Some people like me always
have to be late
We can never be there when we
should;
We’re never on time, we make everyone wait,
It just seems to run in our blood!
Yes everyone tells me “You
ought to buck up!
You
’ll
be left right behind if you don’t!”
But I tell you it's not just as easy as that,
I
would if
I
could,
but I
can’t
!
He would if he could, and he knows
that he should
But there’s something that tells him he can’t!
He would if
he could,
and he knows that he should
But there’s something that tells him he can’t!
Last Monday my Mum said she’d suffered too long
“You
should
go to the doctor’s”, she said.
“There’s just a small chance he
can find out
what’s wrong,
He
might
wind up the clock in your head!”
So I got an appointment for a quarter to four,
But I got there at twenty to eight.
And all I could see was a note on the door,
Saying “Sorry, I just
couldn’t
wait”.
He would if he could, and he knows
that he should
But there’s something that tells him he can’t!
He would if
he could,
and he knows that he should
But there’s something that tells him he can’t!
I really
would
like to stop being so slow,
It
ought to
be easy they say!
I know I
could
try to have another go;
And quite frankly, I think that I
may.
I’ll see if I
can’t
make that clock in my mind
Start to work at the speed that it
should,
And perhaps I’
ll
be able to do things on time,
But I don’t know if I ever
could!
He would if he could, and he knows
that he should
But there’s something that tells him he can’t!
He would if
he could,
and he knows that he should
But there’s something that tells him he can’t!
Words and music © Linguapress, Andrew Rossiter. 1988
– 2009
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