EVEN MORE VERSATILE VERSE !

It's time to branch out with some appropriate care
Believe me I'm losing my hair.

Won't be long before I go bald

Won’t be long before I go bald
Alopecia, I think it’s called

Then I’ll buy a long, curly syrup

Then I’ll buy a long, curly syrup
I'll look so gorgeous, I happily chirrup.

In fact, I'd like a whole wardrobe of wigs

In fact, I'd like a whole wardrobe of wigs
I'll buy a bright pink one and ignore all the digs

It'll really shock the family when I look like a punk

It'll really shock the family when I look like a punk
They'll disown me and treat me like a skunk.

But I don't care, I'm my own woman, I am

But I don't care, I'm my own woman, I am
People may grumble, I don't give a damn.

I'll go my own way, plough my own furrow

I'll go my own way, plough my own furrow
Too bad for those whose minds are too narrow

I just want to be me and do my own thing

I just want to be me and do my own thing
I don’t take kindly to being a lemming

I’ll wake in the night with an idea in my head

I’ll wake in the night with an idea in my head
Write it down in the notebook by the bed

So in the morning I can think it through

So in the morning I can think it through
I find I then know exactly what to do

The problem being the question of finance

The problem being the question of finance
I’ll write to companies who may give me a chance

If just one will sponsor me to start up on my own

If just one will sponsor me to start up on my own
I need someone to nurture the seeds I have grown

One day I will find I'm all set up and running

One day I will find I'm all set up and running
And my competitors will then all come gunning

I think I'd rather retire to the south of France

I think I’d rather retire to the south of France,
I’d study the language and learn to dance

I’d take my camera to the Eiffel Tower

I’d take my camera to the Eiffel Tower
I'd climb right up if my legs have power

The pictures I take will be in great demand

The pictures I take will be in great demand
Extraordinary angles, nothing bland

I’m known by my family as a second ‘David Bailey’

I’m known by my family as a secon “David Bailey”
I once got a snap of Benjamin Disraeli

I sold it to “The Sketch” for a 3 figure sum

I sold it to “The Sketch” for a 3 figure sum
So had a short break, just me and my mum.

We went to Southend from Friday to Monday

We went to Southend from Friday to Monday
Not long enough some might say

We’re booked on a cruise for Christmas and New Year

We’re booked on a cruise for Xmas and New Year
Didn’t fancy the Alps, I’m not a skier

I’d rather be sailing round somewhere hot and tropical

I’d rather be sailing round somewhere hot and tropical
Not the North Pole, for me it's not do-able

The Far East is where my heart longs to bev

The Far East is where my heart longs to be
There is nowhere more magical than the South China Sea

I long to sail in to Hong Kong Harbour

I long to sail into Hong Kong Harbour
I'll write a travel log and make a marker

I'll move on from there to see China's great wall

I'll move on from there to see China's great wall
This time I'm sure to have a ball!!

Must be nice to have limitless funds

Must be nice to have limitless funds
Or an inheritance just like Desmond’s

I hope he’s going to be very generous