You never can tell Songtext

von Marvin, Welch & Farrar

I was talking to my milkman
About the world the other day
When he told me the strangest thing
That happened down the way.
A customer, the quietest man,
You’d ever wish to meet
Suddenly dragged out his wife
And beat her in the street

[Refrain]
Well, well, well, it only goes to show
You never can tell.
Well, well, well, it only goes to show
You never can tell.

Years ago a man I knew,
Big Jimmy was his name,
He used to work at mining coal
And fighting was his game.
He bought a little puppy dog,
That caught a chill and died
And do you know, that great big man,
Just broke right down and cried.

[Refrain]

The milkman and I both agreed,
It’s a funny old world indeed.
Read a lot in the papers to make you think
Take a drink in a while, got to smile sometimes.

A while ago they built a ship,
The finest of its day
With every modern aid to guide
It safely on its way.
Went on its maiden voyage,
It’s unsinkable, they said,
But four days from Southampton,
It was on the ocean bed.

[Refrain]

The milkman and I both agreed,
It’s a funny old world indeed.
Read a lot in the papers to make you think
Take a drink in a while, got to smile sometimes.