The George Song

George was fifty, feeling lonely, didn't know what to do
So he thought a bit, picked up his drum sticks, played along to his favourite tune
Then he tried out for a rock band, but they couldn't play in time
So they told him to go home and listen to Mr James Brown
But he said

I've never heard of no James Brown
I never heard of what he done
And if you ask about James Dean
I'll say What about the recession
And what are you trying to say
With your music anyway
Are you singing about the past
Or singing 'bout the coming of a new day

Casper's twenty-one, having lots of fun, doing beer and map design
Life is sunny, spending money, playing bass in his spare time
But his girlfriend said it had to end... and the band they carried on
Now he's out of laughs, just an overdraft

And he says
I've never heard of no James Brown
I never heard of what he done
And if you ask about James Dean
I'll say What about the recession
And what are you trying to say
With your music anyway
Are you singing about the past
Or singing 'bout the coming of a new day

And the band they carried on, across the Rea to Birmingham
So why do we sing this song? To remember all the people who've gone

And he says
I've never heard of no James Brown
I never heard of what he done
And if you ask about James Dean
I'll say What about the recession
And what are you trying to say
With your music anyway
Are you singing about the past
Or singing 'bout the coming of a new day