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Don't Call Me Early In The Morning
- (Words & music Tommy Sands)
Chorus:
Don't call me early in the morning
Call me what you want to but leave me alone
Don't call me early in the morning
Just leave me till the cows are coming home
A man or a woman they need the relaxation
From rising always at the dawn
And the heart of the matter, tomorrow is a Saturday
And I'll be lying lying on
Sad the lad that can't rest contented
He has a dollar but must have more
He fills himself with pills to retire with a million
And falls asleep at sixty-four
Fair is fair and I've done my share
My nerves are gettin' on my nerves
If you don't have a pillow of the white swan's feather
We'll do with a corner for my head
Just a gentle warning for tomorrow morning
No big noises near my room
Cars with no exhausts, chickens with the whooping cough
And milkmen that whistle out of tune
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Susannes Folksong-Notizen
[1989:] I wrote this one while flying home from Canada (in a plane). The man beside me didn't want to talk to me for he was too busy thinking about a promotion or something that would bring him a big retirement pension, he said. I thought it would be a better idea to borrow some retirement time and enjoy a little bit of life while we're still alive. [...] Thanks to Toshi Seeger for adding a line to this one. (Notes Tommy Sands, 'Singing of the Times')
[1995:] We had a TV series for the BBC recently and invited Tommy Sands to guest on one of the shows. He sang this song and asked us to join in. It turned out that learning this one was easier than forgetting it, it has one of these catchy tunes that keep you awake at night so we admitted defeat and started singing it ourselves. (Notes McCalmans, 'Festival Lights')
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