Once Round Grandma (Twice Round the Gasworks) Lyrics

ONCE ROUND GRANDMA (TWICE ROUND THE GASWORKS)

Baby! I need a sign

So I know what's yours

And what used to be mine

We used to have cake

All the cake you could bake

But now I'm awake

It all seems to take so much time

So move along down the line

And all the backroom boffins

In their nice white shirts

Shout Once round Grandma

Twice round the gasworks

Honey! I need some relief

If I'm going to get to the side

At least that's my belief

Because yet again

A thing most profane

Has been in my brain

And it's left a big stain on the sheets

I think it called itself Keith

And all the backroom boffins

In their nice white shirts

Shout Once round Grandma

Twice round the gasworks

A host of fat lizards in jackets and slacks

Carrying baskets of eggs on their backs

Just stopped by

Drooling and diving and speaking in tongues

They tell me they simply just had to come

And say Hi!

Sugar! Throw me a bone

I'd rather not spend another

Ten years on the phone

I don't wanna get tough

But I'm calling your bluff

Cos I can't get enough

Of this green sticky stuff on my own

Unless it's homegrown

And all the backroom boffins

In their nice white shirts

Shout Once round Grandma

Once round Grandma

Once round Grandma

Twice round the gasworks