Andrew

Ooh it’s a thorn in your side

Oh take it in your stride

Oh now it’s only your pride

Andrew

Ooh it’s heavy as stone

Ah it’s a truth well known

You’ve got to do it alone

Andrew

Hollow and empty

Don’t feel like you used to

The horn of plenty

You’ve got to blow it now

You’ll never be ready

But they can’t wait forever

They’ll take what you give them

You’ll give it somehow

Ooh it’s a thorn in your side

Oh take it in your stride

Oh now it’s only your pride

Andrew

Ooh it’s heavy as stone

Engraved with a truth well known

That you’ve got to carry alone

Andrew

Conquer the concrete

Idealise the ivy

Run through the rosebush

Onto the well-tended lawn

The world in the evening

Light from an upper window

Two shadows crossing

A rugby field

Ooh it’s a thorn in your side

Oh take it in your stride

Oh now it’s only your pride

Andrew