Beautiful South The My Book Lyrics

My Book Lyrics

(heaton/rotheray)

 This is my life and this is how it reads

 For every chapter, a thousand memories

 A murder, a mystery where everybody bleeds

 A fantasy, a thriller with romance and disease

 

 Diary entry 9th of may '62

 We've had some ugly babies but none were quite like you

 Diary entry '62 end of may

 It looks as if the nose and chin are definitely here to stay

 They're here to stay, they're here to stay

 

 If my lips start smiling and my knees start a-knocking

 I'm a failure

 You are, you are

 And if i seem half-hearted, it's because i'm broken hearted

 And i'm a failure

 You are, you are, you are (i am)

 You are, you are, you are (i am)

 

 This is my life and this is how it reads

 A documentary that nobody believes

 Albert steptoe in 'gone with the breeze'

 Mother played by peter beardsley, father by john cleese

 

 Diary entry '68 end of the year

 A cardboard apollo 6 has given the all clear

 11th december '68 captain's log

 Proposed trip to mars is cancelled due to fog

 It's due to fog, it's due to fog

 

 If my lips start smiling and my knees start a-knocking

 I'm a failure

 You are, you are

 And if i seem half-hearted, it's because i'm broken hearted

 And i'm a failure

 You are, you are, you are (i am)

 You are, you are, you are (i am)

 

 This is the play, it was i who wrote the script

 Terry meets june in 'tales from the crypt'

 It was going to be a film but the camera person slipped

 They later found him scolding a banana

 

 Diary entry 10th of april '89

 The world is going mad but me i'm doing fine

 I'm doing fine

 

 Back to bed, back to reality

 Just fine.