EVEN MORE VERSATILE VERSE !

So many good friends no longer around
I miss them all, and new friends can't be found,

So we just plod and hope for better days

So we just plod on and hope for better days
Getting back to what we remember as normal ways

I’d like to take it slowly to avoid another spike

I’d like to take it slowly to avoid another spike
Stay away from public transport and learn to ride a bike

The exercise will do me good as well as keep me safe

The exercise will do me good as well as keep me safe
It's time to get the trainers on after eating too much cake

I'm going to rethink my diet, in fact I'll start tomorrow

I’m going to rethink my diet, in fact I’ll start tomorrow
More exercise- some weights and a bike I’ll borrow

I may decide to rejoin Weight Watchers

I may decide to rejoin Weight Watchers
I need to bring down my weight a few notches

Wouldn't it be wonderful to be slim

Wouldn't it be wonderful to be slim
As soon as feasible I’ll join the gym

Treadmill, step and bike, I’ll try them all

Treadmill, step and bike, I'll try them all
because at present I'm nearly as wide as I am tall

I'd look much better if I lost two stone

I’d look much better if I lost two stone
Mustn’t go too far, don’t want to be skin and bone,

It would really hurt to give up cream cakes

It would really hurt to give up cream cakes
But I'd like to be thinner, no matter what it takes.

So I'll go on a diet the day after tomorrow...

So I’ll go on a diet the day after tomorrow
And will stay on it for the weeks that follow

I should be slim by the end of summer

I should be slim by the end of summer
If I'm not it will be what's now called a bummer!

Some days I can put on pounds just looking at a cake

Some days I can put on pounds just looking at a cake
I’ll knock a few pounds off, though, whatever it might take

I’ll banish cakes and sweets and wine ?

I’ll banish cakes and sweets and wine ?
Not even a glassful when you dine?

That seems a step too far to me

That seems a step too far to me,
Swapping the juice of grapes for a lemon tea,

I’m sure I could give up my chocolate bar

I’m sure I could give up my chocolate bar
No wine? That wouldn’t get very far

If I suggested it on special occasions

If I suggested it on special occasions
And a bowl of my chocolate raisins

I’d stick to salads all week

I’d stick to salads all week
And the week after that I'll eat Greek

Retsina, moussaka and olives

Retsina, moussaka and olives
But no food handling till I've used the palmolive

Lots of hand washing is still important

Lots of hand washing is still important
And self isolating in my indoor tent,

I'm getting so used to it by now

I’m getting so used to it by now
I’ll never forget to do it I will vow

If it helps to keep those deadly viruses at bay

If it helps to keep those deadly viruses at bay
Whatever the advice I shall do it anyway

Hooray, tomorrow I have a timed slot at the dump

Hooray, tomorrow I have a timed slot at the dump
I'm so delighted as up and down I jump,

It's funny the strange things that please us now

It's funny the strange things that please us now
And the time has flown, but I don't know how

Half the year has gone and what have I done?

Half the year has gone and what have I done?
Not a great deal, and not too much fun

But my glass is half full and I hope for the best