Attaboy, go spin a yarn about the good old days Catching fish laughing aloud out on Compton Bay I'm not one for nostalgia, don't really like the past I'm just a happy man with a ship and a sail and a mast Attaboy, go spin a yarn about the good old times What's that film we went to see when I was five? I'm not one for remembrance, but I do like to make it last I'm just a happy man with a boat and a hatful of gla** No no no it seems so easy yeah To reflect on times gone by And I expect you'll spin a yarn till you die