I’m never going to be the handyman

Around the house my father was

So don’t be asking me to hang

A curtain rail for you because

That screwdriver business just gets me confused

It takes me half an hour to change a fuse

And when I flicked the switch the lights all blew

I’m not your handyman

Don’t be expecting me to put up shelves

Or build a garden shed

But I can write a song that tells the world

How much I love you instead

I’m not any good at pottery

So let’s lose a ‘t’ and just shift back the ‘e’

And I’ll find a way to make my poetry

Build a roof over our heads

I know it looks like I’m just reading the paper

But these ideas I’ll turn to gold dust later

’Cos I’m a writer, not a decorator

I’m not your handyman