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Over The Wall We Go

David Bowie

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Over The Wall We Go

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Over the wall we goAll coppers are nanasOver the wall we goLeave 'em a note saying 'wish you were hereI know the best ways to break out of hereI helped a young laddie called IvanI bundled him over the wall last nightThen he climbed back and he grabbed me tightHe uttered some words that I can't say to you'Cause he remembered that he was a screwOver the wall we goAll coppers are nanasOver the wall we goLeave 'em a note wishing 'Happy New Year'My name is Henry though some say I'm thickI've spent half me life in and out of nickMe mum sends me presents to keep me in styleSoggy old cakes and hundreds of filesNow I sussed all them files I'm a clever young manNow I'm just stupid with manicured handsOver the wall we goAll coppers are nanasOver the wall we goNobody's left and the screw are in tearsspoken:"Double 3, 427 ?" "Here, sir.""Double 3, 428 ?" "Here, sir.""Double 3, 429? Double 3, 429 - Where is he?""He went out for a cup of tea at the local football match, sir.""Oh. well he might have invited me..."Over the wall we goAll coppers are nanasOver the wall we goNbody's slept and the screws are in tearsWe tried digging tunnels but gave up the ghost just past the Kensington yards at the mostOur limbs was aching, we felt pretty poopedOur clothes they was tatty, our arrows did droop.We crawled back to safety, our hearts filled with gloom'Cos we'd dug ourselves through to the smallest roomOver the wall we goAll coppers are nanasOver the wall we goNote wishing 'Happy New Year'spoken:[SFX: knock knock knock]"Hello, who is it?""Double 3, 429, guv""Oh, hang on a minute...[SFX: Doors opening]Hello sonny JimBeen wondering where you were
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