I'M GONNA GET THERE SOMEHOW
(Michael Peters)


Val Doonican - 1965




I'm gonna get there somehow
I'm ringin' up to say
That I'm gonna get there somehow
I'm leavin' right away

I could be there in a minute
If I had an aeroplane
There'd be just nothin' in it
If I hadn't missed the train

I asked a bus conductor
He said go which way you like
There's a thirteen, fourteen, fifteen deep
And they've all come out on strike

But I'm gonna get there somehow
I'm ringin' up to say
That I'm gonna get there somehow
I'm leavin' right away

I could hop into a taxi
But I haven't got the fare
If I hitchhike on a lorry
Well it might'n't go past there

No juice in my jalopy
It's no good usin' that
I could pedal on my pushbike
But the tyre's are too darn flat

But I'm gonna get there somehow
And I'm ringin' up to say
That I'm gonna get there somehow
I'm leavin' right away

I could jump on my toboggan
But there isn't any snow
And when I try my roller skates
The doggone wheels won't go

I suppose I could start walkin'
My shoes are worn right through
My socks are full of great big holes
What the heck am I gonna do

But I'm gonna get there somehow
I'm ringin' up to say
That I'm gonna get there somehow
I'm leavin' right away

Yes, I'm gonna get there somehow
If I crawl round on my knees
If I don't get there tomorrow
I'm lookin' for me please






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2013)