THE BEST LOVE I NEVER HAD

I say a prayer for those who

Unlike me

Suffer some form of brutality

I get no kicks from mugging pensioners

I don't believe that that's all they're good for

You know I love you

And I always will

I keep a picture of you on me still

It's so sad

You were the best love I never had

I see you've brought your children along too

The little one

She looks a lot like you

I'm sure you must be very proud of them

I'd love to have a child myself but then

On second thoughts I'd better leave

This talk of children is upsetting me

It's so sad

You were the best love I never had

And I can't for the life of me fathom

Out why Eve when she met up with Adam

Didn't know they would put at risk

Every man, woman, child

For the bite of an apple

Remember days of wine and daffodils

A hand upon your breast

Oh what a thrill

It's so sad

You were the best love I never had

You make your bed

And then you lie in it

Wouldn't the truth be more appropriate

It's so sad

You were the best love I never had

the best love I never had

the best love I never had

the best love I never 

the best love I never 

the best love I never had

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NOT THAT IT BOTHERS ME

I know the difference in our ages

Is quite considerable indeed

You're almost twice as old as I am

Not that it bothers me

Not that it bothers me

And I keep your picture in my wallet

It's there so everyone can see

And those that do think your my mother

Not that it bothers me

Not that it bothers me

Love is the strangest thing

It has the power to change us

It takes a harmless sort

And makes him highly dangerous

Not that it bothers me

Not that it bothers me

People can be so cruel

I cannot understand it

Our case is odd it's true

But that's not how we planned it

I've great respect for both my parents

Without them I would not be here

They've now disowned me altogether

Not that it bothers me

Not that it bothers me

Not that it bothers me

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SOMETIMES

Sometimes when I am lonely

And I need some love and care

Sometimes I feel I only

Have to call and you'll be there

Sometimes I wake up in the morning

With my hair down in my eyes

Sometimes I can look at you

Then I don't and then I do

Sometimes

Sometimes I get the feeling

You don't like me all that much

Sometimes I guess I'm being

Over critical of us

Sometimes you know 

How hard it can be

I can see it in your eyes

Sometimes I can play the fool

Doesn't everyone I'm sure

Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes

Sometimes I take exception

To the way we're criticized

Once it was because we had long hair

And now cause we've short back and sides

They never stop they always have to win

Ooh a parents reputation is based

Only on what the neighbours think

Sometimes you have the answer

Long before the questions put

Sometimes you are a dancer

Without moving either foot

Sometimes I get undressed for dinner

Stay up all hours of the night

Have my breakfast with my lunch

Well you know it can be fun

Sometimes, Sometimes

Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes

Sometimes you take a letter

And you post it in a box

You assume that

It will get there

Even though the last you sent got lost

How tragic it would be if here and now

Ooh all optimism disappeared

Replaced by something less endowed

Sometimes I'm up in heaven

When you hold me in your arms

Sometimes I'm up at seven

To the sound of my alarm

Sometimes I read about the third world

And the hunger there you find

Sometimes love it can be blue

Red or green and yellow too

Sometimes love is in the air

It's a crazy world I swear

Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes

Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes

Sometimes, sometimes

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IT'S EASY TO SEE WHEN YOU'RE BLIND

It's easy to see when you're blind

How walks in the park are mountains to climb

And it's easy tell at a glance

How hard it must seem

 When you don't stand a chance

Let me take you out to a movie

I promise I won't spoil your view

It's easy to see when you're blind

How much this means to you

It's easy to see when you're blind

How words you can feel

Enlighten your mind

And it's easy to tell at the start

Those able to breathe

But who haven't a heart

Building roads without a pavement

Who needs to walk when a car will do

It's easy to see when you're blind

How angry this makes you

And I'm afraid for everybody's future

And I'll tell you why

Instead of common sense we'll have computers

Running our lives

Running our lives

Running our lives

And that ain't right

We have so much to distract us

Images of wealth and greed

It's easy to see when you're blind

How blind we all must be

It's easy to see when you're blind

How blind we all must be

It's easy to see when you're blind

It's easy to see when you're blind

It's easy to see when you're blind

It's easy to see when you're blind

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HAVING SAID THAT

I think love is just a load of crap

But having said that

If you'd love me the way that I love you

I'd take it all back

And having said that

I don't give a damn about you now

And I'm not being sour

There's plenty more of you where I come from

On the hour, every hour

And I don't suppose you'd consider

Accompanying me out to dinner

Found this really cute little French place

The food they tell me is Greek

But then again if you're busy

I'll understand please forgive me

What's his name is it Dave?

Does he take you everywhere

I'll bet he's lousy in bed

Not like me

Oh I think women are completely daft

But having said that

How many of them do you ever hear

Get a heart attack

And having said that

Don't come running after me again

I'm not your friend

Liked you once about a week ago

But that was then

Never again

Of all the women I've loved

You're the first to make blood boil

All the others they would of course

Make it bleed

I don't know how to thank you enough

Can't stand the sight of blood

You see

You mean nothing to me anymore

So now you know

I had been thinking that for quite some time

I'd let you go

So now you know

And don't think that I don't mean this

Whatever we had between us

Is to the best of my knowledge

Now a thing of the past

But then again if you came up

With nothing on but your make up

Possibilities are

Out if the kindness of my heart

I might

For tonight

Let you in

I think love is just a load of crap

But having said that

If you'd love me the way that I love you

I'd take it all back

And having said that

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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 you're 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 feel

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 feel

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

And that something must be done urgently

(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

Divorce Irish style

Divorce Irish style

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WHAT A WAY (TO SHOW I LOVE YOU)

If and when you want me to

I'll be right there by your side

If and then you can't be sure

I can help you to decide

It's no secret any longer

Come to think it

It wasn't even at the start

In my heart where you reign

You'd have thought by now

That something would upset the balance

But as yet nothing has come along

What a way to show I love you

Underneath the floor above you

What a way to give each other a ride

What a way to face the future

Knowing you'll always be true to her

What a way to keep each other alive

I'm a great believer in

The thoughts of anywhere and how

I would say that all the things

You want are yours right here and now

Don't forget I've learnt my lesson

Had the opportunity to make many mistakes

In the days before you came

And although I find it hard

To let myself look foolish

It doesn't mean we don't have any fun

What a way to show I love you

Other than below or above you

What a way to kiss each other goodbye

What a way to start tomorrow

Knowing that there'll be no sorrow

What a way to keep each other alive

What a way to show I love you

Underneath the floor above you

What a way to give each other a ride

What a way to face the future

Knowing you'll always be true to her

What a way to keep each other alive

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CAME AND WENT

When you needed money

You came to me

It was no problem

That was plain to see

Yet when I needed some company

You promised you'd pay me a call

But you came and went so quickly

I didn't know

You had been here at all

When there was a war on

You came crawling to me

There seemed no better place

That you'd rather be

Yet when it was over you told me

You'd come back and pay me a call

But you came and went so quickly

I didn't know

You had been here at all

What does it mean

What does it prove

If I get my

Own back on you

Revenge is sweet

But so are peas

And not the ones

Alphabetically

But you came and went so quickly

I didn't know

You had been here at all

My hands are cold

Legs are like ice

I'm on the beach

Weather is nice

The wind comes up

It starts to snow

My hands get warm

My feet they glow

Oh I can remember

Things you used to say

But what sticks in my mind most

Is the way

You hurt me so much

When you left me

Although you promised you'd pay me a call

But you came and went so quickly

I didn't know

You had been here at all

Yes you came and went so quickly

I didn't know

You had been here at all

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I'M NOT TOO YOUNG

I'm not too young to fall in love

I'm not too young to smoke

I'm not too young to defend myself

If ever I'm provoked

I'm not too young you mark my words

To be left on the shelf

I'm not too young

I'm over one

Next year I will be twelve

I'm not as daft as one might think

If one's the word to use

For why not instead of one

Must mustn't one instead use two's

I won't say that it makes it any easier

But still it goes to show

That one can do what one must do

With two's or three's or four's

And while we're on the subject

Let me say that for a start

Although I failed my eleven plus I really did try hard

And I've come to this conclusion

Right or wrong about exams

You pass only because your memory

Failed to go blank

I'm not too young to pay the price

For things I didn't do

I'm not too young they tell me

So I guess it must be true

I'm not too young to cry out loud

In Northern Ireland's name

I'm not too young

I'm everyone

A bomb has ever maimed

And by and large it's true to say

That even as we speak

A child not out in Africa

But believe it or not here

Is learning what it feels like

To exist without much food

And waits in what he calls his home

To be forcibly removed

I'm not too young 

To contract aids

Not even in the womb

A mother can inject herself

And thus ensure my doom

I'm not too young

You mark my words

To be beaten black and blue

I'm not too young

I'm over one

Next year I will be two

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I CAN GIVE YOU

There are diamonds in this world for a lady

If I had the money you'd never have enough

You don't have to understand me

When I tell you

There is only one thing

I can give you

 Love

He may ask to take you with him every day

And then give you presents

You've only ever dreamed of

Though I'd take you walking with me anyway

There is only one thing I can give you

Love

What's important to me

Is not the good times we'll have

But the bad times that end up so badly

For you

And so you see

What I want

Is not the earth to move

What on earth's it prove

But a love that will make me

A love that will take me for good

And I don't know why soldiers shoot to kill

And I don't know why at ease I get so ill

And I don't give a damn unless of course I do

So if you want to go with him just remember

What I say to you in spite of how I feel

Though he'll give you things

You've only ever dreamed of

There is only one thing I can give you

Love

Yes there is only one thing I can give you

Love

Love

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CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT

Hello...Ooh, is Mary there?

No

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 you 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 we 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

I'm sorry but what I can say

(We're sorry but what can we say)

I love her so much

I can't think

Love her so much

I can't think straight

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ARE YOU HAPPY?

You say you got a big house out in the country

With a ruddy great swimming pool

You say you got a lot of things I never had

That's true

But are you happy?

Are you happy?

Are you happy?

When you get right down to the nitty gritty

Are you happy you?

You say you got boyfriends calling you up

Every other day of the week

And that you got more now then you could ever need

But are you happy?

Are you happy?

Are you happy?

When you get right down to the nitty gritty

Are you happy

(You can find happiness)

(In a hole in your sock)

(You can be fully dressed)

(In a coat that's a frock)

(You can stand in the rain when it's raining)

(And not think it's not sunny)

You say you got a car parked out in the drive

That you've not even driven yet

And that you got another one

That you can use instead

But are you happy?

Are you happy?

Are you happy?

When you get right down to the nitty gritty

Are you happy?

Are you happy?

Are you happy you?

What about love

Money couldn't buy it and that's the crazy thing

When you've had enough of trying to deny it

Look what love can bring

Well are you happy?

Are you happy?

Are you happy?

When you get right down to the nitty gritty

Are you happy?

(You can be who you are)

(Without having to prove)

(In a sense who you are)

(With attempts that are crude)

(Buying acres of land, that you won't even use)

(Is not the answer)

You say you got an Aunt

Whose cousin is married to a relative of the queen

And that you get invited to every social scene

But are you happy?

Are you happy?

Are you happy?

Are you happy?

Are you happy?

Are you happy?

When you get right down to the nitty gritty

Are you happy?

Are you happy?

Are you happy you?

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All lyrics and music by Gilbert O'Sullivan 

Except "What A Way (To Show I Love You)", music by Takao Kisugi, lyrics by Gilbert O'Sullivan