Lazy Susan
from Holland Park by Spearmint
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about
My mother would hide her anxiety by singing all the time. I wish I’d been more supportive back then, rather than wrapped up in my own problems. And I wish I could tell her this now…
lyrics
My mother was the Time-Check Girl,
Some kind of celebrity
When I asked her what time it was,
She’d say “At the third stroke, it will be…”
She worked nights, I’d be home alone,
I’d ring the Speaking Clock just to hear her voice
When they asked her why she worked two jobs, she’d say
“Some people have no choice…”
She’d sing “Shoobie-doo”…
They called her Lazy Susan,
Because she moved so fast
She had the perfect marriage
She never thought it wouldn’t last
She always kept composure
Her dignity and her pride
So people didn’t know that
She was dying inside
And to hide the way she felt
She sang “Shoobie-doo”…
You can ring the Speaking Clock
Just dial 1,2,3
I don’t call it any more
It’s not the same to me
It’s no longer my mother’s voice In fact,
Mum’s not around at all
And I’d do anything to be able
To make that call
And to hide the way she felt she sang
“Shoobie doo”…
Some kind of celebrity
When I asked her what time it was,
She’d say “At the third stroke, it will be…”
She worked nights, I’d be home alone,
I’d ring the Speaking Clock just to hear her voice
When they asked her why she worked two jobs, she’d say
“Some people have no choice…”
She’d sing “Shoobie-doo”…
They called her Lazy Susan,
Because she moved so fast
She had the perfect marriage
She never thought it wouldn’t last
She always kept composure
Her dignity and her pride
So people didn’t know that
She was dying inside
And to hide the way she felt
She sang “Shoobie-doo”…
You can ring the Speaking Clock
Just dial 1,2,3
I don’t call it any more
It’s not the same to me
It’s no longer my mother’s voice In fact,
Mum’s not around at all
And I’d do anything to be able
To make that call
And to hide the way she felt she sang
“Shoobie doo”…
credits
from Holland Park,
released September 17, 2021
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