[Verse 1]
I woke at seven-thirty,
Burned my breakfast toast,
Couldn’t find my other shoe,
And missed the bus—almost!
The clouds were looking gloomy,
My coffee wasn’t right,
I thought, “Well, splendid! This will be
Another dreadful day alright!”
Then somewhere near the corner,
While hurrying on my way,
I bumped into somebody
Who simply said—
“Good day!”
Well, that was all that happened.
Nothing terribly grand.
Except somehow I completely forgot
The coffee in my hand!
[Chorus]
Oh, wouldn’t you know!
Wouldn’t you know!
Just when you’re not looking,
There it goes!
No trumpets!
No parade!
No grand romantic show!
Just one little “Hello there!”
And wouldn’t you know!
[Verse 2]
Now naturally I carried on
As sensible people do.
I walked exactly twelve more steps…
Then turned around for another view.
They turned around the very moment
I happened to do the same.
Then both of us looked somewhere else—
Oh, what a ridiculous game!
I told myself, “Forget it!
You’ve places you must be!”
But my feet apparently had decided
They no longer worked for me!
[Chorus]
Oh, wouldn’t you know!
Wouldn’t you know!
You spend your whole life wondering
Where love might go!
You search every corner,
You look high and low,
Then stop looking for five minutes—
AND THERE IT GOES!
[Verse 3]
So perhaps love isn’t fireworks,
Or violins above.
Perhaps we’ve made things far too complicated
When talking about love.
Maybe it starts with laughter
At something rather small.
Maybe someone remembers
How you take your coffee—that’s all.
Maybe it’s sitting together
When neither needs to speak.
Or someone saying, “Drive safely,”
And meaning it all week.
Maybe love isn’t something
That crashes through your door.
Maybe it quietly walks beside you…
Until you suddenly want more.
[Bridge — slower and sincere]
And maybe you’ve waited so long
You’ve started wondering why.
You’ve watched other people find it
While the years went rolling by.
But hearts don’t carry calendars.
They haven’t got a clue
Whether love should happen at twenty,
At forty…
Or half-past two.
[Music pauses]
Rather inconvenient, really.
[Orchestra kicks back in]
Because love might find you Tuesday!
While you’re buying bread and cheese!
It might happen on a train ride!
Or underneath some trees!
You might meet them at a party
You very nearly skipped!
Or while standing in a doorway
Because somebody simply tripped!
[BIG FINAL CHORUS]
OH, WOULDN’T YOU KNOW!
WOULDN’T YOU KNOW!
Life has quite a funny way
Of running the show!
You make all your plans,
Then somebody appears,
And suddenly you’re hoping
They’ll be there for fifty years!
No perfect little timeline!
No magic place to go!
Sometimes love arrives when you’re busy
Doing absolutely nothing special—
And wouldn’t you know!
[Outro — orchestra softens]
So tomorrow when you’re walking,
Don’t worry where love hides.
Just live your little ordinary life
And keep your eyes open wide.
Because somewhere in an ordinary moment,
On an ordinary street…
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