YOU NEVER CAN TELL
(Hank B. Marvin) 

I was talking to my milkman about the world the other day 
When he told me the strangest thing that happened down the way 
A customer, the quietest man you’d ever wish to meet 
Suddenly dragged out his wife and beat her in the street 

Well, well, well 
It only goes to show 
You never can tell 

Years ago I knew a man, Big Jimmy was his name 
He used to work at mining coal and fighting was his game 
He bought a little puppy dog, that caught a chill and died 
And do you know, that great big man, just broke right down and cried 

Well, well, well 
It only goes to show 
You never can tell 

The milkman and I both agreed, it’s a funny old world indeed 
Read a lot in the papers to make you think 
Take a drink 
In a while 
Got to smile sometimes 

A while ago they built a ship, the finest of its day 
With every modern aid to guide it safely on its way 
Went on its maiden voyage, it’s unsinkable, they said 
But four days from Southampton, it was on the ocean bed 

Well, well, well 
It only goes to show 
You never can tell 

Well, well, well 
It only goes to show 
You never can tell