EVEN MORE VERSATILE VERSE !

Maybe I will or maybe I won't
If I plant them I will, if I don’t - well, I don’t

Lockdown has changed how I feel about things

When my dad with his lists constantly rings
Please can you order me this that or the other

Please can you order me this that or the other
And then, hang on a minute, let me ask Mother.

Auntie Flo rings from the other side of town

Auntie Flo rings from the other side of town
And I really don’t want to let her down

Might as well add her list to my shopping

Might as well add her list to my shopping
She's a tree surgeon and is busily lopping

So I hope I can get a delivery slot

So I hope I can get a delivery slot
because if I can't I'll have to carry a lot

When it's all bought hope no-one changes their mind

When it's all bought hope no-one changes their mind
If they complain that would be very unkind

As I am so busy learning new skills and phoning friends

As I am so busy learning new skills and phoning friends
I’ll be very well-informed if this lockdown ever ends

I bake and sew, and paint and weed

I bake and sew, and paint and weed
And occasionally go out and drive at great speed

But I'm mostly home alone and quite content

But I’m mostly home alone and quite content
All this Me Time is heaven sent

Who’d have thought I’d like my own company?

Who'd have though I'd like my own company?
Though truth to tell I'd rather be in Tuscany.

I could still keep social distance in more exotic places

I could still keep social distance in more exotic places
And just hope I don't see any familiar faces,

The truth is I'm more than a bit antisocial

The truth is I'm more than a bit antisocial
Never darkened the door of the popular local

I like sitting in the garden with a book and some knitting

I like sitting in the garden with a book and some knitting
The book sounds great but the knitting I'd be quitting.

I really wish I had a range of practical skills

I really wish I had a range of practical skills
But DIY and baking just bring me out in chills

Go to the shops and buy some cakes

Go to the shops and buy some cakes
We'll go on the bus which rattles and shakes

We might see the bus driver who looks like Elvis

We might see the bus driver who looks like Elvis
With curled lip and wiggly pelvis

It’s not just his looks, it’s about the singing

It’s not just his looks, it’s about the singing
Lots of people will want the "stop" bell ringing.

I've got cakes so I'm longing to get home

I've got cakes so I'm longing to get home
I'll eat them while I try to write a poem

I need to think of something imaginative to write

I need to think of something imaginative to write,
Not easy I agree, better to go and fly a kite.

Imagine it soaring on high like a bird

Imagine it soaring on high like a bird
Making a sound that can barely be heard

But the wind is too strong and the kite will take off

But the wind is too strong and the kite will take off
And I can't run after it as I have a bad cough.

So I'll give up the kite and just sit and play scrabble

So I'll give up the kite and sit and play scrabble
I'm not very good but I like to dabble

Everyone I play with does it better than me

Everyone I play with does it better than me
Games and quizzes makes me all at sea

Now there's an idea, I'll go on a cruise

Now there’s an idea, I’ll go on a cruise
Why ever not? I’ve nothing to lose

Sat at the top table for dinner with the Captain