When I'm 84
The Beautiful South
Letra

Intro






Verse

Queuing with the old folk

There s an old man with a wicked smile

Not through smug politeness

He s doing it in st-yle, st-yle

He s doing it in st-yle, st-yle


Pre Chorus

No savings book or flannel slacks

No pardon when I heard them ask

Just a Vodafone and a Filofa-x




Verse

They all bore the milkman

Stop him for hours at their front gate

He just sits and thinks

I ll make the bastard wait, wait

I ll make the bastard wait, wait


Pre-Chorus

No dribbling or incontinence

No longing for the old sixpence

Just smoking weed till age make sense




Verse

They all save for Blackpool

Just for the cheap companionship

Meanwhile he counts pennies

For a different trip, trip

For a different trip, trip


Pre-Chorus

No smoking pipes and drinking bitter

No eying up the baby sitter

I ll trip up kids and I ll drop my litter





Outro


(I ll dream on)

You re in your nineties, Arthur

Be careful with your back

Exercise your muscles

I d rather Jack

I d rather Jack

Yes, I d rather Jack

I d rather Jack

Yes, I d rather Jack

I d rather Jack

Yes, I d rather Jack

I d rather Jack...