I wish I was living in a willow world
I'd be sipping tea with all the pretty geisha girls
I'd be smiling all night long
I'd still be smiling when the night had gone
If I was living in a willow world
Don't you know that I would never kiss and tell
I would be so discrete
A little secret just for me
I'd be so pleased with everything
I'd be so pleased mama-san would hear me sing
Na na na (etc)
Wouldn't it be great to meditate?
To eat chopped sushi off a willow-patterned plate
A little soup and simple rice
How could anything taste so nice
Sitting cross-legged on a tatame mat
In a silk kimono with a Union Jack
A little place where east meets west
Would do for me and you could keep the rest
I'd be so pleased with everyting
I'd be so pleased everybody would hear me sing
Na na na (etc)
For once in my life I could really relax
Get a good massage and a scented bath
Clean my mind and body 'til they're working well
And write some big fat novels like James Clavell
If I was living in a willow world
I'd be sipping tea with all the pretty geisha girls
I'd be smiling all night long
I'd still be smiling when the night had gon
'Cos if I was living in willow world
You know I'd never ever ever ever kiss and tell
I would be so discrete
A little secret just for me
I'd be so pleased with eveything
I'd be so pleased mama-san would hear me sing
And I'd be singing pretty quietly...
Na na na (etc)
And then the band would join in...
Na na na (etc)
And all the neighbours would join in...
Na na na (etc)
I'd like to teach the world to sing...
Na na na (etc)
I'd be sipping tea with all the pretty geisha girls
I'd be smiling all night long
I'd still be smiling when the night had gone
If I was living in a willow world
Don't you know that I would never kiss and tell
I would be so discrete
A little secret just for me
I'd be so pleased with everything
I'd be so pleased mama-san would hear me sing
Na na na (etc)
Wouldn't it be great to meditate?
To eat chopped sushi off a willow-patterned plate
A little soup and simple rice
How could anything taste so nice
Sitting cross-legged on a tatame mat
In a silk kimono with a Union Jack
A little place where east meets west
Would do for me and you could keep the rest
I'd be so pleased with everyting
I'd be so pleased everybody would hear me sing
Na na na (etc)
For once in my life I could really relax
Get a good massage and a scented bath
Clean my mind and body 'til they're working well
And write some big fat novels like James Clavell
If I was living in a willow world
I'd be sipping tea with all the pretty geisha girls
I'd be smiling all night long
I'd still be smiling when the night had gon
'Cos if I was living in willow world
You know I'd never ever ever ever kiss and tell
I would be so discrete
A little secret just for me
I'd be so pleased with eveything
I'd be so pleased mama-san would hear me sing
And I'd be singing pretty quietly...
Na na na (etc)
And then the band would join in...
Na na na (etc)
And all the neighbours would join in...
Na na na (etc)
I'd like to teach the world to sing...
Na na na (etc)