Gilbert O'Sullivan Quotes

Gilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish singer-songwriter. O'Sullivan experienced success during the early 1970s with songs including "Alone Again ", "Clair" and "Get Down". O'Sullivan's songs are often marked by his distinctive percussive piano playing style and observational lyrics using wordplay.Born in Waterford, Ireland, O'Sullivan settled in Swindon, England, as a child. In 1967, O'Sullivan began his music career. Worldwide, he has charted 16 top 40 records including six No. 1 songs, the first of which was 1970's "Nothing Rhymed". Throughout his career, O'Sullivan has recorded 19 studio albums. The music magazine Record Mirror voted him the top UK male singer of 1972. He has received three Ivor Novello Awards, including "Songwriter of the Year" in 1973. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. December 1946
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Famous Gilbert O'Sullivan Quotes

“Say it is. Say it isn't.
Say it's someone else instead.
Say it's good when you don't like fishing.
You just knock it on the head.
You just knock it on the head.
Say goodbye. Say good morning.
Say good evening and good noon.
Say "Hello, tell me how you're feeling."”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Very well thanks and how are you?&quot; <br class="br">&quot;Say Goodbye&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Say Goodbye&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCLuE28J-WU (song on YouTube)

“You may have given me the breaks,
amended all my life's mistakes,
ooh, but wait a minute,
you don't own me.
You may be more than just a friend
on whose assistance I depend
ooh, but wait a minute,
you don't own me.”

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&quot;You Don&#x27;t Own Me&quot;/&quot;If I Know You&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;You Don&#x27;t Own Me&quot;/&quot;If I Know You&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5180atue8I (song combination on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“When the world you live in
really gets you down,
when you feel a pain inside you
starting to pound,
and the girl you love,
she doesn't want to know,
let an old friend, as a godsend,
lead you to where peaceful waters flow”

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&quot;Where Peaceful Waters Flow&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Where Peaceful Waters Flow&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FnSi2UtNYU (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“So where did you go to, who did you see?
How did you know I’d be there?
Oh, and did you remember not to forget?
Tell me cos I don’t...
Tell me cos I don’t care
Don’t care.”

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&quot;Where Did You Go To?&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Where Did You Go To?&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhJOUQXBOCw (song on YouTube. As audio.) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Where Did You Go To?&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj2FCeCwhcM (Official video, on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“What's in a kiss?
Have you ever wondered just what it is?
More perhaps than just a moment of bliss?
Tell me what's in a kiss.
What's in a dream?
Is it all the things you'd like to have been?
All the places that you haven't yet seen?
Tell me what's in a dream.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;What&#x27;s in a Kiss?&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;What&#x27;s in a Kiss?&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouajeMalTcw (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;What&#x27;s in a Kiss?&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-C3LsISY6Q (A 1981 live performance, with other material. On YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“What a way to show I love you
Other than below or above you
What a way to kiss each other goodbye
What a way to start tomorrow
Knowing that there'll be no sorrow
What a way to keep each other alive”

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&quot;What a Way (To Show I Love You)&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;What a Way (To Show I Love You)&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN1OV1N25_0 (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

Gilbert O'Sullivan Quotes about love

“The way things used to be
not so long ago
when we were young and free.
The way things used to be
not so long ago
you were loving me
every night and every day, strong in every way
passion glowing like a fire, burning with desire.
Whatever happened?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;The Way Things Used To Be&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;The Way Things Used To Be&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_p37g6xRU (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“That's the kind of love I...
That's the kind of love I...
That's the kind of love I need”

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&quot;That&#x27;s The Kind Of Love I Need&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;That&#x27;s The Kind Of Love I Need&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-7mFsjoCZw (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“Ooh, baby, your love is so bad
You, baby, you're driving me mad
Ooh, baby, your kiss is so sweet
You, baby, knock me off my feet
Ooh, baby, I wish you were mine
Ooh, baby, we'd have a good time
Ooh, what can I do?”

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&quot;Ooh, Baby&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Ooh, Baby&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPsVmA742FE (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“Once I was hailed as a prodigal son.
In other words, loved by everyone.
Now it's so different:
wherever I go, nobody wants to know.
Tried having meetings. Running about.
Same as I did when I started out.
Now though, it's different:
wherever I go, nobody wants to know.”

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&quot;Nobody Wants To Know&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Nobody Wants To Know&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJDTLHMsG2g (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“I have just one regret in life:
that chance I wasted when you said goodbye.
And to be honest, at the time,
though I could see, I must have been blind.
Oh what I'd give to have you back,
relive those moments once again,
I'd take your hand and we would fly,
Just you and me, my love and I.”

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&quot;My Love and I&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;My Love and I&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf1PNTPRlo0 (song on YouTube)

“Miss my love today
as I miss the stars that shine above
telling me one day my love
will come to me again.
Miss my love, I'd say,
is the only thing that I can do.
I just can't live with someone new
reminding me of her.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Miss My Love Today&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Miss My Love Today&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Sq7JLYWIE (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

Gilbert O'Sullivan Quotes about thinking

“One minute you say you will
and the next you won't,
One minute you want me
and the next you don't,
You're turning me upside down,
Giving me the runaround,
Don't think that I don't know -
I do,
Don't think that I won't go.
You watch me:
It isn't out of question”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Out of the Question&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Out of the Question&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV2E3q9rUXA (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: (+ Performed live, 2017.On YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oHVxoA5688

“From the looks you're giving me
I can tell, as well see
if I've done something you think's wrong:
no words need be conveyed.
Then again, when we embrace,
from the look that's on your face
if heaven is a place on earth
right here is where it's been.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;No Way&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;No Way&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5mPUlZ4vRE (song on YouTube)

“I love it, but it doesn't knock me out.
I think it's great, but it could be better.
I like it a lot, it's just not my cup of tea,
yet if you were to change the melody,
take out a part that you think should be here,
put in a part that wouldn't otherwise appear?
Well, it's only an idea.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;I hate it, but that doesn&#x27;t mean it&#x27;s bad.<br>In other words, I quite enjoyed it.<br>Apart from which, it&#x27;s the best you&#x27;ve ever done<br>yet if you were to change the words<br>it would be superb... with perhaps a different melody...?&quot; <br class="br">&quot;I Love It But...&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;I Love It But...&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ip4ZvgO0Hw (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“Once upon a time I drank a little wine,
was as happy as could be, happy as could be,
Now I'm just like a cat on a hot tin roof,
Baby, what do you think you're doing to me?
Told you once before
and I won't tell you no more,
so get down, get down, get down
You're a bad dog, Baby
but I still want you around, around
I still want you around
Hey hey hey”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Get Down&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Get Down&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXl5P2xO9-o (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Source: (+ Duet with Lulu. On YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlqoiBV6ETs

Gilbert O'Sullivan Quotes

“You seem to be wanting
everything yesterday.
Always the impossible.
That's what you seem to portray.
Give me one good reason
why even if I stay,
you won't walk away from me
tomorrow. Today.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Tomorrow, Today&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Tomorrow, Today&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai9Bp-w04vU (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“It's the same the whole world over.
Every year we get a little bit older.
No matter what you say, no matter what you do
Rich or poor, you know it's gonna happen to you.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;The Same the Whole World Over&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;The Same the Whole World Over&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoBdc1uUxiA (song on YouTube)

“Somebody told me once money does not grow on trees.
Well, if that's true, then how do you explain
apples oranges and lemons,
not forgetting melons?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;The Golden Rule&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;The Golden Rule&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u70QuKjUm64 (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“I never thought I'd see the day
when murder would become so commonplace.
Hardly a minute ever goes by
without a murder taking place. And why?
Well, for a start, the punishment's not hard:
they sentence you to life but you're out in no time.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Talking of Murder&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Talking of Murder&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a327hRmOEes (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“No matter how I try
I just can't say goodbye.
No matter what you say
looks like I'm here to stay.
No matter where I go
I don't know if you know
but everywhere we've been
I'm kept in quarantine.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;No Matter How I Try&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;No Matter How I Try&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gM6bo-QhS0 (song on YouTube) <br class="br"> (+ Live performance on Top of the Pops. On YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBqEgnBNKDI <br class="br"> (+ Live performance in Japan, 1993. On YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsQu04bOm9I <br class="br">Song lyrics

“I've never known a girl lovelier than you
If I did I would be lying - that I wouldn't do
Come on, have fun, mmm, make my day tonight
Nothing really matters when you are in love
It's the only institution I'm not weary of
Don't be lonely, mmm, make my day tonight”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Make My Day&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Make My Day&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTQctCSqNpk (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“Where to begin?
The pain I am in,
hard to know when to stop.
Out of the blue
a dream came true,
only to see it drop.
I'm no genius where love's concerned,
more fool me to pretend.
Whatever it takes, while my heart aches
I'll never love again.”

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&quot;I&#x27;ll Never Love Again&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;I&#x27;ll Never Love Again&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IIlAUIwQdc (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“I guess I'll always love you...
I guess I'll always care.
I guess I'll always love you...
I guess I'll always care.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;I guess I&#x27;ll always love you...<br>I guess I&#x27;ll always care.<br>I guess I&#x27;ll always love you...<br>I guess I&#x27;ll always care.&quot; <br class="br">&quot;I Guess I&#x27;ll Always Love You&quot; (song, duet) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;I Guess I&#x27;ll Always Love You&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSK7VHZsiiQ (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Song lyrics

“I've been over and I've been under,
I've been through all kinds of hell.
Trouble was not only my middle name,
It was my first as well.
Through the years, all I've encountered,
I've just one thing to say:
"Hold on to what you got
and don't let it slip away."”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

I&#x27;ve been taken for far more rides<br>to places I&#x27;ve never been,<br>stabbed so many times in the back<br>I no longer feel a thing.<br>Oh, ask me what all this has taught me<br>and I&#x27;ll tell you what I&#x27;ll say:<br>&quot;Hold on to what you got<br>and don&#x27;t let it slip away.<br>Save it for a rainy day.&quot; <br class="br">&quot;Hold On To What You Got&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Hold On To What You Got&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7YYinfmOUI (song on YouTube) <br class="br"> (+ Live performance in Japan, 1992. On YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nrmDG7frD4 <br class="br">Song lyrics

“When the evening is over,
put your head upon my shoulder
and I'll tell you something I believe is true:
happiness is me and you.
In a world so distorted,
where the worst is best reported
love may be something that will see us through
Happiness is me and you.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Happiness is Me and You&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Happiness is Me and You&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otmtVnf_aGk (song on YouTube)

“You say you got a big house out in the country
with a ruddy great swimming pool.
You say you got a lot of things I never had. That's true.
But are you happy?
Are you happy?
Are you happy?
When you get right down to the nitty-gritty,
are you happy? You?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Are You Happy?&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Are You Happy?&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLBSdzsybWw (song on YouTube)

“It seems to me that
there are more hearts broken in the world
that can't be mended,
left unattended.
What do we do?
What do we do?”

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&quot;Alone Again (Naturally)&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Alone Again (Naturally)&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2ZjRO4s9IA (song on YouTube) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, Live performance with orchestra, February 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_s7EsSY3Lw (on YouTube) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, Live street performance outside Rough Trade West, April 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZWDnbkQmI8 (on YouTube) <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Brush Arbor on YouTube) (banjo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5H-reXHkhg <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Shirley Bassey on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9BFD-fpeUA <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by David Bayu, Vega Antares, Erikson Jayanto on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFlLQGPSQKw <br class="br"> (+ Acoustic cover version by Sammy Copley on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPPEb7SX7rk <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Neil Diamond on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soS7NmkzXns <br class="br"> (+ Jazz cover version by Gautier Geoffroy, Khalil Chahine and others on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLpXePYe9EI <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Fujii Kaze on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Gcoto1wWI <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Ryan Lerman, Larry Goldings, Aaron Sterling on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9SbVcxtZyo <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Laura Oakes on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ml6ot1RaM <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by the Pet Shop Boys (feat. Elton John) on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pasSfvAjbn8 / (Alternative version (longer)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zppTcVbC_sk <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Esther Phillips on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPHdKP1Q7es <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Ardhito Pramono on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsqKZmmA56U <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Vonda Shepard on YouTube (with pictures and lyrics)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH4zYVQyyCI <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Soffee on YouTube (includes lyrics)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwu668d-6yk <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Suthipongse Thatphithakkul on YouTube (includes lyrics and guitar chords)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMxdjJUfeDM <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Trang Tooc, Duy Khang, Khoa Le on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4QYST0lDDk <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Diane Trask on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zatx-iJUdXI <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Joe Turone on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWnCIZCW9bo <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Sarah Vaughan on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlqV0oo9Wqw <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Andy Williams on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xNgnk66kE <br class="br"> (+ A substituted version by Nina Simone on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMRGH0SzF64 <br class="br"> (+ Piano instrumental by Ed Baum (on State Street, Oct. 2017) on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7i561paKbM / (Oct. 2018) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfgjQVRM5nk <br class="br"> (+ Trumpet instrumental by Don Ellis on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU3MW8yKmmk <br class="br"> (+ Guitar instrumental by Daniel Estrem on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzPlmpjrm0A <br class="br"> (+ Guitar instrumental by Sungha Jung on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFo3NI9re00 <br class="br"> (+ Orchestral instrumental, David Rose &amp; Orchestra on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytgJzgsuhEU <br class="br">Song lyrics

“Sat for hours in front of a screen
Mouse will tell you what you are seeing
When you get home, how to relax
Another screen for you to look at
Welcome to the world of work
It's a kind of living
where you give more than you'll ever receive
Welcome to the world of work
Only place a loyal servant can be
kicked in the teeth”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;World of Work&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;World of Work&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzBK6HUpxw0 (song on YouTube)

“Why after all these years we've been together
must you behave as if we'd hardly ever spoken,
let alone met?
It seems that you're happy as long as I'm upset.
Oh why, oh why, oh why?
Is it that you don't love me? Oh why?
Have you just had enough of me?
Oh why do I always have cry myself to sleep
seven days a week?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Why, Oh Why, Oh Why?&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Why, Oh Why, Oh Why?&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkzEoOMRojs (song on YouTube)

“Who was it that came to see you
when there was no one else in sight?
And who was it that stayed over an hour
(and not as I'd expected, overnight)?
It was me, and I'll tell you why:
Oh, I did it because of my
pure unabashed devotion to loving
(pure unabashed devotion to loving)
you, you, you, you.
Who was it that caught you falling?”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Who Was It?&quot; (song) <br class="br"> (+ Cover version by Davy Jones on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogzt6NntvrE <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Who Was It?&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FDzXcD1mDg (song on YouTube)

“There is too much attention
paid to him who shot at he
and to how he got away
but didn't quite.
Yes there's too much attention
So much so that we'll believe
he's not guilty of the crime which he's being tried
So forgive me when I tell you
I ain't got no place to go
I ain't got no one to talk to
got no one left to say hello”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Too Much Attention&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Too Much Attention&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR47R4uWdDo (song on YouTube)

“Once in a while, out of the blue,
I might appear somewhat rude,
but don't be alarmed or get upset.
Just say to yourself "This I'll forget".
When I come home after being away
it might do me good just to hear you say:
"Darlin' don't move an inch, keep perfectly still,
now do with me what you will."”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;That&#x27;s Love&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;That&#x27;s Love&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pff0pwUigyw (song on YouTube)

“When I'm drinking my Bonaparte shandy
eating more than enough apple pies
will I glance at my screen
and see real human beings
starve to death right in front of my eyes?
Nothing old, nothing new, nothing ventured,
nothing gained, nothing stillborn or lost,
nothing further than proof, nothing wilder than youth,
nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine,
nothing physically recklessly hopelessly blind,
nothing I couldn't say
Nothing. Why? 'Cos today nothing rhymed”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Nothing Rhymed&quot; (song) <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan. A live performance. On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtoefxZGR6U <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan. A performance with orchestra, c.2017. On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-SWTPDPriA <br class="br">Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan. Observations about &quot;Nothing Rhymed&quot;, fifty years on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2BlxtcH39Q (On YouTube) <br class="br"> (+ A cover version by Franklin Brown on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6kuZyk5WJ8 <br class="br"> (+ A cover version by Colleen Coughlan on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcqndbjOPTs <br class="br"> (+ A cover version by Conor McCauley on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nAb0-7J9d4 <br class="br"> (+ A cover version by The Ocelots on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRCDFiRaRA0 <br class="br"> (+ Guitar instrumental by Phil McGarrick) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmzFaUC1rDI <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Nothing Rhymed&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGE6gzkMAfw (song on YouTube)

“Clair, the moment I met you
I swear, I felt as if something somewhere
had happened to me
which I couldn't see
And then, the moment I met you again,
I knew in my heart that we were friends,
it had to be so
it couldn't be no
But try as hard as I might do, I don't know why
you get to me in a way I can't describe.
Words mean so little when you look up and smile.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;Clair&quot; (song) <br class="br"> (+ Live performance in Japan, 1993. On YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpdBX-u1dv8 <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;Clair&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmeZaAry830 (song on YouTube.))

“At the very mention of your name
I get shivers down my back and in my brain.
The parts that used to function normally
are now, as you can see,
acting very strange.
Oh, at the very mention of your name
I don't know why but if I were tied up in chains
I would somehow be released
all problems too would cease
my heart would never feel no pain.
At the very mention of your name.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;At The Very Mention Of Your Name&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;At The Very Mention Of Your Name&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNpIBp-wleI (song on YouTube. (Live performance in Japan, 1993.))

“I don't know what makes a man
or a woman even think that
terror isn't evil.
How could anyone have plans
that would guarantee the death of
thousands of people?
And yet as I look back now on what happened,
like the calls from those in planes
they were trapped in,
whatever they felt that day,
"I love you":
that was all they wanted to say.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan

&quot;All They Wanted to Say&quot; (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O&#x27;Sullivan, &quot;All They Wanted to Say&quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeaqKqed6V4 (song on YouTube)

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