Anthony John Clarke - Twelve verses

^FI was born on a Sunday Placed in a big pink ^Ccot I ^Fthink that my mother would've liked a girl But she was happy with what she'd^C got My ^Fmother sent my father for a big blue blanket The salesman said, "'Fraid ^Cnot" And the ^Fnext time I'm born, won't be on a Monday When ^Call the shops are ^Fshut

^FI asked my girl to love me Darling be my ^Cwife ^FLove me every morning, try real hard Stick with me for ^Clife But ^Fnow I just can't blame her She tried and tried and ^Ctried But ^Fshe knew that the grass was greener ^COver on the other ^Fside

^FI want my mail delivering I need my music ^Cloud I ^Fwant my sins forgiven Oh, take my picture ^Cnow ^FI'm not scared of lightning I'm just afraid of ^Cclouds So ^FI go out with my sleeves rolled up And ^Cboth my socks rolled ^Fdown ^C

I ^Fnever understood how a clock works I learned a little bit about ^Cwine I ^Fknow the secret in both those things Has got something to do with ^Ctime I ^Fnever really got it with romance I failed and failed in ^Clove But I ^Fnever say a prayer when things go wrong Or ^Cspeak to god a^Fbove

^FI don't do much on Sunday Mondays pass me ^Cby ^FTuesday's karaoke Wednesday's good^Cbye To the ^Fgirl I met last Thursday We shared one hot meat ^Cpie ^FFriday squeezed into Saturday's trousers And ^Cseven days just flew ^Fby

^FI went for a stroll in the country I took the bus to ^Ctown I ^Flent my bike to my best friend's wife And she took it on the under^Cground Where ^Fshe got very busy with a busker No sooner had she turned a^Cround Then the ^Fbike got stolen and her lips looked swollen Don't you ^Clove it when the wheels go '^Fround

^FI went to see Madonna in a concert I got in for ^Cfree I ^Fdidn't want any of my best friends there Just sing those songs for ^Cme I ^Fwant you to look at me, wink your eye Wear a top-hat and a ^Cred bowtie I ^Fwant you to sing 'The Fields Of Athenry' In the ^Ctown I love so ^Fwell

^FI can dine out in a restaurant But I can cook the same at ^Chome My ^Fbest friend, John, climbs mountains Just to spend some time a^Clone But I ^Fstill get seasick on the water I still get airsick on a ^Cplane But ^FI still fly and I still sail A^Cgain and again and a^Fgain

^FSo, look out of your window Look to the east and ^Cwest ^FTell me where you'd love to go Get that off your ^Cchest ^FMaybe some place foreign In the hills of France or ^CSpain I've ^Fbeen there twice, but it wasn't very nice And I'm ^Cnever going there a^Fgain

^FSo it's breakfast every morning Coffee now and ^Cthen ^FScones and jam with the bread of my mam In bed by half-past-^Cten A^Fvoid big steaks take some breaks Favour something ^Clight ^FDon't drink tea after half-past-three Or you ^Cmay be up all ^Fnight

^FOld George Bush is a merry old soul And a merry old soul is ^Che He ^Fbombed my house in the middle of the night Number sixty-^Cthree Now I've ^Fgot no chair and I've got no dog And I've sure got no T^CV And ^FJohn Lee's pills went missing Down the ^Cback of the red set^Ftee

^FGrownups climb up mountains Children climb up ^Ctrees ^FGrownups nurse their broken hearts And patch their children's ^Cknees But ^Ftrees don't look like mountains Hearts don't bend like ^Cknees And ^Fshould my heart be broken, darling ^CMend my heart for ^Fme ^FShould my heart be broken, darling ^CMend my heart for ^Fme ^FShould my heart be broken, darling ^CMend my heart for ^Fme