Law won’t let us strike today
Strike today, strike today
Law won’t let us strike today
But we’re all coming down with the ‘flu, ‘flu, ‘flu
What else can we do, do, do?
We’re coming down with the ‘flu, ‘flu, ‘flu
Every last one of us of us of us
Coming down with the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
That terrible blue ‘flu
Pratima got the sack last week
Sack last week, sack last week
Pratima got the sack last week
And old Tom he did too, too, too
Howard’s laws went through, through, through
Yes Howard’s laws went through
Now Tom he is through too, too
‘Cause Howard’s laws went through
Now Pratima is through too, too
Nothing we could do, do, do
But we’re all coming down
With the ‘flu the ‘flu, the ‘flu, the flue
That terrible blue ‘flu
Harry hasn’t come to work today
Work today, work today,
Harry hasn’t come to work today
He’s come down with the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
Nothing he could do do do
The foreman he was real snaky
snaky snaky snaky snaky
The foreman he was real snaky
And now Harry’s got the ‘flu
The ‘flu, the ‘flu, the ‘flu
The foreman was real snaky
And now Harry’s got the ‘flu, ‘flu, ‘flu
Nothing he could do do do
He’s down with the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
The blue blue ‘flu ’flu
The terrible blue flue
Margaret didn’t come to work today
Work today, work today
Margaret didn’t come to work today
And Graham he didn’t come too too too
They’re down with the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
Nothing they could do do do
They got the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
The terrible blue ‘flu
They’ll have to spend the whole day in bed
Day in bed, day in bed
They’ll have to spend the whole day in bed
To shake that blue blue ‘flu ‘flu
That terrible blue flue
Jack didn’t come to work today
Work today, work today
Jack didn’t come to work today
And Mohamed didn’t come too too too
They both have the ‘flu, ‘flu ‘flu
That terrible blue ‘flu
Their team leader spoke quite sharply
sharply sharply
Team leader spoke quite sharply
And now they’ve got the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
Nothing they could do do do
They’re down with the ‘flu
That terrible blue ‘flu
With the terrible blue ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
Nothing you can do do do
Just ring in sick sick sick sick sick
And tell them the news
Your head does ache ache ache
Your legs are weak weak weak
And your stomach turns to water
You get the spots in front of your eyes
The catch in your throat throat throat
The nagging cough cough cough
And you wish the boss were dead dead dead
To ease your aching head head head
But you don’t tell them that that that
You don’t tell them that
Cause they wont understand
Nothing you can do do do
About the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
You got to take life very easy
Very easy very easy
You got to take life very easy
When you’re coming down with the ‘flu, ‘flu, ‘flu
Ain’t a thing you can do do do
And you wish the boss were dead dead dead
From the terrible blue ‘flu
Paula didn’t come to work today
Work today, work today
Paula didn’t come to work today
And I wish I didn’t come too too too
I wish I had the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
Her immediate superior looked at her
Sideways, sideways
(sort of sideways!)
Her immediate superior looked at her sideways
And Paula came down with the ‘flu
The ‘flu, the ‘flu, the ‘flu
The terrible blue ‘flu.
Paula didn’t come to work today
And I think I’m coming down too too too
With the ‘flu, the ‘flu, the ‘flu
I think I’m coming down too too too
With that terrible blue ‘flu.
Steve didn’t come to work today
Work today, work today
Steve didn’t come to work today
He’s come down with the ‘flu
He’s got the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
Nothing he can do do do
He’s come down with the ‘flu
Could be a lack of omega 3, omega 3 omega 3
Must be a lack of omega 3
So he thought he’d better catch a fish fish fish
To go onto a dish dish dish
To go onto a dish
And help him get over the ‘flu the ‘flu
That terrible blue ‘flu
Nobody came to work tody
Work today, work today
Nobody came to work today
The whole worlds got the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
Nothing anyone can do do do
We all have the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
The terrible blue ‘flu
It’s a global pandemic
Probably systemic
We’re all down with the ‘flu
The ‘flu, the ‘flu
The terrible blue ‘flu.
Couldn’t fight any wars today
Wars today, wars today.
Couldn’t fight any wars today
We’re all down with the ‘flu
The ‘flu, the ‘flu
The terrible blue ‘flu
Nothing we could do do do
We’re in agony with the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
So the world’s all at peace today
At peace today, at peace today
The whole worlds at peace today
Cursed cursed cursed
- with that terrible blue ‘flu.
Someday we’ll have to start it all going again
Going again, going again going again, going again
Someday we’ll have to start it all going again
But run it on different lines lines, lines,
Run it on different lines
‘Cause we don’t want to catch that ‘flu
That ‘flu, that ‘flu, that ‘flu
It’s a major industrial hazard
The terrible blue ‘flu
Blue ‘flu, blue ‘flu, blue ‘flu
So we’ll run things on different lines
That’s what we can do do do
So we don’t get the ‘flu ‘flu ‘flu
The terrible blue ‘flu
