[Verse] He was old Old Old He was old With a beard Beard Beard White as snow He was hunched over and quiet And he hardly ever spoke But they said he was quite brilliant A peculiar type of bloke [Verse 2] They say he was an Oxford man He was once a Cambridge don He studied life Life Life in a lab And what went wrong Wrong Wrong With the world [Bridge] Mr. Skiffington Mr. Skiffington Can you tell me what it all means? [Chorus] But all he'd ever say It was all he'd ever say Is "La La La La La La La La La" It was all he'd ever say La La La La La La La La La It was all he'd ever say [Verse] And when the air turned colder You could find him on the sea In a boat he built from cedar wood When he was twenty-three And he'd float out there in darkness While the stars lit up the sky And he'd listen to the waves As he pondered his own life [Bridge] Mr. Skiffington Mr. Skiffington Can you tell me what it all means? [Chorus] But all he'd ever say It was all he'd ever say Is "La La La La La La La La La" It was all he'd ever say La La La La La La La La La It was all he'd ever say La La La La La La La La La It was all he'd ever say La La La La La La La La La It was all he'd ever say [Outro] He was old Old Old He was old With a beard Beard Beard White as snow And when the air turned colder You could find him on the sea In a boat he built from cedar wood When he was twenty-three And he'd float out there in darkness While the stars lit up the sky And he'd listen to the waves As he pondered his own life
