Dustbins of Your Mind (No. 2)Benny performed this during a parody of the venerable British TV
show "Top of the Pops," impersonating Bobbie Gentry of "Ode to
Billie Joe" fame. Donated by a friend of the page. |
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| My lovely Auntie Lil once took our bus inspector Bill |
| Into her bedroom and with great annoyance said, |
| "Outside our house you've put a stop, and the passengers on top |
| Can look in and see my husband and me in bed." |
| He said, "You're joking," she said, "You'll see, just lie down on the bed with me," |
| So he lay down with her to avoid more fuss. |
| Her old man came in and saw 'em, but Bill kept his decorum, |
| He said "It's all right, I'm just waiting for a bus." |
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| The early morning mist, the first time that we kissed outside the churchyard, |
| Some words of wisdom spoken by a gentleman whose face was old and lined. |
| The swiftly fading memory of a song that we used to sing as children, |
| These are the things you'll find amongst the ashes of the dustbins of your mind. |
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| On an outing by the sea, two old men sat near to me, |
| And took their boots off for a paddle by the pier, |
| One said "You rotten swine, your feet are dirtier than mine," |
| He said "Of course they are, I didn't come last year." |
| And on the sea wall by the sand a boy was holding in his hand, |
| A cornet purchased from the cafeteria, |
| He dropped it down a lady's neck and she hollered "Bloomin 'eck! |
| That seagull must have flown straight from Siberia!" |
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| As Charlie passed away his young wife heard him say, |
| "I've been unfaithful to you many times my dear." |
| She said, "Oh darling, never mind, in fact I knew it all the time, |
| That's why I put that arsenic in your beer." |
| Old Fred once took offence (a fence), it was the one outside our Gents, |
| It was opened up officially last year. |
| It was christened by Lord Grey and people came from miles away, |
| Because they'd heard tell that he was a Liberal Peer. |
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