An empty street and our house for sale
A lamb’s weak bleat and a whale’s song
A plate of rice and a nail that’s bent
A head full of lice and a room for rent
Birds in a cage and a traffic jam
A wife in a rage and a leaking dam
Chicken with spice and a kangaroo
A wife being nice and a cow’s sad moo
A white-hot beach and a clouded moon
A long boring speech and a bursting balloon
A madman loose and a high thick wall
The hangman’s noose or a baby’s first crawl
A door ajar and a flag at half-mast
A distant star and your neck in a cast
A car stuck in mud and a lover’s caress
A bucket of blood and a wedding dress
Which do you think are my favourite things?
