You knew along)

(Do what I say and you can't go wrong)

(My advice to you is stay)

(Baby my advice to you is stay)

 
Can't help but thinking

That you're gonna see the light

And she'll be the one girl

To stand by you when things ain't right

So listen to me and keep your head up high

I promise you this I'm telling you it's no lie

My advice to you is stay

Baby my advice to you is stay

Baby my advice to you is stay

Baby my advice to you is stay

 
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HOLD ON TO WHAT YOU GOT

I've been over and I've been under

I've been through all kinds of hell

Trouble was not only my middle name

It was my first as well

Through the years all I've encountered

I've just one thing to say

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

 
I've been taken for far more rides

To places I've never been

Stabbed so many times in the back

I no longer feel a thing

Ask me what all this has taught me

And I'll tell you what I'll say

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

 
Save it for a rainy day

And keep a watchful eye on anyone that tells you lies

See that it's true

You get what you're entitled to

 
Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Save it for a rainy day

And keep a watchful eye on anyone that tells you lies

See that it's true

You get what you're entitled to

 
I was brought up same as you were

No different and no worse

You could be sure my mother would hit me

If I tampered with her purse

All my life has been a lesson

The most important to date

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

Hold on to what you got

And don't let it slip away

 
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CAME TO SEE ME YESTERDAY

If I ask you politely

What it is you're going to be

When you grow up you tell me a woman

 
Came to see me yesterday

In the merry month of September

I took a trip to see

All the things I was going to be

 
A famous movie star

With a two hundred foot car

That will only carry two people

 
Came to see me yesterday

In the merry month of July

I'll  fly anywhere you want me to

Just tell me when and

 
You won't mind if I don't find

What I am looking for

What I am looking for

 
Is a bicycle made for one

Hundred people to sit on

Plus a carriage made for two people

 
Came to see me yesterday

In the merry month of July

I'll  fly anywhere you want me to

Just tell me when and

 
You won't mind if I don't find

What I am looking for

What I am looking for

 
Is a bicycle made for one

Hundred people to sit on

Plus a carriage made for two people

 
Came to see me yesterday

In the merry month of Marching

Side by side and back to back

I think it's fair to say that's that

 
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IT AIN'T FOR ME

I have not a girl that's mine

I have not a friend

I have not got a place to live

Indeed it seems the end

But it ain't for me

As I've got myself which matters most

Throughout the life I lead

 
I have not a penny in my pocket and if soon

I should be found just as badly broken

I won't gloom

'Cause it ain't for me

As I've got myself which matters most

Throughout the life I lead

 
I have wandered into many a town

And have often been tempted to settle down

Yet if I did I'm sure I'd find

I'd always change my mind

So I'll keep right ahead with what I'm doing

 
Although I have no luxuries

My mind is quite at ease

It may seem medieval yet it's all that my heart pleads

And it ain't for me

As I've got myself which matters most

Throughout the life I lead

 
I have wandered into many a town

And have often been tempted to settle down

Yet if I did I'm sure I'd find

I'd always change my mind

So I'll keep right ahead with what I'm doing

 
Although I have no luxuries

My mind is quite at ease

It may seem medieval yet it's all that my heart pleads

And it ain't for me

As I've got myself which matters most

Throughout the life I lead

Throughout the life I lead

Throughout the life I lead

 
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I DON'T MIND

I don't mind you calling round on me

'Cause I like your company

Anytime you want to baby

Please don't feel obliged to telephone

Call in anytime you're

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

'Cause I love you

 
'Cause I like your company

Anytime you want to baby

Please don't feel obliged to telephone

Call in anytime you're

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

'Cause I don't mind you calling round on me

'Cause I like your company

Anytime you want to baby

 
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AS A RULE

Now I'm not, I repeat not in 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's nobody 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 worry and, that would be, that would be, 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 on 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)

(Yes we do)

(Yes we do)

(Yes we do)

(Yes we do)

 
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MY FRONT DOOR IS

I'm doing something I don't understand

What I'm doing, although I have planned

Out everything yesterday morning

I saw you walk by

My front door is blue

How about you

 
Coming around to see me in the spring

Mattress on my bed, there's one sheet missing

Since last July, I don't know why

I let you walk right past

My front door is green

Have you seen

 
Anybody with a name

Should know how to spell

It unless he is insane

And I'm very well

 
My front door is green

Have you seen

 
Anybody with a name

Should know how to spell

It unless he is insane

And I'm very well

 
Thank you I do know how to knot my tie

Is covered completely with letters I

Owe to you I promise to pay you back should you pass

My front door is red

My front door is red

My front door is ready at last

 
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BECAUSE OF YOU

There's never been a time like this before

'Cause 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

 
You always tell me things that I want to know

Yet when you went away you never told me so

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 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

 
There's never been a time like this before

'Cause 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

I'll know it's because of you

I'll know it's because of you

 
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THE WINDOW CLEANER'S MATE

You better not say what you're thinking

That's if you don't want a slap

Tell the Mrs. she looks gorgeous and don't for God's sake, don't do that

 
Must admit I'm tired of hearing rude remarks about my hair

Sure it's long but so's your nose, cut yours and I'll cut mine I swear

 
Catching trains is quite an art

You need more than a giant net

Stick to things like butterflies

It's much more of a safer bet

 
Truly I'm not all that angry mad perhaps well who wouldn't be

You think I like being stood up twice

You do okay then let's make it three

 
Must admit I'm hard of hearing

Pardon me, what's that you said

Getting so I can't sit down

Without a nod to go ahead

 
You'd better not say what you're thinking unless you want to get put inside

Meet someone, you say they look great

And think to yourself I thought they'd died

 
Catching trains is quite an art

You need more than a giant net

Stick to things like butterflies

It's much more of a safer bet

 
Truly I'm not all that angry

After all it's sot every day

You go to sleep with some chewing gum

And wake up with it all over your hair

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WHAT AM I DOING HERE WITH YOU

I do my best to please you

You know I would never leave you

Or would I ever let you down

Whenever we are parted

I get so broken hearted

However silly that may sound

I think you're something special

That's why I would like to settle

Once and for all this silly feud

You say I love another

But girl if I love another tell me

What am I doing here with you

 
I've been to far off places

I've seen all kinds of faces

A few of which I've even come to know

I've had my share of romance

Right from the days of holding hands

Up to as far as you can go

That's why with you it's different

That's why I'm pleading innocent

To the charges you believe are true

You say I love another

But girl if I love another tell me

What am I doing here with you

 
How can you sit there telling me where I have been

I don't believe that this is real must be a dream

They say there comes a time in everyone's life

When the right thing to do seems wrong

Baby I love you, you know I do

So tell me what's going on

Tell me what's going on

 
How could you ever doubt me

Is there something about me

That makes you feel the way you do

You say I love another

But girl if I love another tell me

What am I doing here with you

 
I do my best to please you

You know I would never leave you

Or would I ever let you down

Whenever we are parted

I get so broken hearted

However silly that may sound

I think you're something special

That's why I would like to settle

Once and for all this silly feud

You say I love another

But girl if I love another tell me

Tell me, tell me

What am I doing here with you

What am I doing here with you

What am I doing here with you

What am I doing here with you

What am I doing here with you

What am I doing here with you

What am I doing here with you

What am I doing here with you

 
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WHAT YOU SEE WHAT YOU GET

You don't know me, I don't know you

We're like strangers coming out of the blue

We call each other by different names

My name is Tarzan baby, yours could be Jane

Looks like rain, I think there could be snow

These days somehow you just never know

The weather bureau are finding it hard

Yesterday's sunshine caught them off their guard

What you see is what you get

What you are is what you expect, you expect

Oh, I've no secrets to keep from you

Not that that's something I wouldn't do

We all have secrets that we keep to ourselves

Mine is what I love to, but I'm afraid I can't tell

What you see is what you get

What you are is what you expect, you expect

What you see is what you get

What you are is what you expect, you expect

What you see is what you get

What you are is what you expect, you expect

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All lyrics and music by Gilbert O'Sullivan