Ian Dury
"Clever Trevor"


just cos I ainÂ't never ‘ad, no, nothing worth having
never ever, never ever
you ainÂ't got no call not to think I wouldnÂ't fall
into thinking that I ainÂ't too clever
and it ainÂ't not having oen thing nor another
niether, either is it anything, whatever
and itÂ's not not knowing that thier ainÂ't nothign showing
and I answer to the name of Trever, however

Just cos I ainÂ't never said, no, nothing worth saying
never ever, never ever, never ever
things ‘ave got read into what I never sad, ‘till me mouth becomes me ‘ead
which ainÂ't not all that clever
and itÂ's not not saying one thing nor another
neither, either is ist anything I havenÂ't said, whatever
and it ainÂ't not proving that me mind ainÂ't moving
and I answer to the naem of Trever, however

knock me down with a feather
Clever Trevor
widebrows wonder wether Clever TrevorÂ's clever
either have they got
nor neither havenÂ't not
got no right to make a clot
our of Trevor

why should I feel bad about something I ainÂ't ‘ad
such stupidness is mad cos nothing underfoot
comes to nothing less to add to a load of old toot
and I ainÂ't half not half co thereÂ's nowhere to put it
even if I ‘ad iÂ'm a bit of a Jack the Lad

knock me down with a feather
Clever Trevor
widebrows wonder wether Clever TrevorÂ's clever
either have they got
nor neither havenÂ't not
got no right to make a clot
our of Trevor

also, it takes much longer to get up north, the slow way