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Down My Street

from Signs And Pointers by Venetic ®

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Mr Nosey Neighbour sometimes wears a kilt
When he snoops around he pushes it to the hilt
Creeping about where he doesn’t belong
He’s gonna have a mishap before too long
He lives with his granny – she’s a hundred and eight
She waves him off at the front gate
She’s lived in the same place since ’22
If you’re not local, she won’t trust you

Down my street
You’re in for a treat
Down my street
Fitting in’s quite a feat

At number 28, the wife is throwing plates
Her hubby came home a little too late
At number 42, they’re all sniffing glue
Destroying what few brain cells they’ve got left to lose
Number 36 is nothing but a mess
His wife left him when she saw him in a dress
At number 65 they’ve got shopping to do
At the five-finger discounter – what’s it to you?

Down my street
These are people you meet
Down on my street
Watch out when you speak

The local kids’ll steal anything not nailed down
They spray graffiti all over town
The local hard men like a drink or two
They smash up letterboxes, hurl abuse
The local petrolheads drive all around
Throwing bottles and acting the clown

Down my street
The people aren’t sweet
Down on my street
Mormons beat a retreat

Their lives are rules by a regular clock
They’re pretty much all reconciled to their lot
You’d better not question, you’d better not ask
They’ve got no time for some smartarse
But the funny thing is about the folk on my street:
They’re all convinced that I’m the freak!

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from Signs And Pointers, released February 1, 2009
(c) Wayne Stuart McCallum

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Since 2002, Venetic has independently released 10 albums with more on the way. Healed by the flames of purgatory, he is now back from the undead.

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