FROM THE GET GO

 

It was right from the beginning

That I saw her laughing face

It set my heart singing

I was ready for the chase

 

There were swarms of bees

Round my honey pot

To be smoked away

If ever I was to get to

And win her hand some way

 

A faint heart had never won

The charms of a fair lady

No, that’s not how it is done

So it was right from the get go

At the start of life’s great race

 

Ready, steady, now let’s go

Slow and steady set the pace

Mindful on that journey

That the winner takes it all

The losers they all fall

 

I was left to collect it all

So there I was adrift on cloud nine

Floating along in her heavenly air

Believing she was all mine

 

(instrumental interlude

Had I known that cloud could be let down

Nothing left beneath my feet

Drowning in a pool of misery

Dropped in water, way too deep

It was too deep

Struggling there, struggling there

I was gasping for my last drop of air

 

And she was laughing there

Way out of my depth

My vision dim

I was out of breath now

And my whole future was looking grim

Right from the get go

I should’ve known

It was time I learned to swim.

 

(instrumental outro)

Rodd Sherwin

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