Reasons to Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 - Ian Dury, The Blockheads

It’s nice to be here

Reasons to be cheerful

Why don’t you get back into bed?

Why don’t you get back into bed?

Why don’t you get back into bed?

Why don’t you get back into bed?

Why don’t you get back into bed?

Why don’t you get back into bed?

Why don’t you get back into bed?

Why don’t you get back into bed?

Reasons to be cheerful, part three

Summer, Buddy Holly, the working folly

Good golly, Miss Molly and boats

Hammersmith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet

Jump back in the alley and nanny goats

Eighteen wheeler Scammells, Dominica camels

All other mammals plus equal votes

Seeing Piccadilly, Fanny Smith and Willie

Being rather silly and porridge oats

A bit of grin and bear it, a bit of come and share it

You’re welcome we can spare it, yellow socks

Too short to be haughty, too nutty to be naughty

Going on forty no electric shocks

The juice of a carrot, the smile of a parrot

A little drop of claret, anything that rocks

Elvis and Scotty, the days when I ain’t spotty

Sitting on a potty, curing smallpox

Reasons to be cheerful, part three

Reasons to be cheerful, part three

Reasons to be cheerful, part three

Reasons to be cheerful, one, two, three

Reasons to be cheerful, part three, verse two

Health service glasses, gigolos and brasses

Round or skinny bottoms

Take your mum to Paris, lighting up a chalice

Wee Willie Harris

Bantu Steven Biko, listening to Rico

Harpo Groucho Chico

Cheddar cheese and pickle, a Vincent motorsickle

Slap and tickle

Woody Allen, Dali, Domitrie and Pascale

Balla, balla, balla and Volare

Something nice to study, phoning up a buddy

Being in my nuddy

Saying okey-dokey, sing-a-long a Smokie

Coming out of chokie

John Coltrane’s soprano, Adie Celentano

Beuno Colino

Reasons to be cheerful, part three

Reasons to be cheerful, part three

Reasons to be cheerful, part three

Reasons to be cheerful, one, two, three

What about a, what about a, what about a, what about a, what about a,

what about a, what about a, what about a, what about a, what about a,

what about a, what about a,

what about a, what about a, what about a what?

Yes, yes, dear, dear

Perhaps next year

Or maybe even never

In which case…

Woody Allan, Dali, Domitrie and Pascale

Balla, balla, balla and Volare

Something nice to study, phoning up a buddy

Being in my nuddy

Saying okey-dokey, sing-a-long a Smokie

Coming out a chokie

John Coltrane’s soprano, Adie Celentano

Beuno Colino

Reasons to be cheerful, part three

Reasons to be cheerful, part three

Reasons to be cheerful, part three

Reasons to be cheerful, one, two, three