Received a letter just the other day,
Don't seem they want to know you no more,
They've laid it down given you their score,
Within the first two lines it bluntly read.
You're not to come and see us no more,
Keep away from our door,
Don't come 'round here no more
What on earth did you do that for?
Our aunt, she don't want to know she says,
What will the neighbours think they'll think,
We don't that's what they'll think, we don't,
But I will, 'cause I know they think I don't.
Our uncle he don't want to know he says,
We are a disgrace to the human race he says,
How can you show your face,
When you're a disgrace to the human race?
No commitment, you're an embarrassment,
Yes, an embarrassment, a living endorsement,
The intention that you have booked,
Was an intention that was overlooked.
They say, stay away,
Don't want you home today,
Keep away from our door,
Don't come 'round here no more.
Our dad, he don't want to know he says,
This is a serious matter,
Too late to reconsider,
No one's gonna want to know ya !
Our mum, she don't want to know,
I'm feelin' twice as old, she says,
Thought she had a head on her shoulder,
'Cause I'm feelin' twice as older,
I'm feelin' twice as older.
You're an embarrassment
Don't seem they want to know you no more,
They've laid it down given you their score,
Within the first two lines it bluntly read.
You're not to come and see us no more,
Keep away from our door,
Don't come 'round here no more
What on earth did you do that for?
Our aunt, she don't want to know she says,
What will the neighbours think they'll think,
We don't that's what they'll think, we don't,
But I will, 'cause I know they think I don't.
Our uncle he don't want to know he says,
We are a disgrace to the human race he says,
How can you show your face,
When you're a disgrace to the human race?
No commitment, you're an embarrassment,
Yes, an embarrassment, a living endorsement,
The intention that you have booked,
Was an intention that was overlooked.
They say, stay away,
Don't want you home today,
Keep away from our door,
Don't come 'round here no more.
Our dad, he don't want to know he says,
This is a serious matter,
Too late to reconsider,
No one's gonna want to know ya !
Our mum, she don't want to know,
I'm feelin' twice as old, she says,
Thought she had a head on her shoulder,
'Cause I'm feelin' twice as older,
I'm feelin' twice as older.
You're an embarrassment
envoyé par Bernart Bartleby - 14/2/2017 - 21:56
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Scritta da Lee "Kix" Thompson e Mike Barson
Un celeberrimo singolo, tratto dal secondo album della ska band inglese, “Absolutely”
Testo trovato su Songfacts
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