Life Is A Minestrone
by 10cc

Album: The Original Soundtrack (1975)
Charted: 7
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  • I'm dancing on the White House lawn
    Sipping tea by the Taj Mahal at dawn
    Hanging round the gardens of Babylon
    Minnie Mouse has got it all sewn up
    She gets more fan mail than the Pope
    She takes the mickey out of all my phobias
    Like signing cheques to ward off double pneumonia

    Life is a minestrone
    Served up with parmesan cheese
    Death is a cold Lasagne
    Suspended in deep freeze

    I'm leaning on the Tower of Pisa
    Had an eyeful of the tower in France
    I'm hanging round the gardens of Madison

    And the seat of learning
    And the flush of success
    Relieves a constipated mind
    I'm like a gourmet in a skid row diner
    A fitting menu for a dilettante

    Life is a minestrone
    Served up with parmesan cheese
    Death is a cold Lasagne
    Suspended in deep freeze
    Love is a fire of flaming brandy
    Upon a crepe suzette
    Let's get this romance cooking, honey
    But let us not forget

    Life is a minestrone
    Served up with parmesan cheese
    Death is a cold Lasagne
    Suspended in deep freeze Writer/s: E. STEWART, L. CREME
    Publisher: MUSIC SALES CORPORATION
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Zebedyzak from UkThis song contains one of my all-time favourite lyrics: "The seat of learning and the flush of success relieves a constipated mind". I think the song was co-written by Lol Creme and Eric Stewart. Which one was the genius who came up with that lyric?
  • Kenny from Clydebank, ScotlandLove it! Makes me feel like I've had a three-course meal, and then some. It rocks.
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