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There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards Lyrics



Noel Coward was a charmer
As a writer he was Brahma
Velvet, jackets and pajamas
Had a gay divorce and other dramas

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards

Van Gogh did some eyeball pleasers
He must have been a pencil squeezer
He didn't do the Mona Lisa
That was an Italian geezer

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards

Einstein can't be cla*sed as witless
He claimed atoms were the littlest
When you did a bit of splitting-em-ness
Frighten everybody shitless

There ain't half been some clever bastards
Probably got help from their mum
(Who had help from her mum)

There ain't half been some clever bastards
Now that we've had some
Let's hope that there's lots more to come

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards

Okey-dokey
Oh, Segovia
Da-laa la-laa da-daa da-lee
De dump di dump de dump-dump-diddle li-lee

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bastards



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Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Do It Yourself

Do It Yourself
Sep 1998
  1. Inbetweenies
  2. Quiet
  3. Don't Ask Me
  4. Sink My Boats
  5. Waiting For Your Taxi
  6. This Is What We Find
  7. Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy Totsy
  8. Mischief
  9. Dance Of The Screamers
  10. Lullaby For Francies
  11. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
  12. There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards
  13. Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3
  14. Common As Muck
  15. I Want To Be Straight
  16. That's Not All
  17. Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3 (Extended Version)