Barbara Dickson - Turn a Deaf Ear lyrics

The stage director he stood up and he called the actors down And he asked them all to say three words, 'up down and around' 'Up down and around' they cried with one according voice And up down and around they went, for it was their only choice CHORUS: I can only turn again, to the front again Only to turn again, to the rear Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again I can listen, but I can't hear The cat burglar was well disguised with a beard and cloak of red And he had old plimsolls on his feet, and his hands above his head He pleaded that he only robbed to give unto the poor No heed was paid unto his words as they double-locked the door CHORUS The strings were cut from the guitar puppet singer on the stage And his music became furious and he stamped his feet in rage The girls all screamed in agony, and the boys they gaped in fear And the song was called 'Have Mercy Baby', have mercy on my ears CHORUS My friend's girl has a wireless aerial sticking out of her head And a pile of true romances lying underneath the bed She's got a giant poster of Steve McQueen just beside her door And I know she'd get along fine without him if he doesn't see her any more I remember how the man stood on his little wooden stand As he spoke very quietly with a waving of his hand Every pigeon to its own hole was what he seemed to say And that no one should go looking for a better place to stay CHORUS x 2