They're going to build a motorway Through me back garden No one can explain why I came to be chosen They're going to build a motorway They're ripping up the trees Soon the lorries will be zooming through Me cabbages and peas
Word came from the council Was just about to plan I didn't understand, It sounded very grand They talked of urban redevelopment Improving the environment They says to ease the traffic flow A bit of my back garden had to go Well, I dunno I suppose that those who started it must know best And I wouldn't like my vegetable patch To stand in the way of progress.
They're going to build a motorway Through me back garden No one can explain why I came to be chosen They're going to build a motorway They're ripping up the trees Soon the lorries will be zooming through Me cabbages and peas
The brother lives in Lilac Grove It's just across the street I've not seen him in weeks We always used to meet And have a pint or two at Paddy Lowe's It's just a heap of rubble now The pawn shop's disappeared And so's the barbers where we always used to go Well, I dunno These noisy great machines are workin' nonstop And funny things are growin' And it looks as though the bomb's dropped
The bulldozers are movin' in now On me back garden No one can explain why I came to be chosen The bulldozers are movin' in They've ripped all the trees Soon the lorries will be zoomin' Through me cabbages and peas
I don't go out much any more Can't find my way around Wind nearly knocks me down There's tunnels underground An' just to get about from place to place Is like a bleedin' steeple chase Day an' night the traffic flows It's best to plug your ears and hold your nose Well, I suppose I'm better off than some, don't think I'm just sour I'm grateful for the grandstand view I'm getting Of the rush hour
They've built an eight-lane motorway Through me back garden No one can explain Why I came to be chosen They've built an eight-lane motorway They've ripped up all the trees Now the lorries zoom where once I grew Me cabbages and peas
------------------------------------------------------ recorded by the Black Family (1980) @political @protest filename[ MOTRWAY MJ
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