Robyn Hitchcock - When I Was a Kid lyrics

When I was a kid i finished what I did
I screwed down the lid and
Then I went and hid in an eiderdown

As soon as I was born about the hour of dawn
My father took a horn and
Chased me down the lawn in a dressing gown
Ain't it strange how people get older
They waddle and drool and eventually molder
They molder away
There's nothing I can do for you darling

When I was a lad i never had a dad
Just an elder brother
Who got married to my mother in a
Thunderstorm

By the time that I was four
I knew what I was for
I bolted up the door and made damn sure I
Never came down

I swear I could murder that guy
Though I smile at him when he passes by
He turned me into an Englishman
He, turned me into a

When I was a kid i hated what I did
I strangled all my relatives
Heaven is an elephant not the same
By the time that I was three
I decided to be me i'm trying to remember
That evening in December when the angel came

Or there go headless torso
Moves me and even more so scarlet groove

Let's go and start a family
Let's go and start a family
Let's go and start a family
Let's go and start a family
Let's go and start a family
Let's go and start a family
Let's go and start a family
Let's go and start a family
Let's go and start a family let's go
Let's go let's go!