My auntie's in the parlour sipping sherry from a paper cup
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And father'd bite your head off, he's working up to nine o'clock
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Sister's only sixteen and she thinks she's on the shelf
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And mother says don't worry, you've always got your health
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You've always got your health
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Times ain't what they used to be, but then they never were
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Looking forward to the good old days in my rocking chair
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If I knew ten years ago the things that I know now
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I'd understand where and when and wonder why and how
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I'd understand where and when and wonder why and how
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At three o'clock we'd hear the bell, it never rang before it's time
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To the back seat of the bus, making faces at the cars behind
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Join the conversation, but we never had the nerve
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Children should be seen they said, and never should be heard
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Should be seen and never heard
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I fell in love at seventeen, both of us mature and wise
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Couldn't put two words together, but I thought the sun shone from her eyes
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Ended at the altar when I took the wedding vow
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Went running to the mirror, saw the wrinkles on my brow
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Saw the wrinkles on my brow
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I gave up on religion for the better, maybe for the worse
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Avoiding Father Murphy, his blessings always were a curse
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Life was getting colder so I bought a winter coat
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And jumped off the nearest bridge, what a time to learn to float
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What a time to learn to float
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There's a bad girl down the street and she is standing by the factory gate
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She said she'd fall in love some day, but up til then she'd have to wait
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Settle for a husband and a family saloon
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And 2.7 children and collecting Mills & Boon
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Collecting Mills & Boon
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Times Ain't What They Used To Be
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Kieran Goss |