{"id":70,"date":"2016-10-05T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/the-ups-and-downs-in-the-life-of-mr-toil-and-strife\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T05:40:00","slug":"the-ups-and-downs-in-the-life-of-mr-toil-and-strife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/the-ups-and-downs-in-the-life-of-mr-toil-and-strife\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ups and Downs in the Life of Mr Toil and Strife"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nTHE UPS AND DOWNS IN THE LIFE OF Mr TOIL AND STRIFE<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n\u00a9Trev Teasdel March 1968 Coventry.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nHe\u2019s sitting on his posterior<\/span><\/div>\n
\nFeeling that he\u2019s inferior<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWith a sudden burst of hysteria<\/span><\/div>\n
\nHe acts upon an impulse.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nChorus<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOne day he\u2019s up and around<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nNext day you\u2019ll find that he\u2019s fallen down<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nHe cannot keep his feet on the ground<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nThe Ups and Downs in the life of Mr Toil and Strife.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nThe Ups and Downs in the life of Mr Toil and Strife.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nHe\u2019s sitting on the railings<\/span><\/div>\n
\nContemplating his failings<\/span><\/div>\n
\nUnable to reach compromises<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWith the problems that he so despises.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nChorus<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nTo him his virtues are inconspicuous<\/span><\/div>\n
\nHe feels he is ridiculous<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe grass is greener over yonder<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOf  that he loves to ponder.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOn occasions his gusto tends to ascend<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBut on many things that does depend<\/span><\/div>\n
\nCompany and success<\/span><\/div>\n
\nInspire him more than words can express.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe figures of authority<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAre the root of his inferiority<\/span><\/div>\n
\nHis hurt he tries to hide<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAs they tread upon his pride<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd endless life of labour<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAn unsociable next door neighbour<\/span><\/div>\n
\nA life of  little variety<\/span><\/div>\n
\nA life that\u2019s full of anxiety.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nTrev Teasdel \u2013March 1968 \u2013 Coventry.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n………….<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\nIn 1968 I met guitar player Nigel Clarke, my first contact with the Coventry music scene. We met at Coventry technical College and were both apprentice Electricians. I was writing lyrics and he had a Simon and Garfunkel style acoustic duo gigging around at the time. Nigel was very interested in psychology at the time and urged me to read books and magazine on it with a view to influencing some song lyrics. I bought one magazine with interesting stories that gave ideas for songs. Case studies about the stresses and strains of life. I wrote two from those kind of articles that resonated with Nigel. This one and Mrs Stress and Strain. Although I never heard it ,Nigel and his mate liked this one and set it to music and performed it at their gigs at places like St Osburgs in Coventry. later it was New Society that provided stimulus for songs.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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