歌曲 | Second-Hand Car Spiv |
歌手 | The Kinks |
专辑 | Preservation Act 2 |
下载 | Image LRC TXT |
Sung by spiv, flash & floosies | |
Spiv:i was born a slum gutter infantile, | |
Brute-force educated, delinquent juvenile. | |
I am a product of mass produced factory fodder, | |
Streets full of tenement blocks, rat infested filth and squalor. | |
I left school, went straight on the dole | |
And unemployment's no enjoyment, | |
Welfare state owned my mind and my body and my soul. | |
So i worked my way up to be a second-hand car spiv, | |
But don't judge me harshly because i'm just a slum kid. | |
I built up my business with a quick wit and fist, | |
So don't double-cross me or my hoods will dissect you | |
With their black jacks and shiv. | |
Slum kids never get a break, they've got to fight their way up. | |
Wheel and deal, beg and steal, | |
Sweat blood to earn a buck. | |
I didn't want to work on the factory floor, | |
I wasn't content, i wanted more | |
Than to be a slave of a lathe, | |
Work all day and go home bored. | |
So a second- hand car spiv was what i became. | |
I built an empire because i used my brains. | |
Chorus: he was a second-hand car spiv up from the slums, | |
So don't judge him harshly because he's just a slum kid. | |
Then he moved into property, stocks and shares, | |
Spiv: and into high finance and you've got to agree | |
That running a multi-million corporation | |
Sure beats selling cars second-hand. | |
Chorus: once he sold old worn out heaps to the punters on the street, | |
Spiv: now i'm in control of the country as a whole, | |
And the world is at my feet. | |
Chorus: the world is at his feet. | |
Spiv: power, power, i've got power oozing out of me, | |
And when you think of all the things i've done | |
It says a lot for one | |
Who worked his way up from the streets. | |
Yes i'm a second-hand car spiv. | |
Do a deal, buy and sell, | |
It's my trade, i know it well. | |
Make a sale, ring the bell | |
And let the suckers go to hell. | |
Bank the profits, count the change | |
Another sucker comes your way. | |
Life is a crooked game, | |
And slum kids never change. |
Sung by spiv, flash floosies | |
Spiv: i was born a slum gutter infantile, | |
Bruteforce educated, delinquent juvenile. | |
I am a product of mass produced factory fodder, | |
Streets full of tenement blocks, rat infested filth and squalor. | |
I left school, went straight on the dole | |
And unemployment' s no enjoyment, | |
Welfare state owned my mind and my body and my soul. | |
So i worked my way up to be a secondhand car spiv, | |
But don' t judge me harshly because i' m just a slum kid. | |
I built up my business with a quick wit and fist, | |
So don' t doublecross me or my hoods will dissect you | |
With their black jacks and shiv. | |
Slum kids never get a break, they' ve got to fight their way up. | |
Wheel and deal, beg and steal, | |
Sweat blood to earn a buck. | |
I didn' t want to work on the factory floor, | |
I wasn' t content, i wanted more | |
Than to be a slave of a lathe, | |
Work all day and go home bored. | |
So a second hand car spiv was what i became. | |
I built an empire because i used my brains. | |
Chorus: he was a secondhand car spiv up from the slums, | |
So don' t judge him harshly because he' s just a slum kid. | |
Then he moved into property, stocks and shares, | |
Spiv: and into high finance and you' ve got to agree | |
That running a multimillion corporation | |
Sure beats selling cars secondhand. | |
Chorus: once he sold old worn out heaps to the punters on the street, | |
Spiv: now i' m in control of the country as a whole, | |
And the world is at my feet. | |
Chorus: the world is at his feet. | |
Spiv: power, power, i' ve got power oozing out of me, | |
And when you think of all the things i' ve done | |
It says a lot for one | |
Who worked his way up from the streets. | |
Yes i' m a secondhand car spiv. | |
Do a deal, buy and sell, | |
It' s my trade, i know it well. | |
Make a sale, ring the bell | |
And let the suckers go to hell. | |
Bank the profits, count the change | |
Another sucker comes your way. | |
Life is a crooked game, | |
And slum kids never change. |
Sung by spiv, flash floosies | |
Spiv: i was born a slum gutter infantile, | |
Bruteforce educated, delinquent juvenile. | |
I am a product of mass produced factory fodder, | |
Streets full of tenement blocks, rat infested filth and squalor. | |
I left school, went straight on the dole | |
And unemployment' s no enjoyment, | |
Welfare state owned my mind and my body and my soul. | |
So i worked my way up to be a secondhand car spiv, | |
But don' t judge me harshly because i' m just a slum kid. | |
I built up my business with a quick wit and fist, | |
So don' t doublecross me or my hoods will dissect you | |
With their black jacks and shiv. | |
Slum kids never get a break, they' ve got to fight their way up. | |
Wheel and deal, beg and steal, | |
Sweat blood to earn a buck. | |
I didn' t want to work on the factory floor, | |
I wasn' t content, i wanted more | |
Than to be a slave of a lathe, | |
Work all day and go home bored. | |
So a second hand car spiv was what i became. | |
I built an empire because i used my brains. | |
Chorus: he was a secondhand car spiv up from the slums, | |
So don' t judge him harshly because he' s just a slum kid. | |
Then he moved into property, stocks and shares, | |
Spiv: and into high finance and you' ve got to agree | |
That running a multimillion corporation | |
Sure beats selling cars secondhand. | |
Chorus: once he sold old worn out heaps to the punters on the street, | |
Spiv: now i' m in control of the country as a whole, | |
And the world is at my feet. | |
Chorus: the world is at his feet. | |
Spiv: power, power, i' ve got power oozing out of me, | |
And when you think of all the things i' ve done | |
It says a lot for one | |
Who worked his way up from the streets. | |
Yes i' m a secondhand car spiv. | |
Do a deal, buy and sell, | |
It' s my trade, i know it well. | |
Make a sale, ring the bell | |
And let the suckers go to hell. | |
Bank the profits, count the change | |
Another sucker comes your way. | |
Life is a crooked game, | |
And slum kids never change. |