Uncle Arthur-David Bowie

[00:00.00][Verse 1] [00:04.86]Strikes the bell for 5 o'clock, Uncle Arthur closes shop [00:09.57]Screws the tops on all the bottles, turns the lights out, locks it up [00:14.40]Climbs across his bike and he's away [00:18.99]Cycles past the gasworks, past the river, down the high street [00:23.19]Back to mother, it's another empty day [00:27.21][Chorus 1] [00:28.41]Uncle Arthur likes his mommy [00:30.72]Uncle Arthur still reads comics [00:33.06]Uncle Arthur follows Batman [00:36.09][Verse 2] [00:36.48]Round and round the rumours fly, how he ran away from Mum [00:41.31]On his 32nd birthday, told her that he'd found a chum [00:46.02]Mother cried and raved and yelled and fussed [00:50.70]Arthur left her no illusion, brought the girl round, save confusion [00:55.29]Sally was the real thing, not just lust [00:58.44][Chorus 2] [01:00.18]Uncle Arthur vanished quickly [01:02.31]Uncle Arthur and his new bride [01:04.62]Uncle Arthur follows Sally [01:07.41][Verse 3] [01:18.87]Round and round goes Arthur's head, hasn't eaten well for days [01:23.70]Little Sally may be lovely, but cooking leaves her in a maze [01:28.56]Uncle Arthur packed his bags and fled [01:33.18]Back to mother, all's forgiven, serving in the family shop [01:37.56]He gets his pocket money, he's well-fed [01:40.74][Cohrus 3] [01:42.51]Uncle Arthur past the gasworks [01:44.91]Uncle Arthur past the river [01:47.16]Uncle Arthur down the high street [01:49.50]Uncle Arthur follows mother