Life&Rhymes

Gilbert O'sullivan Life&Rhymes Lyrics
1.Live Now Pay Later

Give me that money boy and don't look down
I'm tired of being beaten up and bullied around
Got an ambition that i'm gonna fulfill
And if it means taking money well you know i will
Live now pay later

What does it matter where we go from here
And don't look at me 'cos i got no idea
Our stake in the future looks pretty grim
Ah. but bacon and eggs well that's a different thing
Live now pay later

Keep your chin up. you know you got great potential
And if you. work real hard. you know you
Could become influential
Whatever that means and whatever it seems
And whatever it seems. i means damn all

All kind of people kinda feel the same
Ain't got nothing else to do but complain
Got to be crazy if you wanna survive
And the only way to do it. is to do it in style
Live now pay later

Keep your chin up. you know you got great potential
And if you. work real hard. you know you
Could become influential
Whatever that means. and whatever it seems
And whatever it seems. it, means damn all

Give me that money boy and don't look down
I'm tired of being beaten up and bullied around
Got an ambition that i'm gonna fulfill
And if it means taking money well you know i will
Live now pay later


2.Bear With Me

I know that you've enjoyed all the good things
Money's given to you
And that to have to live without them is not an easy thing to do
You take great pride in your appearance all of which is
Second to none
And i can understand how you're feeling when you
See yourself growing old
The man you love is never there to hold
So bear with me just a little bit longer
Bear with me and i guarantee you that our love
Will grow stronger
Bear with me just a little bit longer honey won't you
- bear with me

I know i said i'd be back tomorrow without any further delay
And i know how you felt when i rang up and told you
That i had to stay
You seem to forget that i'm doing everything in my power
To safeguard both our futures we cannot live on love alone
Gotta have more if we're to build a home
So bear with me etc...

Love is the strangest thing as any song will tell
Just when you think it's heaven
It turns out to be hell


3.You Don't Own Me

You may have given me the breaks
Amended all my life's mistakes
Ooh but pretty baby
You don't own me

You may be more than just a friend
On whose assistance i depend
Ooh but pretty baby
You don't own me

What makes you think you have the right
To say that i owe you my life
A life you say is your life only
Nothing to do with me
Well don't forget for all your power
Even in my darkest hour
You don't own me

You may be fully in control of
Every dream i'll ever hold
Ooh but pretty baby
You don't own me

You might have taught me how to dress
Whereas before i looked a mess
Ooh but pretty baby
You don't own me

I know it sounds so very cruel
To have to say i don't want you
After all the love you've shown me
Let's not start a feud
I'm not your slave don't you forget it
And even if i live to regret it
You don't own me

Why must you always be so right
Why can't you never be wrong
It's not a crime to say you're sorry
And it don't take long
If it only takes a minute to say something that's nice
If it only takes a minute then why not twice

It might interest you to know
If i'm unhappy then i'll go
No point in staying here being lonely
What good would that do
It's time you got it through your head
Although i'm grateful for all your help
You don't own me


4.A Minute Of Your Time

I've got a good position here. my boss is proud of me
He said so in a letter that he wrote the other week
My parents too are happy. which is nice
For without their encouragement i never would have tried
But now much to their horror. i've decided i might quit
What's the point of working hard when i can hardly live
The key to my survival lies with you
Don't ask me what you've got. i only know that while you do
For a minute of your time, a minute of your time
I would gladly go with you anywhere
For a minute of your time. a minute of your time
I'd be happy in despair

It's funny how our lives are mapped out in a certain way
Call it fatalistic if you want to that's okay
The point i'm trying to make. is. as a rule
An error on your part can be a costly one for you
But looking back how often have you thought. well i'll be blowed
If it wasn't for that error. i'd be on a different road
Which leads me very nicely round to you
You know how much i love you and until you love me too

For a minute of your time a minute of your time
I would gladly go with you anywhere
For a minute of your time. a minute of your time
I'd be happy in despair
For a minute of your time. a minute of your time
Even though it may not seem that long to you
For a minute of your time. a minute of your time
Even less for me would do

I don't suppose you'd ever think of moving in with me
Lots of people do it. it's quite common i believe
This may come as a shock. even to you
But i'm the one who feels this way and here's what i would do
For a minute of your time. etc.


5.Is It A Crime?

Is it a crime to say i love you
A crime to say i care
Is it a crime to want you madly
With me everywhere
Is it a crime to be reminded
That someone close to you is true
If it's a crime of course i'm guilty
But you are guilty too

Is it unwise to ask a question
Unwise to ask how come
Is it unwise to say i'm sorry
For something i might have done
Is it unwise you'll have to tell me
Because as far as i can see
If it's unwise all i can say is
God help you and me

Patience is a timely virtue
Helps us overcome delay
Waiting up all hours won't hurt you
But it will. done with skill
Kill you anyway

Is it a crime to say how are you
A crime to say how well
Is it a crime to beg forgiveness
After putting you through hell
Is it a crime you wouldn't think so
But from the looks that i've received
Not only should i not have said it
But i shouldn't even speak

Memories alone won't take up
As much time as we'd like them too
Strangely enough. the more we break-up
The less i find peace of mind
Living without you

Is it a crime to say i love you
A crime to say i care
Is it a crime to want you madly (gladly)
Without you even there
Is it a crime to be remembered
By someone close to you
If it's a crime all i can say is
What is the world coming to


6.Got To Be That Way

Let me take you half way round the world
Better still out into space
We may be drops upon the ocean
Something of 50 little importance
Yet in each other's arms, it can be so great
Seeing something start and then escalate
To such dizzy heights like of which i always knew
With you
Just got to be that way

If we'd only met the night before
If our paths had only crossed
How many times have people said this
When in their hearts they never meant it
You're like a breath of spring on a winter's day
Like the moon in june in the month of may
Can't believe my ears when i say those words to you
But i do
Just got to be that way

If only moments that we treasure
Could last for now until forever

How can i put in words what i mean to say
Without it sounding so like an old clich
what's wrong with that you ask
And the answer i conclude
With you
Just got to be that way


7.Has Been

I think a lot about the times when i was old and full on lines
Like man it's all so hip or was it groovy
Well anyway that's all so yuk
Like a book i didn't read last night
Concerning someone else's wife. whose husband's son
Had ran off with his mother

And you know. if 3 and 2 were multiplied they'd equal 6
Little children started building not with bricks
But with what they had been told was
Advantageous to an old and sort of in between
Has been

I must admit it frightens me to think we take so literally
The fact that you can get away with murder
There ought to be a law against
Common sense of course will not prevail
If people going into jail
Are doing so for fear of unemployment

And you know. what makes a parrot talk
Is really rather cute
What he does is listen close then follows suit
And within a minute. two at best. refers to you
As nothing less than some obscene
Has been

I've never had myself altered. what for
I mean if i did. i'm not sure
I'd be all that happy to see. another me

I wouldn't be at all surprised if i looked you
Straight in the eyes
And saw there were no stars. only your eyeballs

And you know, if two and two were joined
By two they'd equal 6
Little children started building not with bricks

And without even the prompting will bestow on you
The daunting little words that mean
Has been
A sort of in between
Has been


8.I Promise Honest

Now that you're gone everything i do seems so wrong
Nothing is the same anymore then i'm to blame
Even my toes usually so calm and composed
Are arguing to see whether you'll come back to me
I'm not saying it's true i just pray that you do

And i promise honest never to hurt you again
Cross my heart and hope to die
God's honour please

I don't care two hoots about all this so-called liberation
All i care about is that you'll come back to me
And i promise honest never to hurt you again
Even if that means giving up my life
Lord knows that shows i care for you darling
Do us both a favour and it'll be alright
Couldn't we try something in the region of why
Or even at a glance i can tell that there's a chance
Don't you think so too please tell me you do
And i promise honest etc


9.Wonder Why

Some say the right words, some say it's absurd
To think that children can brutally die
I say it's easy, so very easy
And all we do is wonder why

In spite of progress. you say we're making
In spite of wisdom. stretching afar
We find solutions, always solutions
But none to mend a broken heart

Can't be in two places at one time
I can't even stretch my legs
Without someone pointing a finger at me
Saying you'd better stop or else
You are the kingdom. you are the glory
No doubt without you i just couldn't survive
And yet it happens, oh when it happens
What do we do. we wonder why

Can't be in two places at one time
I can't even stretch my legs
Without someone pointing a finger at me
Saying you're too big for yourself

Some say the right words. some say it's absurd
To think that children. without food can die
I say it's easy. so very easy
And all we do is wonder why


10.Looking(At Tale Of Two Meanings)

I'm looking for a man who knows how to finish
Better than to begin
I'm looking for a girl whose age is virginia
Name around seventeen
I'm looking for a tie that won't get knotted
One that will not be four making five
On i've a reason you see
That's good. tell me where's the door

I like to think it's time i stopped interfering
In peoples private lives
I like to think the bits i find fascinating
Ought to decrease in size
I like to think but then you tell me who doesn't
And i'll tell you a tale/tail
Is the part you start with when you begin
Or brush if your dog's on sale

I like to think but then you tell me who doesn't
And i'll tell you a sale
Is the time you find out everything's cheap
Only prices remain unchanged

I'm wondering if the girl i married this morning
Wants us to get divorced
I'm wondering if the child we both plan on having
Shouldn't be ordered first
I'm wondering if the pain i have in my left leg
Isn't just in my head
Which is fine. don't mind as long as i'm here
I might as well stay myself


11.If I Know You

I should have known from the start this would happen
From the moment we went anywhere
If other women so much as looked at me
You'd be screaming blue murder. i swear
And yet you say that my leaving doesn't hurt you in the least
But even if that's true
You'll do all in your power to destroy me
If i know you

You never once in the time spent together
Even loved me with half of your heart
Okay you gave me the world and i took it
But i was young then and eager to start
And yet despite you declaring. you understand the way i feel
Now that we are through
You'll do all in your power to destroy me
If i know you

What on earth possesses children to abandon fairytales
Are we simply getting old
Or as parents have we just failed

I never stopped wanting you for a second
In all the time i was with you i swear
But i will not spend my life with a woman
Who thinks that love is a state of affairs
And yet you say you're not bitter, we had one too many years
But even if that's true
You'll do all in your power to destroy me
If i know you

What on earth possesses people
To destroy each others homes
Are we really all as bad
As the tv cameras have shown

You say how much you respect what i'm doing
You say how high you regard my ideas
And yet for years as i stood in the background
You never once let me up off my knees


12.At Least I'm Honest

I'd tell you a lie if i told you that
I wouldn't tell you the truth
I'd stand in the way of a runaway train
If it came towards you
Well maybe not if there was
I'm a coward i have to confess
But at least i'm honest

I'll never forget how it was that we met
You were just seventeen
I told you i liked older women
And you were the oldest i'd seen
You started to laugh
Told me i must be daft
Whereupon i said yes
But at least i'm honest

And i'll go on sending you birthday cards
That arrive the following week
And i'll try my hardest not to forget
Not to forget next year
And i'll come home late when i should be early
Blame it on the one for the road
Though it may not always be to your liking
For instance i could never climb
The highest mountain peak
To prove to you my love is true
I'm scared of heights you see

You never say much when i long for your touch
Except keep me enthralled
One thing i like about you is you're
Never embarrassed at all
Me. i'm so shy, that at night if the lights on
I won't get undressed
But at least i'm honest

I'll give you a lift on my bicycle
If you don't mind going slow
Needless to say it can vary
Depending on how the wind blows
Cars are okay but on my earnings
I couldn't afford the test
But at least i'm honest

And i'll go on telling your dear old mother
She's always welcome round here
That is providing she can keep tier mouth shut
And doesn't interfere
And i will for want of a better word
Love you more than words ever say
Though it may not always be to your liking
I couldn't climb a mountain high
To prove i loved you so
I'm not the type, i'm scared of heights
A touch of vertigo

And i'll never hurt you. how could i do
You're the one good thing in my life
If it weren't for the fact we're already married
I'd marry you tonight
And i'll do whatever is necessary
To improve our standard of life
Though it may not always be to your liking
For instance i could never die
To prove my love was real
It wouldn't do a lot for you
And even less for me