Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

I want to have a cold tonight

And if you think I’m mad,

I have a real good reason…

The alternative’s too bad.

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My head is really aching

And my eyes are awful sore,

The box of tissue’s empty

And I haven’t any more.

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I’ve taken antihistamines

Because I thought I should

But even double dosage

Hasn’t done a lot of good.

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I’ve checked the first aid cupboard

And there’s nothing useful in it.

I’m feeling pretty miserable

And sneezing every minute.

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My nose is sore and tickling

It drives me up the wall…

So why would anybody

Want to have a cold at all?

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I’ve just moved to a rural place

Surrounded all in green

With fields and grass and wildflowers

As pretty as I’ve seen.

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And, as my nose is just as damp

As that of a retriever…

If I don’t have…