My new house You should see my house My new house You should see my new house
No rabbit hutch about it I bought it off the Baptists I get their bills And I get miffed At the damn polyester fills The interior is the prisoner unconscious The interior is the prisoner unconscious
My new house You should see my new house My new house Keep away from my new house
Western drawers and pills It's got windowsills With lead centred in the middle of them With lead centred in the middle of them
My new house Is no beatnik hang-out My new house You should see my new house
That Halifax copter Sure cropped me a cropper That Halifax copter Sure taught me a cropper
My new house You should see my house My new house You should see my new house
Sometimes I think I'll ring Swintax 1 And go back to our flat Sometimes I think I'll ring Swintax And go back to our flat
But my new house I do love the mad things about it
According to the postman It's like the bleeding Bank of England According to the postman It's like the bleeding Bank of England
Creosote tar fence surrounds it Those razor blades eject when I press eject
My new house You should see my new house My new house Could easy crack and mottle in it
The spare room is fine, though a little haunted By Mr Rearden who had hung himself at number fifteen Mr Rearden hung himself at number fifteen
It'll be great when it's decorated
My new house You should see my new house My new house You should see my new house
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Footnotes
Swintax were a Manchester/Salford private hire taxi company. Here’s an advert I found in the Salford Advertiser, 30 May 1991, p.18:
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