Key: C major
Verse 1
No, I'm sorry, I'm frightfully busy today.
Oh,
Mr.
Baldry, can I have your autograph?
Oh, I can't write.
But I've come a long way.
Oh, shit!
Well, it's an equally long way to go back,
isn't it?
Oh,
Mr.
Baldry, can I play your song of mine?
Oh, must you?
Yes, I really must.
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Oh, go on, then.
Yes, it's awfully good,
Mr.
Lennon.
We'll use it on your new album.
I don't know.
I'll have to call you.
I'm sorry.
I've got the phone in the other...
Hello, hello.
No, I'm sorry.
I'm just being driven completely
up the wall today.
I just can't cope.
I'm sorry.
Mr.
Am
Baldwin.
Thank you.
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Every nation in creation
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has its favorite drink.
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France is famous for its wine,
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Ger many.
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Turkey has its coffee,
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and they serve it blacker than ink.
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England loves its tea.
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be roaring
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With a boom -a -lack,
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a zoom -a -lack -a -wee
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When the clock strikes four
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Everything stops for tea
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Oh, a lawyer in a courtroom
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In the middle of an alimony plea
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Has to stop and help the poor
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When the clock strikes four
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Everything stops for tea
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It's a very good
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English custom, though the weather be cold or hot, when you need a little pick -up,
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you'll find a little teacup will always hit the spot.
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Cleo patra,
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she had a date to meet
Mark
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Antony at three, but he came an hour late,
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she said you'll have to wait, cause everything stops for tea.
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Now they may be playing football,
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and the crowd is shouting,
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Go, referee!
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when the clock strikes four,
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everything stops for tea.
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Now the gopher may be golfing,
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and is just about to make a hole in three.
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It al ways gets him sore when
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the clock strikes four,
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because everything stops for tea.
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It's a very good
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English custom,
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And a stimulant for the brain
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When you feel a little weary
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And is cheaper than champagne
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Schubert
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Didn't finish his unfin
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ished symphony
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But the clock struck four
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And everything stopped smarty
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Yeah!
Outro 1
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How did you like the song?
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