Poor Joey letra

I'm Joey the Budgie, I'm a boy or a girl
I'm probably the most typical caged bird in the world
In Cranham or Hounslow I sit on my perch
Old Mother Nature's left me right in the lurch

This is my routine: first I ponder and peck
I look in the mirror and I shit on the deck
I try to fly, I bang my head
I think of something creative instead

I ruffle my feathers and have a good scratch
Spend at least half an hour trying to undo my catch
Not as though I want to be deleted by an owl
I've got to fight this awful situation somehow

Poor Joey (who's a pretty boy then?)
Poor Joey
Poor Joe
Poor Joey
A bundle of joy then
Poor Joey (hello)

How the ruddy hell does she expect me to speak
With half a ton of cuttlefish stuck in my beak?
I go into a moody, disdainfully preen
And just to upset her, mutter something obscene

I appreciate the difficulties of owning a pet
Speaking as a budgie, it's like Russian Roulette
I was bred for the purpose and I shouldn't complain
I know you'll forgive me when I sing this refrain

Poor Joey (everyone's a bastard)
Poor Joey
Poor Joe
Poor Joey
Every Christmas they try and get me plastered
Poor Joey (hello)

Joey the Budgie, I'm a boy or a girl
I'm probably the most typical caged bird in the world
In Cranham or Hounslow I sit on my perch
Old Mother Nature's left me right in the lurch

Poor Joey (who's a pretty boy then?)
Poor Joey
Poor Joe
Poor Joey
A bundle of joy then
Poor Joey (hello)

Poor Joey
Poor Joe
Poor Joey
Poor Joe
Poor Joey (who's a pretty boy then?)
Poor Joe (hello)
Poor Joey
Poor Joe

(cheerio)

Ian Dury - Letras

• (You're My) Inspiration
• All Those Who Say OK
• Apples
• Back To Blighty
• Ballard Of The Sulphate Strangler
• Ban The Bomb
• Bed o' Roses No. 9
• Bill Haley's Last Words
• Billericay Dickie
• Billy Bentley (Promenades Himself In London)
• Bit Of Kit
• Blackmail Man
• Blockheads
• Body Song
• Broken Skin
• Bus Driver's Prayer
• Byline Browne
• Cacka Boom
• Clevor Trever
• Cowboys
• Crippled With Nerves
• D'Orine The Cow
• Dance Little Rude Boy
• Dance Of The Crackpots
• Dance Of The Screamers
• Delusions Of Grandeur
• Don't Ask Me
• England's Glory
• Father
• Fly In The Ointment
• Friends
• Funky Disco (Pops)
• Game On
• Geraldine
• Girls (Watching)
• Happy Hippy
• Have A Word
• Heavy Living
• Hey, Hey, Take Me Away
• Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
• Honeysuckle Highway
• Huffety Puff
• I Believe
• I Could Lie
• I'm Partial To Your Abracadabra
• If I Was With A Woman
• Inbetweenies
• It Ain't Cool
• Itinerant Child
• London Talking
• Lonely (Town)
• Looking For Harry
• Love Is All
• Lullaby For Franc(i/e)s
• Mash It Up Harry
• Mischief
• My Old Man
• No Such Thing As Love
• O.K Roland
• O'Donegal
• Oh Mr. Peanut
• One Love
• Over The Points
• Pardon
• Patience (So What?)
• PC Honey
• Percy The Poet
• Peter The Painter
• Poo-Poo In The Prawn
• Poor Joey
• Quick Quick Slow
• Quiet
• Really Glad You Came
• Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)
• Red (Letter)
• Riding The Outskirts Of Fantasy
• Rough Kids
• Sink My Boats
• Spasticus Autisticus
• Sueperman's Big Sister
• Sweet Gene Vincent
• Take Me To The Cleaners
• Take Your Elbow Out Of The Soup, Your Sitting On The Chicken
• Tell Your Daddy
• Thank You Mum
• That Enough Of That
• The Badger And The Rabbit
• The Call-Up
• The Man With No Face
• The Mumble Rumble And The Cocktail Rock
• The Passing Show
• The Right People
• The Roadette Song
• This Is What We Find
• Trust (Is A Must)
• Twenty Tiny Fingers
• Two Old Dogs Without A Name
• Uncoolohol
• Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy Totsy
• Upminster Kid
• Very Personal
• Wait (For Me)
• Waiting For Your Taxi
• Wake Up And Make Love With Me
• What A Waste
• Who's to Know?
• Yes & No (Paula)
• You're My Baby
• You're The Why
• Your Horoscope