Can you come out to play?
I’ve got off work today
I know an easy way to town
We’re going back to school
Forget the book of rules
Remember when we fooled around?
There’s so much we could do
Been always meaning to
The things we lost and never found
Now we’re stepping across the zebra crossing
I’m showing you all my dirty washing
I’ll carry your high street shopping home again
With your psychology
And my biology
You know our chemistry is true
Some weird geography
Your rare philosophy
I’ll share my history with you
I’m running around in a souped-up motor
Cracking my gags like a stand-up joker
Getting along just drifting through the day
My natural history is
How all the world can see it
And I will change my ways for you
There’s no great mystery to
My inconsistency so
I’ll tell you all those deals I do
Yes I do
And I do
And I do
You’ll get a good degree
The ancient faculty
The university of me
I’ll teach you all I know
This isn’t just for show
It’s how the way ahead could be
From Tottenham Hale to Crystal Palace
I’ll show you the world that I have travelled
Finally drag my tired old body home
You’re looking beautiful
I’m feeling supercool
We’re in a special mood tonight
It’s unbelievable
Not even feasible
So let me get this absolutely right
You don’t know where I’ve been and
You don’t care what I’ve seen you’re
Not even bothered what I’ve done
I don’t ask your forgiveness
You don’t need my permission
To join my minority of one
You know I never once dreamed
Not in a month of Sundays
That we would end up like we do
My natural history is
How even you can see it
And I will change my ways for you
Just for you
Only you
Only you
Only you
Written by William Jones
Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
credits
from Spangleland,
released July 28, 2011
William Jones: voice, acoustic & electric guitar
Richard Buckton: electric guitar
Jon Kirby: keyboards
Edwin Pearson: bass
Martin Parker: drums
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