Versatile Verse 2

All that I find is tasteless and bland
Insipid nosh I just cannot stand

Tempt me with something really spicy

Tempt me with something really spicy
How about a vindaloo, that's nicey nicey,

Perhaps too hot for my virgin palate

Perhaps too hot for my virgin palate
Maybe I should just stick to a simple salad

Keep all the calories for a tiramisu pudding

Keep all the calories for a tiramisu pudding
I might as well stop dieting for all the good it's doing!

So enjoy yourselves before we all die of this new bug

So enjoy yourselves before we all die of this new bug
If you haven’t caught it yet, no need to feel smug

It may simply be luck, the calm before the storm

It may simply be luck, the calm before the storm
Or as Mum said 'You don't know you are born!'

Their generation had seen it all

Their generation had seen it all
but they didn't allow scaremongers to stop them having a ball

Chin up and business as usual was the order of the day

Chin up and business as usual was the order of the day
We need that spirit now, so carry on with work and play.

Where's that old British "stiff upper lip?"

Where's that old British "stiff upper lip"
All this gloom and doom gives you the pip!

I'm off outside to enjoy the Spring flowers

I'm off outside to enjoy the Spring flowers
I'll walk through the fields for hours and hours.

Breathing in the scent and the clean fresh air

Breathing in the scent and the clean fresh air
That sounds idyllic, I might join you pair.

And then back to my dusty old house

And then back to my dusty old house
Which will need a thorough de-louse

To stop the spread of infection

To stop the spread of infection
Using sanitizer, hopefully, for germ deflection

But it's like gold because of panic buyers

But it's like gold because of panic buyers
Or use alcohol according to the 'can do' triers

I blame the media for all this confusion

I blame the media for all this confusion
This whole furore needs diffusion.

I'm not washing my hands more than I did

I’m not washing my hands more than I did
But the government insists we do as they bid

But I’ve run out of soaps and cleansers

But I've run out of soaps and cleaners
Another of my misdemeanors

Let me get this cleansing thing right

Let me get this cleansing thing right
But can't panic buy coz I'm too tight

I'll have to make do with what I have in store

I'll have to make do with what I have in store
Anyway, the whole thing is a dreadful bore.

What can we do to cheer us all up?

What can we do to cheer us all up?
Throw caution to the wind and get a new pup

He'll frolic around and bring a smile to our faces

He’ll frolic around and bring a smile to our faces
I’ll throw the ball far and put him through his paces

And make sure he’s up to date with his injections

And make sure he’s up to date with his injections
So no one will have any objections .

When I take him for a stroll in the park

When I take him for a stroll in the park
Throw him a stick, what a lark

He's just found a ball

He's just found a ball
Although he's ever so small

He can beat bigger dogs by a mile