Houdini Said - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Doctor in love who is above

All others close to you

Is it the Queen is it obscene

Tell me I want you to

Oh I’ve often wondered what it is that incites

So many young people to take part in those riots

Whereby all men in blue are the targets to destroy

Lady be good I wish you would

Meanwhile exclusively

Have I the right to print in spite

Of what your views would be

Concerning those matters of the utmost degree

The point being the question and the question being he

Who laughs first has a thirst to laugh longest

Has he?

Over there (over where)

Over there (over where)

On the wall (what wall)

The one in the hall (oh the hall)

I can see (we can see)

Well you could have fooled me

Some take the attitude that life is a drag

They say and I quote «Man it just isn’t our bag»

But if that’s where it’s at why the hell don’t they go

Houdini said to get out of bed

Was the hardest thing he could do

Yet when he’s tied strait-jacket plied

He’s out at the count of two

It seems elementary my dear Watson I know

But think what would happen if for instance this show

That we’re in should begin not one hour but

Two late

Over there (over where)

Over there (over where)

On the wall (what wall)

The one in the hall (oh the hall)

I can see (we can see)

Well you could have fooled me