When i'm five

When i'm five

I will wash my face and hands all by myself

When i'm five

I will chew and spit tabacco like my grandfather jones

'cause i'm only four and five is far away



When i'm five

I will read the magazines in mummy's drawer

When i'm five

I will walk behind the soldiers in the may day parade

'cause i'm only four and grown-ups walk too fast



Yesterday was horrid day, 'cause raymond kicked my shin

And mummy says if i am good, she'll let me go to school in august

Daddy shouted loud at mummy and i dropped my toast at breakfast

And i laughed when bonzo licked my face, because it tickled

I wonder why my daddy cries and how i wish that i was nearly five



When i'm five

I will catch a butterfly and eat it and i will be sick

When i'm five

I will jump in puddles, laugh in church and marry my mum

And i'll let my daddy do the washing-up



If i close one eye, the people on that side can't see me

I get headaches in the morning and i rode on freddie's tricycle

And everywhere was funny, when i ran down to the sweetshop

Then i fell and bleeded-up my knee and everybody soppied me



I saw a photograph of jesus and i asked him if he'd make me five

I saw a photograph of jesus and i asked him if he'd make me five

When i'm five

When i'm five

When i'm oah