It was quite an occasion
Going to town
Dressed to the nines
In my Oxford Bags
With buttons aplenty
Platform soles shoes
Big jumbo collars
I was only going with my mum
But if felt so exciting
We got on the number 14
It was a blue and white
Corporation double decker
You could smoke on top deck
Not that I was old enough
But seeing the Avenues
From such a lofty position
I felt like a king.
My mum always had her list
Errands and pressies
And the odd treat for me
I used to follow her
Around shop after shop
Bustling with folk
Clutching their bags
She used to love Hammonds
A great department store
She occasionally splashed out
Lunch at Picadish yippee
A plate of chips and baked beans
Went down great with squash
Being a fashionable lad I nagged and nagged
For a visit to C&A for some trendy rags
She would always give in
And let me have my way
Maybe I should have said thank you
A little more that day
It was soon time to get back on the bus
A little tired from traipsing around
To find that last item on my mum’s list
The one that nobody had
The one that they were always getting in
Next week
How times have changed
No more exciting visits to town
All replaced with a click on a mouse
That item that nobody had
Is always there
But god it’s nowhere near as much fun
As those days shopping with my mum!