Has Been Lyrics - Gilbert Osullivan

I think a lot about the times when I was old and full on lines 

Like man it's all so hip or was It groovy 

Well anyway that's all so yuk 

Like a book I didn't read last night 

Concerning someone else's wife. whose husband's son 

Had ran off with his mother 

And you know. if 3 and 2 were multiplied they'd equal 6 

Little children started building not with bricks 

But with what they had been told was 

Advantageous to an old and sort of in between 

Has been 

I must admit it frightens me to think we take so literally 

The fact that you can get away with murder 

There ought to be a law against 

Common sense of course will not prevail 

If people going into jail 

Are doing so for fear of unemployment 

And you know. what makes a parrot talk 

Is really rather cute 

What he does is listen close then follows suit 

And within a minute. two at best. refers to you 

As nothing less than some obscene 

Has been 

I've never had myself altered. what for 

I mean if I did. I'm not sure 

I'd be all that happy to see. another me 

I wouldn't be at all surprised if I looked you 

Straight in the eyes 

And saw there were no stars. only your eyeballs 

And you know, if two and two were joined 

By two they'd equal 6 

Little children started building not with bricks 

And without even the prompting will bestow on you 

The daunting little words that mean 

Has been 

A sort of In between 

Has been