You Never Can Tell - Cliff Richard, Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, The Norrie Paramor Orchestra

I was talking to my milkman about the world the other day

When he told me the strangest thing 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

Years ago I knew a man, Big Jimmy was his name

He 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 right down and cried

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

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