[ti:Ulysses] [ar:Jake Thackray] [al:Jake In A Box Vol 1 & 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ulysees - Jake Thackray [00:13.11]When Ulysses comes home [00:18.00]He always greets me with an open heart [00:23.71]But you will see how Ulysses [00:28.59]Has taken my life apart [00:33.88]I've got a dog called Ulysses [00:38.19]He plays all day in the park [00:42.76]Sniffing at his friends and the chestnut trees [00:46.77]And chasing cats 'til after dark [00:53.14]When my Ulysses comes home [00:59.02](wag wag woof woof) [01:01.48]His tail in the air [01:04.81]His usual exuberance [01:09.88]Is awfully hard to bear [01:13.50]When I stumble home at [01:15.78]Night I'm jaded and stale [01:18.13]And so I try to take a little repose [01:22.49]I don't want waking up with a happy tail [01:26.54]I don't want a kiss from a big wet nose [01:32.63]When my Ulysses comes home [01:37.93](wag wag woof woof) [01:40.54]He gets on my wick [01:43.63]For Ulysses communicates [01:48.19]His love with a snuffle and a lick [01:52.67]I like to sit in my fireside chair [01:57.01]Watching telly 'til the epilogue [02:01.35]In a semi-coma and without a care [02:05.52]And I would do if it were [02:07.38]Not for my bloody dog [02:11.90]When my Ulysses comes home [02:17.47](wag wag woof woof) [02:19.96]Like a maniac [02:23.65]Its useless to pursue my viewing [02:28.09]So I've sent my television back [02:32.94]I tried to climb the social scale [02:37.12]And so I organised a little do [02:41.56]Some very posh people [02:43.68]Came to my cocktail [02:45.92]But at half-past seven my [02:48.59]Party was through [02:52.35]When my Ulysees came home [02:57.73](wag wag woof woof) [03:00.55]I knew I was sunk [03:03.74]My guests were not at all impressed [03:08.64]And they left when my dog got drunk [03:13.15]I brought my sweetie home one night [03:17.44]And we both knew that this was it [03:22.24]Sipping Chianti by candlelight [03:26.12]We were getting to a very important bit [03:32.29]When my Ulysees came home [03:37.69](wag wag woof woof) [03:40.69]He broke the spell [03:43.88]Intruding on my beautiful [03:48.35]Romance like a hound from hell [03:52.98]My one solution is quick and grim [03:57.19]A little bottle of cyanide [04:01.68]I can't bring myself to get rid of him [04:05.89]I shall have to perform a suicide [04:12.34]So when Ulysees comes home [04:17.78](wag wag woof woof) [04:20.96]Home for his tea [04:24.15]He'll have to cry a little bit [04:28.66]For having given so much love to me