Every morning when you came down to the table Did you believe that you were cursed 'Cos when it came around to sharing out the breakfast Your brothers always got there first
And did this help you climb aboard that old tramp steamer Heading down the Ivory Coast Did you watch those old colonial armies leaving To bugle strains of the last post
I want to know where do you go I want to know where do you go
And when you chanced upon that woman from Liberia As you crossed the burning sand Did she simply point you to that cool cool water Or did she lead you by the hand
And let me thank you for your postcard from Monrovia The sea is warm, the weathers fine And though I'm not the one to question time or distance It's dated 1969 - come on now
Somebody told me you were seen the other evening Passing under the street lamp Was you collar up for fear of recognition Or just this northern cold and damp