I’m not quite sure what made me think of this song by Gilbert O’Sullivan but it evokes so many memories for me of my dad and growing up – he used to play this song in the car – on cassette (yes the song is old!) – I haven’t heard it for a while and I tracked it down on youtube earlier and it’s still the great song I always thought it was!

Quite often, early memories are clouded when you get a little older, things always seemed better in the good old days – children’s tv always seemed better and the films and programmes you watched as a teenager were better than the offerings today. That rule doesn’t always apply and it freaks me out when I catch an old programme I used to love growing up and now think “how the hell did I like that as a kid”?

I digress! What could be nicer (Mum the kettle’s boiling) is an example of the former, I loved it then – perhaps because mum and dad loved it so much, and I love it now. So many fond memories come flooding back of road trips and quiet moments in the house listening to Gilbert’s melodic songs.

You don’t hear much about him any more, time to do some investigating and find out what he’s up to, if he still performs etc! I’ll update this blog with info on him if I find any – in the mean time if anyone who reads this knows anything or this song evokes fond memories of growing up then drop me a line!

The Lyrics !

Mum, the kettle’s boiling
Daddy what’s the time
Sis, look what you’re doing
Can’t you see the baby’s crying
Tell your Uncle Tony
Helen wants to know
Did he get the letter
That she sent a week ago
All in all what could be nicer
Than two people young at heart
[ Gilbert O'Sullivan Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
Looking forward to the future
That together they will start
When you think of all those people
Who are left out in the cold
All because they never dreamed
That they’d be written off as old
Mum, the kettle’s boiling
Dad, ‘ere what’s the time
Sis, look what you’re doing
Can’t you see the baby’s crying
Can’t you see the baby’s crying