The Gorleston Blues

Three years in Norfolk

With thanks to Marga, Gin, Naomi, Tonic & Bruce

When I arrived in Gorleston Town, I saw the land was flat

I used to be this happy man but now I'm rather sad

'Cause I work in the JPH, not half a mile from sea

There's only foreign doctors there, and one of them is me

CHORUS:

Gorleston, oh sweet GORLESTON

Leaves me crying for my home

My only consolation is, I know I'm not alone

Gorleston, oh sweet GORLESTON

You've a mighty way to go

Before you reach the status of New York or Tokio

Polite like all the English are the people that I meet

They say 'oops I'm sorry doctor' when I'm standing on their feet

Fish and chips five days a week does wonders for their weight

We'd better seal the tunnel off before it is too late

CHORUS

On Thursday's there's the Ocean Room when all the work is done

Where you fill yourself with lukewarm beer to try and have some fun

Our presence lifts the average age by twenty years or more

Though the girls are nearly naked we would rather have the floor

CHORUS

After singing you this story I must get this off my chest

Because just like all the locals I am getting quite depressed

And if Freud were here beside me he'd be doing just like me

He would leave the suga out and put two Prozacs in his tea

CHORUS ad infin.