Versatile Verse 2

Even though I retired a long time ago
I might be recalled, I'll go with the flow

Though my skills need updating I'll go where I'm told

Now I need a routine to get through the day
I’ll pretend I’m at work - but without the pay

Even though I retired a long time ago

I'll go on a pub crawl as soon as they open
Meanwhile I'll be positive and not get broken

Now I need a routine to get through the day

I'll go on a pub crawl as soon as they open

I’ve always been a social little bod
I'm out with the girls, just need a nod

This isolation malarkey has got me down
What I’d give for a day in town

I’ve always been a social little bod

I sound best when I'm in the bath
The steam helps clear the catarrh.

This isolation malarkey has got me down

I may not sing like I'm an opera star
But I'm loud and clear, 'specially in the car

I sound best when I'm in the bath

I may not sing like I'm an opera star
But I'm loud and clear, 'specially in the car

But he makes worse noises just blowing his nose
The sounds he makes curls my toes

I may not sing like I'm an opera star

Singing in the shower is good for the lungs
My partner's putting things in his ears - bungs?

But he makes worse noises just blowing his nose!

Compared to those with perfect pitch
I croak like a frog, that's the glitch.

Singing in the shower is good for the lungs

But what a great uplifting idea
Although my voice isn’t strong, I fear

Compared to those with perfect pitch

I think I'll join Gareth's sing-a - long
I love singing though my voice isn't strong

But what a great uplifting idea

But suddenly I'm praying because I'm scared
Wondering how all my loved ones will have fared

I think I'll join Gareth's sing-a - long

Always attend at Christmas and Easter
But only because I'm a chocolate feaster.

But suddenly I'm praying because I'm scared

And then I calm down, for this too shall pass
Will pray at home, can’t go to Mass

Always attend at Christmas and Easter

'Pull yourself together' they say
I scream, 'I can't help it, I'm made this way'

And then I calm down, for this too shall pass

.

I know sometimes it's hard to switch off
Although there are always those who will just scoff

'Pull yourself together' they say

But human I am, worry I do,
Worry doesn't help, where does it get you?

I know sometimes it's hard to switch off

I really need to count my blessings
Life's not bad, nothing depressing.

But human I am, worry I do

Can’t sleep tonight, reason unknown
Have no cause to whinge and moan

I really need to count my blessings

One where all her family show up and are friends
They get together and. relationships mend.

Can't sleep tonight, reason unknown

I hope she and the Duke stay hale and hearty
And on her birthday in April she has a big party

One where all her family show up and are friends

And then she was off, to church at Windsor
Where she prayed for help with the poor

I hope she and the Duke stay hale and hearty