And all these stupid silly songs   Keep trying to catch your ear   I'm trying desperately   It's just so hard to persevere   And even if you listened   I never had much to say   Cause it's the same old song   I've written for the day      Shelter me oh genius words   Just give me strength   Just to pen these things   And give me peace to well her wings   And oh, oh carry on all your minstrels of the world   We will catch our ladies ear   We will win for us the girl      All these minstrels through the ages   That is really all we are   Simply singing for the girl   That makes us try so very hard   To craft the perfect limerick   To wield unending woe   To write such silly songs   And the difference never know      Shelter me oh genius words   Just give me strength   Just to pen these things   And give me peace to well her wings   And oh carry on all your minstrels of the world   We will catch our ladies ear   We will win for us the girl      And i'll hold on to the dream   Of this beggar's plea and optimistic fantasy   Just hold the hand and drop the knee   You're facing love   You're embracing melody      Shelter me oh genius words   Just give me strength   Just to pen these things   And give me peace to well her wings   And oh, oh carry on all your minstrels of the world   We will catch our ladies ear   We will win for us the girl      And oh, oh carry on all your minstrels of the world   We will catch our ladies ear   We will win for us the girl