I was talking to my milkman about the world the other day,
When he told me the strangest things 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.
Well, well, well, it only goes to show you never can tell.

Years ago a man I knew, Big Jimmy was his name,
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 down and cried.
Well, well, well, it only goes to show you never can tell.
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.
It 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.

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.