Half Man Half Biscuit - Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes

[ the melody is ’she’ll be comin’ round the mountain’ ]

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there is surely nothing worse than washing sieves
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there is surely nothing worse than washing sieves
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with the possible exception of being garth crooks
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there is surely nothing worse than washing sieves .

do you switch the kitchen light off with your chin?
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do you switch the kitchen light off with your chin?
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when you’re holding tea and toast and there’s no one else about
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do you switch the kitchen light off with your chin?

when you’re down beside the lake you’re bound to hear
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when you’re down beside the lake you’re bound to hear
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when you’re down beside the lake you’re bound to hear somebody say
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“careful now , that swan can break your arm” .

oh , before the gods that made the gods were born
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yes before the gods that made the gods were born
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yes before the gods that made the gods woke up and made the gods
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that’s when you got into , that’s when you got into
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yeah , that’s when you first got into the manics