Has Been
Gilbert O'Sullivan

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


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  What Am I Doing Here With You   What Can I Do   What Could Be Nicer   What You See Is What You Get   What's In A Kiss   What's In A Kiss (Another Version)   What's It All Supposed To Mean?   When to Today   When Today   Where Peaceful Waters Flow   Where The Hell Have You Been   Who Knows, Perhaps Maybe   Who Was It   Who Was It   Why Oh Why Oh Why   Why Pretend   Why, Oh Why, Oh Why   Will I Do?   Wonder Why   You Are You   You Better Believe It   You Better Run   You Don't Have To Tell Me   You Don't Own Me   You Don't Own Me/If I Know You   You Got Me Going   You Never Listen To Reason   Young At Heart   Young at Heart (We'll Always Remain)

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