A Brand New Book - Graham Parker

I once read the story of somebody's life I had a few moments to spare

He was a good man who lived with his wife

With the usual kids in his hair

There was happiness a lot of weirdness and a sprinkle of tragedy

I pulled it by chance from a second hand bin

But it could've been written just for me

because the words came out not twist and shout

Cause that's not what a grown man writes about

That chapter's over let it blow over

I found that I've become the owner of a brand new book

A brand new book

I've travelled far and I've travelled wide

And I guess I'll be travelling on

Fill another suitcase up with possessions

And put on a badfinger song

I've got much more than most people have

And a little less than a few

But you can't measure these things by weight

They either drag you down or they lift you

and then the words came out not twist and shout

Cause that's not what a grown man writes about

That chapter's over let it blow over

I found that I've become the owner of a brand new book

I don't read between the lines

I'm not ready for what I'll find

I don't believe that love is blind

It just can't see straight it just can't see straight oh yeah

Read all about it read all about it yeah

A brand new book

A brand new book

I read that book for an hour or two

And then I looked up at the night sky

I saw the big dipper and then the big bopper

And I realised how much time had gone by

Every page had something to say but one thing

That struck me as true

The clock just keeps ticking as if you're not there

Man it either drags you down or it lifts you

and now the words came out not twist and shout

Cause that's not what a grown man writes about

That chapter's over let it blow over

I found that I've become the owner of

I found that becoming the owner of a

I've just becoming the owner of a brand new book

A brand new book

A brand new book

A brand new book yeah