Blackbird on the Wire Lyrics

Think of you with pipe and slippers Think of her in bed Laying there just watching telly Then think of me instead I'll never grow so old and flabby That could never be Don't marry...Read Full Lyrics

Don't whisper love and dream of wedding bells Don't do all the talking, let love speak up itself Let love speak up itself So when you feel a little tatty and unhappy with your fac...Read Full Lyrics

And the women tug their hair Like they're trying to prove it won't fall out And all the men are gargoyles Dipped long in Irish stout The whole place is pickled The people are pick...Read Full Lyrics

You can't write a novel from a briefcase You can write a poem from a trench You can dream a dream from A to be But you can't catch a bus from a bench You don't back a horse cal...Read Full Lyrics

They could be fat or could be thin They could be black, they could be white Tell me who's knocking at the knocking shop door tonight Not much a girl can do but open or close T...Read Full Lyrics

Alone in the world was poor little Anne As sweet a young child as you'd find Her parents had gone to their final reward Leaving their baby behind Did you hear this poor little...Read Full Lyrics

Like the toupee on a fading fame The final whistle in a losing game Thick lipstick on a five-year old girl It makes you think it's a plastic world A plastic world and we're al...Read Full Lyrics

Like the contents of your handbag You don't know why it's there People ask you where you're heading You just answer "anywhere" We don't mean to be this vague It just happens ...Read Full Lyrics

Build your dream castle out of sand It's bound to get washed up anyway Dream your dreams out of last week They're bound to have come up yesterday If you want to give them flow...Read Full Lyrics

Have fun And if you can't have fun Have someone else's fun 'Cause someone sure had mine They came in now they're having a whale of a time You should grow a beard A beard to...Read Full Lyrics