I could have gone to Cambridge with Lionel 
I think I tried to raise a pound 
Just to see the University 
And find the scenes she hung around 

Is your mind a menagerie 
Perhaps, I mean it's hard to say 
A pterodactyl built its nest on me 
I'm feeling strange but quite OK 
On this beleeka doodle day 

Archimedes and his orchestra 
Loudly disapprove of life 
Got mad when I called them unmusical 
Tried to land me with a wife 

Out in San Francisco's wonderland 
The purple poet kneels to pray 
But I just hang around your city and 
I don't have anything to say 
On this beleeka doodle day 

I had a week once in Italy 
With Mike and Robin and some songs 
I had a girl once in Sweden but 
I haven't seen her for too long 

I drift down to the Cousins and 
The usual people were all there 
I saw a girl in the soft red light 
I smiled but she looked away 
On my beleeka doodle day 

I wrote a song just before the dawn 
And then I lost it now its gone 
I spent all day playing Monopoly 
It seemed to feel like getting on 

Sometimes I wonder how it feels to be 
Paul McCartney or the Queen 
I wonder how they'd feel if they were me 
I think its gonna start to rain 
On this beleeka doodle day 

Oh Jack the Ripper and Hippocrates 
They're out to get me in the end 
I think they'll find me by the ruined trees 
Without a candle or a friend 
Then they'll bring me to the wizard's cave 
Softly mould me into clay 
And lock me in with no telephone 
And laugh and throw the keys away 
On my beleeka doodle day 

So to Avril and I would like to give 
My thanks for lending me your room 
I stayed one night, ah but I had to go 
I think I'll maybe come back soon 

Of all the girls that I have ever known 
There wasn't one who didn't play 
They came and went just like the newspapers 
And left me mere to find my way 
Through my beleeka doodle day