Fat As A Fiddle
Fat As A Fiddle
(Difford/Hewerdine)
I’m never thin I’m never svelte
I always wore the bigger belt
I never thought I needed help
Choosing what to eat
Each mouthful a real treat
But when I look to see
There’s a greater part of me
Now I see the men who work at the gym
They have a ripple with every limb
They never have this excess skin
To cover up their age
We’re on a different page
I look like a tree
There’s a greater part of me
It’s so hard to put on my socks
Each morning when I wake
I see myself when I was thin
And the hearts I used to break
Now I have tits just like my mum
I’m out of breath before I run
I like to eat because it’s fun
But it comes as such a price
I’m on the old brown rice
And the herbal tea
For the greater part of me
I always played the boy in goal
Cross country running became a stroll
I was the doughnut and the hole
But inside I felt great
I always licked my plate
My face full of beans
There’s a greater part of me
It’s so hard to put on my socks
Each morning when I wake
I see myself when I was thin
And the hearts I used to break
And it’s so hard to pull in the street
But it never seems too late
It’s so hard
Posted by packetofthree. I'm David, the founder of packetofthree.com and keeper of the Squeeze Archive since 1979. I love Squeeze.
“I like to eat because it’s fun”
No truer words have ever been uttered.
This is one of the most amusing Chris Difford songs, ever. I love this song. It takes a brave man to write lyrics like this.
“I always licked my plate
My face full of beans”
He could have been writing about my childhood. Great lyric and a great tempo to the song (fantastic video as well). Shame it went relatively unnoticed.
He could have been writing about my adulthood!! The song certainly merited some more airplay, It’s a funny old world!
I have always loved this song as its about ‘most men’ who know they should get off there arses….but don’t, me being ONE !!
This was one of Snipturns first uploads onto youtube too – it was also the first time i had heard the song. It was also the same venue that I saw Glenn play solo for the first time, just 1 week earlier.
Here is the clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wBm0v9Hr08