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Thread #34913   Message #3813229
Posted By: GUEST,Richard Felixstowe
07-Oct-16 - 05:55 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sewer songs
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sewer songs
The third (and last) Sewer song from me

Yet another 'Sewer Song'                  

We are four working men who have gone astray, why, why, why?
'Cos down in the sewer we lost our way, why, why, why?
Lost in the sewer far from home, deep in manure midst fleck and mids foam
Under the city condemned to roam
Chorus - Oh why, oh why, oh why?

We tried to get out, acted on a hunch, why, why, why?
Took a wrong turn now we've missed our lunch, why, why, why?
Out of the sun and out of the rain, trying our best to stay quite sane,
Flushed with success when you pull the chain
Chorus - Oh why, oh why, oh why?

Bill wades along, doesn't pause to speak, why, why, why?
With his nose in the air, looking just like a beak, why, why, why?
With his new haircut, and wading in muck, when he's up to his neck he looks like a duck,
There are lots of big 'worms' so he could be in luck
Chorus - Oh why, oh why, oh why?

Things have become quite desperate I hear, why, why, why?
No home comforts at all I fear, why, why, why?
Fred's dying to pee, s a terrible sight. we sympathise with his horrible plight
'Cos a public convenience is nowhere in sight
Chorus - Oh why, oh why, oh why?

Rats we can hear, all heading our way, why, why, why?
So we hurry along, can't afford to stay, why, why, why?
Wading along, the muck getting higher, we're out of the frying pan into the fire
We know the true meaning of 'stuck in the mire'
Chorus - Oh why, oh why, oh why?

We've come across hazards as we progressed why, why, why?
But natures ways override the rest, why, why, why?
Alf's got wing and we stand him apart, he lifts his leg and away we dart,
His face goes red and his cheeks they smart
Chorus - Oh why, oh why, oh why?

There's a gate ahead, all battered and bent, why, why, why?
There's muck round the lock and it's set like cement, why, why, why?
We hit it with shovels, it would not budge, sealed at the hinges with dark brown sludge
So back down the tunnel we had to trudge
Chorus - Oh why, oh why, oh why?

A new gate we find but it's far too high, why, why, why?
We can't get over we can't get by, why, why, why?
To fail right there tore our hopes asunder, then Fred had a brainwave, it struck like thunder,
Though we can't get over - we might get under
Chorus - Oh why, oh why, oh why?

Submerged in manure we crawled along, why, why, why?
Noses filled up and the stench was strong, why, why, why?
With Fred's pipe as a snorkel we breathed the air, took our time and we made it there,
A passer by said we smelled quite rare
Chorus - Oh why, oh why, oh why?

So now we emerge in the sweet fresh air, why, why, why?
Folk hurry by, they don't stand and stare, why, why, why?
Feeling so happy now we're in the pink but others avoid us making us think
That they are of the opinion we stink.
Chorus - Oh why, oh why, oh why?