The Sick Note

	  		
verse 1 
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Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me plight 
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And at the time of writing, I am not a pretty sight; 
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My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly gray 
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And I write this note to say why Paddy's not at work today 

verse 2 
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While working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had to clear; 
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Now, to throw them down from such a height was not a good idea 
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The foreman wasn't very pleased, he being an awkward sod 
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He said I'd have to cart them down the ladders in me hod 

verse 3 
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Now, clearing all these bricks by hand it was so very slow 
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So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below 
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But in me haste to do the job I was to blind to see 
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That a barrelful of building bricks was heavier than me 

verse 4 
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So when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead 
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And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead 
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Well, I shot up like a rocket till to my dismay I found 
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That halfway up I met the bloody barrel comming down 

Verse 5 
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Well, the barrel broke me shoulder as to the ground it sped 
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And when I reached the top I banged the pully with my head 
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Well, I clung on tight through numbed shock from this almighty blow 
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And the barrel spilled out half the bricks fourteen floors below 

Verse 6 
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Now, when these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor 
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I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more; 
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Still clinging tightly to the rope, I sped towards the ground 
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And I landed on the brocken bricks that were all scattered round 

Verse 7 
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Well, I lay there groaning on the ground, I thought I'd passed the worst 
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When the barrel hit the pully-wheel and then the bottom burst 
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Well, a shower of bricks rained down on me, I hadn't got a hope 
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As I lay there moaning on the ground, I let go of the bloody rope 

Verse 8 
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The barrel than being heavier, it started down once more 
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And landed right across me, as I lay upon the floor 
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Well, it broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say 
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That I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today