It was half my life ago I was drinking out in the snow And the next day I was weak as a kitty Glandular fever got the best of me I had my first real girlfriend It felt so nice to be loved again Maybe that's why I got the kissing disease? Glandular fever got the best of me Sleeping 'cos there's nothing else to do At least I didn't have to go to school, oh no... Yeah I was listening to Pinkerton, Mine-sweeping round all the pubs It was a whole new way of life to me but then Glandular fever got the best of me Yep It was half my life ago I'd been drinking out in the snow And now it's left me with the curse of apathy Glandular fever got the best of me