Takes you Home

A Scruff at Heart

Take Your Foot My Toe

Ever seen a river
That was going away
Other than up or down stream
Ever seen a fellow
Who was anxious to say
Something other than obscene
Like I'll love you more than you will ever know
If you'd be so kind as
To take your foot off my toe

Talk about tomorrow
And you think of today
As something right out of the past
Talk about togetherness
And what do you say
Gee but it's great while it lasts
And I'll love you more than you will ever know
If you'd be so kind as
To take your foot off my toe

What would you do if I told you
That money was no object only evil
In funny clothes

Getting back to what it is
You'd like me to say
Don't think I will if I am
Getting back to what it is
You'd like me to play
Don't think I will but I can
And I'll love you
More than you will ever know
If you'd be so kind as
To take your foot off my toe

What would you do if I told you
Next to Hari Krishna Harry is now
A pot of gold

Ever seen a river
That was going away
Other than up or down stream
Ever seen a fellow
Who was anxious to say
Something other than obscene
Like I'll love you more than you will ever know
If you'd be so kind as
To take your foot off my toe
oh ooh ooh...(laugh)

A Proper Fool

I couldn't get nobody to stand deliver
I couldn't get nobody to sit the pain
But when I hit the door as I sometimes rule
Honey you really should have seen me yeah
I looked a proper fool

I wouldn't let her over the legal limit
I wouldn't let her over the counter claim
Yet when she kicked the legs from under my stool
Honey you really should have seen me yeah
I looked a proper fool

Everyone's a winner now
No one is denied
Try telling that to let's see
Civilians who have died
Soldiers too are victims mind
They bear the blunt of hate
But inside tanks
You get no thanks

I couldn't let on that I was old and able
Couldn't let on that I was more than game
Yet when I waded in thinking there's a pool
Honey you really ought to have seen me yeah
I looked a proper fool

Honey you really should have seen me yeah
I looked a proper fool

Fool or not I can't accept
Justice isn't blind
Kill somebody with your car
End up being fined
Kill somebody in it though
And you'll get put away
Not for all time
That would be a crime

I couldn't get nobody to grow impatient
Couldn't get nobody to pour in rain
So when I hit the road even though it's cruel
Honey you really should have seen me yeah
Honey you're never gonna believe me yeah
Honey you promise not to repeat it yeah
[Honey we promise not to repeat it yeah]
I looked a proper fool

My Place or Yours

Would you like a drink
Nice here don't you think
Much improved in recent years
What say we leave after liqueurs
My place or yours

Are you with a friend
If you're not well then
Maybe I could see you home
We could take in some guided tours
My place or yours

I'm not asking for anything or more
Then is being offered to me
I've been through a pact
Have a daughter that
I so rarely get to see

There are days at work
Where my eyes just hurt
Looking at computer screens
Let's go play doctors find some cures
My place or yours

And that dress you've on
Makes you look like one
Of those catwalk figurines
What say we talk some haute couture
My place or yours

I'm not asking for anything or more
Then I'm likely to receive
I make no attempt to be other than
What my head has up it's sleeve

If you want to I
Could make you a pie
I've some culinary skills
What say we try some plats du jours
My place or yours

I'll take us on some mystery tours
My place or yours

And if it's not love that I'm in need of
Does it matter you tell me
I've been through the mill
Fingers burning still
Yet I've managed to break free

You know what you're right
Heads a little light
Too much alcohol maybe
What say we leave before liqueurs
My place or yours

Don't Let It Get To You

I know it's alright for me
In my easy chair
I don't have to go to school
Be bullied while I'm there
Bullying's a part of life and always will be too
Don't let it get to you
Don't let it get to you

Even if what follows
Is a desperate cry for help
Why would someone so young
Feel the need to hang (themselves)
Life is far too precious to be over with so new
Don't let it get to you
Don't let it get to you

Setting a good example now
Is order of the day
Gangs go around in streets and towns
Cleaning up on the way

Why I'll never understand
Are girls more prone to this
They unlike the boys
Are now more active with their fists
Could be that tomorrow they'll move on to someone new
Don't let it get to you
Don't let it get to you

Notice how we love our neighbours
Long as they remain
Happy with a pretty flower bed
Once they plant a row of trees
That grow above the roof
That's when hatred rears its ugly head
Don't let it get to you

Anyone who witnesses a mob that's in control
Must have seen a pig go flying by
What I'll never understand is meet one on their own
They appear so gentle and so shy

I could take the law
Into my own hand don't you think
Find the gang give them a taste
Of their own medicine
But for now till we decide what action to pursue
Don't let it get to you
Don't let it get to you
Don't let it.....get to you

You Can't Con-crete

You can con the Pope
Out of his Pope mobile
Make him feel that to keep it was wrong
You can con every follower at your feet
But you can't con-crete

You can con your girlfriend into thinking tonight
Is the night you're the man of her dreams
You can con vegetarians to eat meat
But you can't con-crete

No doubt some will say you can
Already they have a plan
Claiming it's as easy as
Getting blood out of a stone

You can con a person into buying a new car
That's been used now for over a year
You can con every con-man up your street
But you can't con-crete

You can con the public into thinking their vote
Is the vote you're dependent upon
You can con every rich girl that you meet
But you can't con-crete

Two eyes and a pony tail
Some squirrel is on my trail
Four eyes with your glasses on
Makes your head become a pair

You can con the artiste into thinking he'll get
What is left when what's left is all gone
You can con every merchant
In the fleet
But you can't con-crete

You can con everybody
You'll ever meet
But you can't con-crete

Taking Sides

I see it in your eyes when the light is on
Staring out into space
I see it in goodbyes
Just before I've gone
Hoping I'll be gone for days

You say that you weren't looking for someone to
Come and sweep you off your feet
But given that's exactly what you have done
What would you have me believe

The irony of course is that for many years
All the many times you stressed
You'd never be unfaithful to me
Who now would have guessed

The children aren't aware yet but I suspect
Back from university
Both will I imagine be taking sides
One on yours the other me

Ironic when you think
That for many years
You thought I had had an affair
Yet here I stand cap in hand
Somewhat the worse for wear

I'm terrified of losing you that's for sure
Still I understand your plight
A vacuum exists when you're on your own
And it needs to be put right
I won't give up without a fight

I'm in Love With Love (Again)

In the way that the world was flat
Long before it was round
Much the same as when Adam met Eve
Apes could not be found

I'm seeing things now in a different light
Even though the bulbs the same
Unlock the doors
Ceiling greet the floors
I'm in love with love (again)

How'd it happen let's just say
Luck has played it's part
I was seated in row F
While she served ala carte

For years I've struggled to overcome
The bitterness and pain
And now at last that's all in the past
I'm in love with love (again)

And anyone who tells you
Second time around
Doesn't get much better
Is on solid ground
Let the bells ring out
Let there be no doubt

Cross my heart and hope to die
Hope to die delete
Spread the news my life's returned
And boy does it taste sweet

To call it some kind of miracle
Would I think be a claim
Kick out the jams
Raise your lager cans
I'm in love with love (again)

I'm starting to get the feeling back
In places I could name
Suffice to say let the music play
I'm in love with love (again)

You'll have to excuse me
If I appear to
Be a little over keen
Hardly surprising considering where
For the last few years I've been

Once the writing is on the wall
Not much you can do
I tried everything in my power
She tried someone new

But now quite suddenly
Words like bliss
Have entered my domain
you have to laugh running with a bath
I'm in love with love

Arrest that man for every wheel he'll clamp
I'm in love with love
I'm in love with love
I'm in love with love (again)

Force of Habit

Force of habit has me on the phone
Force of habit calling you at home
Force of habit and if I drop by
Force of habit is the reason why

Force of habit makes my black eyes blue
Force of habit bumping into you
Force of habit like a tobacco make
It's a habit that is hard to break

And I don't want you to ever think
What I'm doing is a result of being
In denial over losing you
What gave you that idea

Force of habit has me in a spin
Force of habit thinking you'll come in
Force of habit pouring drinks for two
It's a habit I picked up from you

Force of habit when you walk on by
Force of habit sees me by your side
Force of habit like the night we met
It's a habit that I can't forget

And I don't want you to ever be cross
If I'm doing this then it's because
Like with most things you have had for years
Hard to believe they are gone

Force of habit sorry for what is
Force of habit nothing more than this
Force of habit what else can I do
Only habit that I have is new
Only habit I have had it's true
And the habit that's a habit's you

One Door Closes

It's like one door closes and another one closes
It's like two and two make five
It's like one door closes and another one closes
Just as you arrive

It's like we all like you but then decide to
Go with someone else instead
Yes we all love you put no-one above you
Then we go over your head

Maybe it was meant to be and it's for the best
Maybe but as you can see so hard to digest

It's like one big moment your one big moment
Where you go for broke
It's that one big moment your one big moment
And it all goes up in smoke

Friends they all rally round and thank god they do
I don't know without my friends
How I would pull through

It's like one door closes and another one closes
With another closed nearby
It's like one door closes and another one closes
And all you can do is try
And it makes you want to

Just So You Know

What do you do if lightning strikes you twice
What do you do assuming you need advice
Call in the S.A.S. of course
There's not a more formidable force
In through the windows
Crashing through the blinds

Talk about people running round in the buff
Nudity now in films just ain't buff enough
What we need is to penetrate
Show it all in it's glorious state
Out of the blue on cue into the rough

To win in love
You must play your part
Don't act cool play it from the heart
She may act like she doesn't care
Don't be fooled it's a tactic they're good at
Just so you know

What do I do if someone walks up to me
Says "I want your watch
And that ring I can see"
Do I say "Can I have a receipt?"
Do I beg "No don't shoot me please!"
Think of the outcry maybe there might be

To win her love
You must play your part
Don't act cool when the teardrops start
She may look like she doesn't care
Don't be fooled it's a tactic that they're good at
Just so you know

What if a deer comes to your door
"Who is it dear it's a deer oh no!"
Tell it if it wants sugar where to go

To win in love
You must play your part
Don't act cool when the feelings start
She may tell you she doesn't care
When in truth she is more than willing to
Just so you know

I got a feeling deep inside my soul
X-ray reveals it's nothing more than a hole
Why is it curosity gets
Bad publicity in all respects
Cat killer being the one that hurts the most
Just so you know

Let's Not Go There

In my mind it's not a problem
I go walking down the street
Every girl that I run into
Say's it's me she longs to meet
The reality of course
Could not be further from the truth
And the truth
Let's not go there

You can talk about coincidence
As something so sublime
When it happens it just happens
To have happened at that time
Like the night you caught your best friend
With the girl you thought was yours
Thought was yours
Let's not go there

I feel I've got it in me
To achieve the right result
Why then with the grades to pass
Everyone but me looks to be in
A different class

If I have so self esteem
Perhaps it has something to do
With the fact that in my mirrors
All the glass has been removed
Not that I don't like myself I do
But mirrors never lie
Never lie
Let's not go there

I want to be in your shoes
Don't care about the size
Want to take the world to task
Yet everything I do just goes from good
To crass

Running round in circles
At the end of the day
First thing in the morning's nice
You can get from where you are
To where you need
Just like in a cage with mice

At work I've made good progress
Promotion beckons soon
Why then when a girl walks past
Every word I utter goes from good
To crass

In my heart it's open season
You can read it like a book
Turn to pages one to any one
See pictures that I took
There are some where it looks happy
Others where it's broke in two
Broke in two
Let's not go there

Had ample opportunities
Grabbed them with both feet
Why then does my empty glass
Make everyone but me look to be in
A different class

You're at the gates of Eden
Been queuing up for hours
Finally when you're let in
First you see a sign that says
Look but don't touch
Then another saying
Keep off the grass

Can't Say Fairer Than That

You barely know me
And already you're installed
You left your number
Somewhere on my back it's scrawled

Look I've enjoyed the few days
The fun we had
The memories may well linger
I can't say fairer than that

Don't tell me how it is
That I should not behave
Don't tell me secrets that
You're taking to your grave

I have to hand it to you
Put into bat
You'd made a good half century
I can't say fairer than that

Tell me something I don't know
That I don't know I should
Tell me somewhere I can go
That I don't know I could

She had the bluest eyes
That I have ever seen
Although being colour blind
It could be they were green

Women are always saying
Do I look fat
Could be you don't look thinner
I can't say fairer than that

You could argue we don't know
How different we are made
You insist that it's a shovel
I say it's a spade

You'd never know it but
I'm very good at draughts
I'll leave the front doors open
As well as the backs

Who wants to be in your shoes
Who wants to be in mine
Let's start by saying in your shoes
I'd barely walk the line

Of all the dirty low down
Tricks you could have played
I love the one where you
Pretend to be depraved

You have the kind of features
From where I'm sat
You'd make a fish look happy
I can't say fairer than that

Marks out of ten let's face it
Caught in the act
You'd rate at least a seven
I can't say fairer than that
I can't say fairer than that

Love You Out of Trouble

Love you out of trouble
Anytime you're in
Give you what you want me
Want me to begin

Love you like a baby
In it's mother's womb
Happy and contented
Doing what it's doing

Love you like a river
Never like a rock
Rocks are ten a penny
Rivers though are not

Talk about anything other than news
Talk about a rich list of people whose
Worth it seems is what we're so keen to know
As for the fund your pension was in
As it dissolves down a corporate bin
Man in charge has entered the list at four

Love you out of trouble
Out of any kind
Doesn't matter to me
How it is defined

Rub you up the right way
Never up the wrong
Wrong would be the right way
Not to get along

Give or take a drama starting to unfold
Give or take a booking that remains on hold
Rising to the challenge running up a dept
Only way to run and not run out of breath

Love you out of trouble
Any of any kind
Even move a mountain
If under it you're lying
Love you like a baby
In it's father's womb
More you think about it
More it could be soon

Talk about anything other than news
Talk about a rich list in papers whose
Grip on reality seems to have escaped
Do we need to know what a person's worth
Do we need figures that look absurd
Don't tell me what a role these models make

Love you out of trouble
Anytime you're in
Give you what you wanted
Ready I'll begin
Love you out of trouble
Anytime you're in

I Know What I Would Do

Throughout my whole life
When nothing goes right
I turn to those who care
If you're in trouble
Burst of a bubble
It's good to know they're there

My heart goes out to
A child molested
And then subjected
To more abuse
One thing for certain
Rope from a curtain
I know what I would do

I'll give you romance
Led with a slow dance
If that's what it will take
I'll move the heavens
Six feet or seven
Depending on its weight

We have a problem
With medication
Too many patients
Now about
One thing for sure is
Cancer will cure this
Of that I have no doubt

To think the past and all it has
Enabled us to do
We still can't change a light bulb without
Someone there to help us to

You'd think now wouldn't you
Concert and summit
Yet all we've done is to achieve
Enormous ratings for t.v. stations
And much to their relief

You are my whole world
If not my whole world
Then in what world are we
I have a good sense
Of what in one sense
Makes perfect sense to me

The years have flown by
There's no denying
And yet in flying
Look what we've made
It's time to notice
The smell of roses
Before on us are laid

Know What, You're Right

Remember when you talked about the days ahead
And how we need to measure up
To what's been said
I was measuring myself again last night
Know what, you're right

How can you be so dismissive of the press
Saying they're incapable of truth no less
Did they not inform us of Iraq's great might
Know what, you're right

Rudimentary lessons on guitar are fine
Learning how to smash it is my favourite line
Gonna see a band we used to love to bits
Dressed up in the clothes we wore
When they had hits
You think at my age I'll look a sorry sight
Know what, know what,
know what, you're right

Know what, you're right
Surely if a planet like ours does exist
Every politician should be placed on this
Like to ran a marathon I'm sure I could
I've been eating them for years
They do taste good
You think I'd be last home even on a bike
Know what, you're right

All of us who think we know a thing or two
Ought to bear in mind when more is just a few
Remember when you talked of
"Won't Get Fooled Again"
Said it was the greatest record
Made by them
I said surely that must be
"Here Comes The Night"
Know what

All songs written by Gilbert O'Sullivan
Published by Watanabe Music Publishing/Grand Upright Music Ltd. 2006

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