Couldn’t Wait Until Sunday
Inspired by Manic Monday – The Bangles, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams – Green Day, All By Myself – Neilsson/The King’s Singers, Reete Petite – Jackie Wilson, Where Is The Love? – Black Eyed Peas, Rebel Yell – Billy Idol, Perfect – Fairground Attraction, Kiss Me – Sixpence None The Richer, Sun Street – Katrina & the Waves, Walking On Sunshine – Katrina & the Waves, Walking Where The Roses Grow – Katrina & the Waves, Girl With Blue Eyes – Katrina & the Waves, Radio Romance – Tiffany, Perfect Moment – Martine McCutcheon, I’ve Got You – Martine McCutcheon, Love Me – Martine McCutcheon, I Dreamed A Dream – Martine McCutcheon (from the musical Les Miserables), Talking ’Bout A Revolution – Tracey Chapman, Shout – Tears For Fears, Honesty – Billy Joel, Angels – Robbie Williams, First Date – Blink-182, Lady In Red – Chris de Burgh, Uptown Girl – Billy Joel and Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart – Martine McCutcheon
Written by Steve Wallis
Version 4, 30/10/2006
I’ve been on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams!
My shadow’s been the only one beside me!
My broken heart’s been the only one that’s beating!
When I was young, I never needed anyone.
Those days are gone!
I don’t wanna be
All by myself any more!
CHORUS 1:
It was yet another loveless Monday oh-u-oh,
Couldn’t wait until Sunday oh-u-oh!
That could have been our fun day oh-u-oh!
It could also have been a pun day oh-u-oh!
Followed by another loveless Monday.
SPOKEN: Let’s step back in time to when I was at school…
Rhiannon was the most beautiful girl in the world!
She had a lovely Welsh accent and long dark hair (not curled).
She was also reete petite!
Rrrrrrreete petite! She was really sweet!
The sweetest girl you’d ever want to me-ee-eet!
CHORUS 2:
At school we didn’t analyse history –
They didn’t want us to learn how to become free!
I was very good at trigonometry
But got fed up of looking at plants in biology!
I only got a ‘B’ at O-level chemistry;
Exams then relied (much more than now) on memory!
With my ‘A’ at O-level French I was really chuffed,
But when I try to remember it now, I’m completely stuffed!
Rhiannon was not very good at learning by rote
But in my heart, she (most of the time) struck the right note!
While Rhiannon had to do resits, trying to remember things like quotes,
I was starting my A-levels – I got an ‘A’ at Maths a year early but mustn’t gloat!
She left to become a nurse in a GP surgery
While I went on to university.
I even ended up with a PhD
And wrote software to analyse the economy, policies and conspiracies!!!
With her friend Carolyn, Rhiannon often chased me down the street!
I was very shy then, especially with someone so gorgeous and petite!
Eventually I plucked up the courage to chase them instead –
We were all good at running and no-one finished way ahead!
They didn’t chase me again any more
And the love we shared began to thaw.
We later went on a school exchange to St Pol de Leon (Brittany) in France.
On the ferry, I was too nervous to speak to Rhiannon, never mind ask her to dance!
But we were together one hot sunny day
In a barn containing many bales of hay.
Then someone told me Rhiannon was depressed
So I wanted to comfort her and I did my best!
But when I got near
Her depression turned to fear
And she threw a cup of water over me!
It was our most romantic moment and thinking about it later filled me with glee!
CHORUS 2:
At school we didn’t analyse history –
They didn’t want us to learn how to become free!
I was very good at trigonometry
But got fed up of looking at plants in biology!
I only got a ‘B’ at O-level chemistry;
Exams then relied (much more than now) on memory!
With my ‘A’ at O-level French I was really chuffed,
But when I try to remember it now, I’m completely stuffed!
Rhiannon was not very good at learning by rote
But in my heart, she (most of the time) struck the right note!
While Rhiannon had to do resits, trying to remember things like quotes,
I was starting my A-levels – I got an ‘A’ at maths a year early but mustn’t gloat!
She left to become a nurse in a GP surgery
While I went on to university.
I even ended up with a PhD
And wrote software to analyse the economy, policies and conspiracies!!!
Two decades later, I contacted Rhiannon through Friends Reunited.
When she put a second description on the web, I was delighted!
She had taken a look at my website including my favourite songs of all time;
She probably thought that many of my choices were sublime!
But the genres of heavy metal and hip-hop left big gaps
So she told me that she is still into heavy metal (!!!) but hates all rap.
I therefore listened much more to the Fugees,
Ms Dynamite, Eminem and the Black Eyed Peas.
I recently rapped along to the Peas’ “Where Is The Love?” on karaoke
And sung along to the bits of the song with a melody:
People crying, people dying!
Will you practice what you preach
Or will you turn the other cheek?
Rhiannon would be able to help me identify good heavy metal
But I’ve bought some great CDs already by Guns ’n’ Roses, Pat Benatar and Billy Idol:
“With a rebel yell, we want more, more, more!”
CHORUS 1:
It was yet another loveless Monday oh-u-oh,
Couldn’t wait until Sunday oh-u-oh!
That could have been our fun day oh-u-oh!
It could also have been a pun day oh-u-oh!
Followed by another loveless Monday.
I had invited Rhiannon to see me on my 40th birthday in Wales
But I was arrested and spent a night in a police station cell (not jail)!
Being a political prisoner stopped me getting there
And my mobile was confiscated so I don’t know if Rhiannon tried to ring me, and really cares!
It doesn’t have to beeeeeee perfect!
But it’s got to beeeeeee worth it, yeah!
I need someone who really cares
And someone who really dares!
On Sunday we could have listened to many romantic songs
And to some of those songs we could have sung along.
Maybe she’d have kissed me! By the deep blue Penarth sea! Kissed me!
Katrina and the Waves is my favourite band of all time
So maybe we’d have gone walking on Sun Street or on sunshine!
I might have gone with her walking where the roses grooooooow!
Walking where the roses grow!
Girl with blue eyes! Girl with blue eyes! I loved you!
I’d also have liked us to watch a romantic DVD –
I think I’d have chosen “Love, Actually”
Because I had a radio romance with Martine who played Tiffany
In EastEnders, before singing “Perfect Moment”, “I’ve Got You” and “Love Me”!
CHORUS 1 (with one line missing):
It was yet another loveless Monday oh-u-oh,
Couldn’t wait until Sunday oh-u-oh!
That could have been our fun day oh-u-oh!
Followed by another loveless Monday.
I want Martine to join my band Galaxia –
There could hardly be anyone sexier!
Of course others will join the band later;
Maybe even Konnie Huq from “Blue Peter”
Who sang beautifully on “Comic Relief does Fame Academy”.
I’m pretty sure she’d relish the opportunity to make history!
But I particularly want Martine,
Who sang “I Dreamed A Dream”
From “Les Miserables”, the revolutionary musical,
About 19th Century France (before the hammer and sickle).
Don’t you know, we’ll be singing ’bout a revolution
That will sound not like a whisper but a shout!
Shout! Shout! Let it all out!
Let them all know what we’re on about!
I’ve considered many ordinary people for my band
But I need the best in the land
And maybe some from across the sea
Including my first girlfriend, Ronda Prunty!
When I met Ronda, she was on the run from the state!
We watched “The Fugitive” with Harrison Ford in on our first date!
She was a Mormon and really offended by the way the FBI
Had caused many Branch Dividian cult members in Waco to die.
She had shouted her mouth off about it in the street –
An act which caused her to feel the heat!
I was probably the first person to take her seriously
Because of my knowledge of the state being in the Militant Tendency.
Honesty is such a lovely word!
Nearly everyone is so untrue!
Honesty is hardly ever heard
But it’s mostly what I want from you!
I’m fed up with those who didn’t mean what they said,
So now I’m loving angels instead!
When I was a political prisoner in Gartnavel
I met a nurse called Michael with very dark brown eyes – a dark angel!
He has a famous cousin who plays the flute
And this cousin of his is really cute!
There was a famous storyline in the Brookside soap
About a woman who with her violent husband couldn’t cope.
It was a story of suffering and woe;
Eventually she killed him and with her daughter buried his body under the patio.
They were both sentenced to long spells in jail –
A vindictive act by the judge; one beyond the pale.
Anna Friel, Michael’s cousin, played the daughter’s part.
I’d love Anna to join Galaxia – I’m sure she’s got a wonderful heart!
I’ve gone to the Earth First! Gathering the last two summers.
Last year I met an Asian woman called Priya.
She is involved with War Cry Independent Cinema.
She interviewed people going to the Republican Convention;
She out-thought the delegates – they couldn’t handle the situation.
She lives in the United States.
With her, I’ve not yet had a date.
I just can’t wait
To ask her out for our very first date.
Would it be cool if I held her hand?
It’d be great if she comes to Glasgow to video my band
And maybe play an instrument
To help me overthrew our governments.
I’m attracted to her partly due to her anarchist politics;
She is very effective and not put off by big business’s dirty tricks.
I’d love her to be my lady whose black!
At the Gathering, I danced with her and many others,
I chatted with her a fair amount and she didn’t seem to have a lover.
I’d love her to dance with me
Cheek to cheek,
With nobody here
Except her and me,
She could be my lady whose black.
Out of all those women I’m inviting to join the band, I think Martine McCutcheon is the best.
When I mention that I want her in the band, many people think I jest!
She is after all an uptown girl
Living in an uptown world.
I live in different circles hardly ever wearing a suit
But Martine’s family were poor and she has working class roots.
She was born ten years to the day after me
On the 14th of May 1976, as she stated in her autobiography.
I’d love to do “I’ve Got You” as a duet with her;
Love me please, love me a lot lot lot lot longer!
We have not yet recorded this song, but you will be able to download it free of charge from this website soon after we do so.