Old Man Kensey - Live From Rock City, Nottingham / 1984

[Verse 1]

Old man Kensey

Wants to be a sign painter

First, he's got to learn to read

He's going to be a clown on TV

Flexing his elbow, taut and free

(That's my folly) I believe

[Chorus]

Drink up the lake

Stand on your head

(That's my folly)

That's my mistake

[Verse 2]

Old man Kensey

Wants to be a goalie

First, he's got to learn to count

He's gonna be a clown on a circus mount

Letters to me signed in sopped up tar

(That's my folly) Kensey's going far

[Chorus]

Drink up the lake

Kensey's awake

(That's my folly)

I'm ready to go

[Verse 3]

Old man Kensey

Wants to be a dog catchеr

First, he's got to learn to stand

He's gonna bе a clown in a marching band

Letters to me signed, ransom, greed

(That's my folly) I believe

[Chorus]

Drink up the lake

Kensey's awake

(That's my folly)

That's my mistake

John, Bill and Ed

Drink up the lake

(That's my folly)

I'm ready to go

Drink up the lake

Stand on your head

(If that's my folly)

I'm ready to go

[Outro]

Now, for just a quick- my heel slipped [?], [?], there's no place like home

It's a song about home