Turn A Deaf Ear (BBC Radio One's ''Sounds Of The 70s'' 14/6/72) - Lindisfarne

The stage director stood up when he called the actors down

He asked them all to say three words, up, down and around

So up, down and around they cry with one according voice

And up and down and around they went, for it was their only choice

I can only turn again, to the front again

Only to turn again, to the rear

Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again

I can listen, but I can’t hear

My friends girl, she has a wireless aerial sticking out of her head

And a pile of true romances lying underneath the bed

And a giant poster of Rabby Nookes just beside the door

But I know she’ll get along fine without him if it doesn’t see her anymore

I can only turn again, to the front again

Only to turn again, to the rear

Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again

I can listen, but I can’t hear

The strings were cut from the guitar puppet singer on the stage

And his music became furious and he stamped his foot in rage

The girls all screamed in agony, the boys they gaped in fear

And the song was called 'Have Mercy Baby, Have Mercy On My Ear'

I can only turn again, to the front again

Only to turn again, to the rear

Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again

I can listen, but I can’t hear

I remember what the old man said on his little wooden stand

As he spoke very quietly with a waving of his hand

Every pigeon to its own hole, but what he seemed to say

I know I should go looking for, a better place to stay

I can only turn again, to the front again

Only to turn again, to the rear

Turn again, turn again, turn, turn, turn, again

I can listen, but I can’t hear