Re-introducing the 8th wonder of the world....
Mr. Greensocks! Back in black
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
I couldn’t believe it when Gareth Gates got over his stutter
Like I couldn’t believe it’s not butter
I couldn’t believe Mr. Greensocks has reformed
We nearly lost our patience with Take That
We waited ten years for that crap
Mr. Greensocks was worth the wait
Sober in the sunshine
Fresh clothes from the wash-line
Still swearing like a trooper
But not drinking to a stupor
All these comebacks are taking the piss
Who needs to see Phil Collins with Genesis?
At least Mr. Greensocks has dignity
The East 17 comeback never went far
So Brian Harvey fell under his car
Mr. Greensocks is now clean and sober (by comparison)
Sober in the sunshine
Fresh clothes from the wash-line
Still swearing like a trooper
But not drinking to a stupor
Gotta have a little patience
Mr. Greensocks is back for good
You’ve just gotta be patient
You would if you could and you should
Sober in the sunshine
Fresh clothes from the wash-line
Still swearing like a trooper
But not drinking to a stupor
Release notes:
All words & music by Bri Jnr. & Tico Jnr.
Bri Jnr. squirms:
There is nothing that I, Bri am more proud of than having written this song - the pride being due to chancing upon a happily-revived Mr Greensocks (who was wearing black socks on this encounter), a man who against all the odds was sober and smiling in the sunshine. A heroic recovery worthy of a late night Sky Arts documentary I'm sure you agree. I did not ask Mr Greensocks if he had heard our previous tribute to him or if he would give permission for me to write a sequel detailing his miraculous recovery, so I made an assumption that he would not mind me going ahead.
After all, his comeback from the brink of alco-hell was greater than any of the recent comebacks in popular music at the time so I felt this needed to be acknowledged. Take That, Genesis, Brian Harvey- all the greats had to settle for lower positions on the Comeback Championship podium so Mr Greensocks could triumph. Gary Barlow refused permission for us to sample 'Patience' for the middle eight of this ditty so assuming he was just butthurt I went ahead and sampled it anyway, tweaking a few key words here and there.
Will there be another sequel to make a Mr Greensocks trilogy? Probably not, a legend he may be but he is no rubber dub ducky after all.
Tico Jnr., with a puzzled smirk:
I am terribly disappointed with how this turned out. I did it better before, but he, Bri, had to do it his way with a slower tempo and less 'up-strokes'. I like lots of up-strokes. Although I wasn't shaving when we wrote and recorded this, so never really knew. I still am not of an age or pubescence (eh?) to do so or know so now. I have had too many lagers.
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