Stand Amazed

I do stand amazed, sitting at my front door How do you stand when you're sitting At your back door watching the world go by Watching the traffic one by one Reading the number plates just like a copper It just keeps passing on by Stand amazed, I stand amazed Front back sideways I'm amazed Just amazed, I stand amazed, Every single day in the kitchen doing the washing up I stand amazed, i just stand amazed (standing, standing) Siitting on my front porch holding my little torch just wondering why Sometimes I feel so bad watching traffic I start to cry Just like a little lame dog Sitting on my back porch got no torch to carry just got a little old dog Who don't even know my name, he don't even know my name (Standing) He don't know my name, my very own dog don't know my name I got a little dog, call him, stand up I stand amazed at the panapoly of beauty I stand amazed at the cops who do their duty Yes I do, watching the traffic one by one, got a big one, got a red one, got a fast one Might sit down, no, throw me a cushion, might sit down, show me a chair, I might sit down Watching every day, on my front porch, Have to move to the back, get no rest and the dog don't know me name All come down and watching all get up watching it all go down One car, a dog that doesn't know my name, tried to tell him, still don't know my name So i just stand amazed Why does my dog not know my name, I stand amazed Why does that person never come home, I stand amazed The dog that doesn't know my name, there he is, dancing, doesn't know my name At the front porch again, standing amazed Watching the world go by There's a copper Looks like people on the streets I know, there's a copper Stand amazed, stand amazed, the dog don't know my name.