I like Mrs. Bridges.
I go to Mrs. Bridges.
I eat at Mrs. Bridges
on a Friday for breakfast.
There are only seven tables,
flowers on the tables,
and smokers at the tables on a Friday.
Now you may think I'm joking,
but some smokers
when they're smoking
don't notice if you're choking
or you're dying.
There's this one fella, Andy,
a real chain -smoker,
and he blows smoke right
at me till I'm cryin'.
I asked him quite politely,
in fact, I asked him nicely,
Would you mind not smokin' on a Friday?
Don't like it when I'm eatin',
don't like it when I'm breathin',
Don't like it anywhere or any day.
He told me, it's a habit,
I choose to have it,
And you choose to come here on a Friday.
So you're the problem, not me,
And if I choose to rot, me,
You've got no right to stop me,
Cause it's my way,
Cause it's a free world,
Democracy and all that, it's a free world,
Let's say fair and all that,
And if industry can do it, so can I.
The smokers cheered him loudly,
He lit another proudly,
As for me, I looked around me for a friend.
I thought of world pollution,
I thought of evolution,
I thought of revolution,
But I paid my bill and left.
I thought of Mother Jones,
I thought of Rosa Parks Sojourner
Truth and Rosa Luxemburg
It's them I have to thank
Guerrilla folks have taught me
If freedom you are wanting
If head -on fights are daunting,
use the flank
So I ate corn on Sunday,
I ate beans on Monday
On Tuesday leeks and lentils
made a high day
I tell you I'm not jokin',
by Thursday I was floatin'
But I'm ready for the smokin'
on a Friday
I sat down next to Andy,
I smiled at Andy
He lit up, I let off a beauty
I sat and read the paper
and chatted with the waiter
And let my compost maker do its duty
Beans are for pitching,
leeks are malediction
Sweet corn is for density
and lentils for duration
The recipe's been tested,
it hasn't yet been bested
Add cabbage for perfume
and concentration
And he turned yellow,
the atmosphere is mellow,
the percussion section's way over the top.
It soon put Andy's flag out,
Andy hung the flag out,
Andy choked and swore
and muttered, stop.
I told him it's a habit,
I choose to have it,
and you choose to come here on a Friday.
And if you don't like it,
I guess you'll have to hike it
Cause I'll fight for farters'
rights until I die
Cause it's a free world,
liberty and all that
It's a free world, selfishness and all that
And if Andy can do it, so can I
He changed his day to Thursday
I changed my day to Thursday
He changed his day
to Wednesday so did I.
The waitress, she was cheering,
her bronchitis, it was clearing,
and she was volunteering for the
Tuesday.
I like Mrs. Bridges, I go to Mrs. Bridges,
I breathe in Mrs. Bridges on a
Friday for breakfast,
there are only seven tables.
Flowers on the tables
and no smokers at the tables any day.
Cause it's a free world,
strategy and all that.
It's a free world,
crude comedy and all that.
But if I can do it,
so can anybody. you