If You Commence Before the Start Songtext
von Gilbert O’Sullivan

If you commence before the start, where do you begin?
If you commence before the start, where do you begin?

If you take off your shoes and socks, throw them up in the air
What do you think your mother would think?
Will she go a-spare?

If you commence before the start, where do you begin?
If you commence before the start, where do you begin?

If you go out without a tie, nothing under your dress
What do you think the neighbors would think in their Sunday best?


If you commence before the start, where do you begin?
If you commence before the start, where do you begin?

If you come the bathroom door, not having washed your hands
What do you think your father would think?
Will he change his plans?

If you commence before the start, where do you begin?
If you commence before the start, where do you begin?
If you commence before the start, where do you begin?
If you commence before the start, where do you begin?

Where do you begin?