O'Sullivan Gilbert - Has Been Lyrics

I think a lot about the times when I was old and full on lines Like man it's all so hip or was It groovy Well anyway that's all so yuk Like a book I didn't read last night Concerning someone else's wife. whose husband's son Had ran off with his mother

And you know. if 3 and 2 were multiplied they'd equal 6 Little children started building not with bricks But with what they had been told was Advantageous to an old and sort of in between Has been

I must admit it frightens me to think we take so literally The fact that you can get away with murder There ought to be a law against Common sense of course will not prevail If people going into jail Are doing so for fear of unemployment

And you know. what makes a parrot talk Is really rather cute What he does is listen close then follows suit And within a minute. two at best. refers to you As nothing less than some obscene Has been

I've never had myself altered. what for I mean if I did. I'm not sure I'd be all that happy to see. another me

I wouldn't be at all surprised if I looked you Straight in the eyes And saw there were no stars. only your eyeballs

And you know, if two and two were joined By two they'd equal 6 Little children started building not with bricks

And without even the prompting will bestow on you The daunting little words that mean Has been A sort of In between Has been