It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time - Mike Batt

Don’t ask me why I did it

It seemed like a good idea at the time

There were no other amusements or games to play

To pass the night away

Don’t ask me why I did it

I must have been lonely stupid or blind

But I know that it seemed like a good idea at the time

It was 3 a.m. in the casino

I was feeling like the Sportsman of the Year

So I blew a little money on the roulette wheel

And I taught myself to play Chemin de fer

Don’t ask me why I did it

It seemed like a good idea at the time

There were no other amusements or games to play

To pass the night away

Don’t ask me why I did it

I must have been lonely stupid or blind

But I know that it seemed like a good idea at the hme

As the dawn came round on Monte Carlo

I had lost the car and safe deposit keys

The country house in Switzerland was mine no more

And the gendarme at the door sald «c'est la vie!»

Don’t ask me why I did it

I must have been lonely stupid or blind

But I know that it seemed like a good idea at the time