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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ian Dury
Ian Dury
Vocals
Norman Watt-Roy
Norman Watt-Roy
Bass
John Turnbull
John Turnbull
Guitar
Chaz Jankel
Chaz Jankel
Guitar
The Blockheads
The Blockheads
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ian Dury
Ian Dury
Songwriter
Russell Hardy
Russell Hardy
Songwriter

Lyrics

Noel Coward was a charmer As a writer he was Brahma Velvet, jackets and pajamas The gay divorcee and other dramas There ain't half been some clever bastards (Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders) There ain't half been some clever bas-tards Van Gogh did some eyeball pleasers He must have been a pencil squeezer He didn't do the Mona Lisa That was an Italian geezer There ain't half been some clever bastards (Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders) There ain't half been some clever bas-tards Einstein can't be classed as witless He claimed atoms were the littlest When you did a bit of splitting-em-ness Frighten everybody shitless There ain't half been some clever bastards Probably got help from their mum (Who had help from her mum) There ain't half been some clever bastards Now that we've had some Let's hope that there's lots more to come There ain't half been some clever bastards (Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders) There ain't half been some clever bas-tards Okey-dokey Oh, Segovia Da-laa la-laa da-daa da-lee De dump di dump de dump-dump-diddle li-lee There ain't half been some clever bastards (Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders) There ain't half been some clever bastards (Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders) There ain't half been some clever bastards (Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders) There ain't half been some clever bastards
Writer(s): Ian Robins Dury, Russell Godfrey Hardy Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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