My perfect cousin
(1980)
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1. Now I‘ve got a cousin called Kevin, who‘s sure to
go to heaven,
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always spotless, clean and neat, as smooth as you can get ‘em.
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He‘s got a
fur lined sheepskin jacket, my ma said they cost a packet,
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she won‘t even let me explain
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that me and Kevin, we‘re just not the same.
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Oh, my perfect cousin, what I like to do he doesn‘t !
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He‘s his family‘s pride and joy, his mother‘s
little golden boy.
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2. He‘s got degrees in economics, maths, physics and
bionics,
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he thinks that I‘m a cabbage, ‘cause I hate University
challenge.
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Even at the
age of ten, smart Kevin
was a smart boy then,
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He always
beat me at subbuteo,
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‘cause he flicked a kick and I didn‘t know.
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Oh, my perfect cousin, what I like to do he doesn‘t !
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He‘s his family‘s pride and joy, his mother‘s
little golden boy.
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3. His mother bought him a synthesiser,
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got the Human League in to advise her.
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Now he‘s
making lots of noise,
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playing along with the art School boys.
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Girls try to
attract his attention,
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but what a
shame, it‘s in vain, total rejection !
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He will
never be left on the shelf,
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‘cause
Kevin, he‘s in love with himself.
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Oh, my perfect cousin, what I like to do he doesn‘t !
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He‘s his family‘s pride and joy, his mother‘s
little golden boy.
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(orig. = capo 2nd)
(The Undertones)