Текст Gilbert O’Sullivan – Has Been

I think a lot about the times when I was old and full on lines
Like man it’s all so hip or was it groovy
Well anyway that’s all so yuk
Like a book I didn’t read last night

And you know, if 3 and 2 were multiplied they’d equal 6
Little children started building not with bricks
But with what they had been told was
Advantageous to an old and sort of in between
Has been

I must admit it frightens me to think we take so literally
The fact that you can get away with murder
There ought to be a law against
Common sense of course will not prevail
If people going into jail
Are doing so for fear of unemployment

And you know, what makes a parrot talk
Is really rather cute
What he does is listen close then follows suit
And within a minute, two at best, refers to you
As nothing less than some obscene
Has been

I’ve never had myself altered, what for
I mean if I did, I’m not sure
I’d be all that happy to see, another me

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if I looked you
Straight in the eyes
And saw there were no stars, only your eyeballs

And you know, if two and two were joined

And without even the prompting will bestow on you
The daunting little words that mean
Has been
A sort of in between
Has been