Spoiling Ivan

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I'm sitting in a park drinking some tins Smoking half a cigarette I found in a bin I see a little boy He jumps of the swings He hits a load of nettles and they're stinging his shins He's crying for his mother but she isn't around He's sitting on the ground making waa waa sounds I run over to help him sit him up on my lap I make a funny face Hahaha, he starts to laugh He says his name is Ivan I bought him some sweets I take him by the hand as we walk the streets I got him a balloon 'coz, he's my favourite boy I made him promise we'd be friends til the day he dies [Chorus] Knock Knock Who's there? it's my little teddy bear Spoiling Ivan, Spoiling Ivan Ding Dong guess who it's my little kangaroo Spoiling Ivan spoiling Ivan Ooooh, Never known a boy like you before [Verse 2] He's good at darts and hugging And doing what he's told I'd love to get him drunk but Ivan's only 6 years old I showed him my big muscles He thinks they're really cool And he said he wants a snake for christmas so I bought him 2 And when his folks are sleeping I call around to play We rob his parents heroin and throw it all away We put on roller blades and skate around all day With bellies full of sticky buds and fizzy lemonade! [Chorus] Knock Knock Who's there? it's my little teddy bear Spoiling Ivan, Spoiling Ivan Ding Dong guess who it's my little kangaroo Spoiling Ivan spoiling Ivan Ooooh [Verse 3] And then one summer's day I call around to play But all his stuff was gone and Ivan must have moved away I couldn't take the pain I took a midnight train I opened up a bistro in the south of Spain And 20 years went by My heart began to mend I learned to live my life alone without him as a friend One day when I was working And sweeping up the floor I heard a voice that took me back 'bout 20 years or more I dropped the broom and pan Across the room and ran, across the room I ran And it was Ivan who'd grown up to be a lovely man I said can you imagine the fun we're going to have With nothing else to do but hang around and have a laugh He said he's much too busy to join in with my fun But maybe I could introduce you to my little son He looks a good bit like him And boy they act the same He throws me up a high five He says Nigel is my name I take him by the hand And then we walk away I made him promise we'd be friends until his dying day [Chorus 2] Knock Knock guess who? It's not Ivan but he'll do Spoiling Nigel, Spoiling Nigel Ding Dong who's there? someone else who really cares Spoiling Nigel, Spoiling Nigel Oooooh used to know a boy like you before!