Becoming More Like Alfie

<br>(Wot, you all settled then? Right, we can begin. My name is...)<br>(Alfie!)<br>Once there was a time<br>when my mind lay on higher things<br>And once there was a time<br>I could find pretty words to sing<br>But now, well now I find<br>it saves time to say what you mean<br>I know it seems so unrefined<br>But it`s time to let off some steam<br>Oh come on!<br>Everybody knows that No means Yes<br>just like glasses come free on the N.H.S<br>But the more I look through them the more I see<br>I`m becoming more like Alfie<br>Once there was a time<br>when a kind word could be enough<br>Andonce there was a time<br>I could blindfold myself with love<br>But not now - now I`m resigned<br>to the kind of life I`d reserved<br>for other guys less smart than I<br>Y`know the kind who will always end up with the girls<br>And besides<br>everybody knows that No means Yes<br>just like glasses come free on the N.H.S<br>But the more I look through them the more I see<br>I`m becoming more like Alfie<br>Oh come on!<br>I`m becoming more like Alfie