Mark Stivvy - Never Died A Winter Yet Lyrics

Well, they lived here since they married back in 1953,
And they'd laugh about the time the parish priest came round for tea,
He told them of the birds, and he told them of the bees,
While underneath the table they squeezed each other's knees.

And the twins were born upstairs in 1958,
They'd joke about it later, but at the time they were a state,
'Cos they'd expected just the one, judging by her weight,
And they'd only bought one cot, so they used an old fruit crate.

And things were going fairly well in 1962,
They'd chat about the future, all the things that they would do.
He got made up to a foreman got a pay rise too,
So they bought a little car and a cheeky cockatoo.

And life got oh so modern in 1968,
They planned some home improvements, so he brought round his joiner mate,
They panelled in the plumbing and boarded up the grates,
She got rid of the teapot and the willow pattern plates.

They had their ups and downs, but they never had regrets,
Though there were times when he would worry,
Times that she would fret,
Then he'd peck her on the cheek & say 'Don't you worry, pet'
'We never died a winter yet'.

They bought the house of-off The Council back in 1982,
They'd discussed it with the kids who said 'it's the only thing to do',
So they used up all their savings, took out a mortgage too,
They were proper proud as punch and their politics turned blue.

But they finally closed the works down in 1984,
And they worried how they'd manage to keep the wolf from their new door,
She'd got 5 hours cleaning said she'd try to get some more,
He got a part-time warehouse job in a brand new superstore.

Sometimes they'd have a row, sometimes she'd chuck the china,
Sometimes he'd slam the door screech off in the Morris Minor,
He'd get a little grumpy when he got his damned angina,
And once she flung a tart at him and gave him quite a shiner.

Well things got quite exciting back in 1987,
They won a few bob on the pools, so had a week in Devon,
She had a little weep when the boy got work in Yemen,
United went to Wembley - and the parrot went to heaven.

In the year 2000 he started drawing on his pension,
They talked of more improvements, maybe build a small extension,
But the kids don't ever visit now, so it's hardly worth the mention.
She worries about her memory and her growing inattention.

They had their ups and downs, but they never had regrets,
Though there were times when he would worry,
Times that she would fret,
Then he'd peck her on the cheek & say 'Don't you worry, pet'
'We never died a winter yet'.

Now she doesn't know what year it is, doesn't even know the day,
She never ever speaks and he's run out of things to say,
She stares all day at nothing, and he has to look away,
She should be in a home, but he's determined she should stay.

Now the weather's turning colder, and she's taken to her bed,
He pops in and plumps the pillows that he's propped behind her head.
So much has past between them, nothing more needs to be said.
But he sits down at her bedside, talks to himself instead.

'We had our ups and downs but we've never had regrets,'
He says she has no need to worry now, she has no need to fret.
He pecks her cool pale cheek and says 'Don't you worry, pet'
'I never died a winter yet'.

They had their ups and downs, but they never had regrets,
Though there were times when he would worry,
Times that she would fret,
Then he'd peck her on the cheek & say 'Don't you worry, pet,
We never died a winter yet'
They had their ups and downs, but they never had regrets,
Though there were times when he would worry,
Times that she would fret,
Then he'd peck her on the cheek & say 'Don't you worry, pet,
We never died a winter yet'