I would rejoice the choice not to mess up the mess were in around here... Sometimes But I'm not gonna push no one nowhere Leave nature to its course Why infringe on a fringe which is precision made unkempt I don't ask much - just being here is all I attempt You could maybe say I'm conducting a sociological survey I ain't ripped off or sucked in on a neater kind of holiday Can anybody tell me, who is the grand poobah round here? There's many people under many impressions I've wanted to know all year A person I know is a pornographic philosopher She's a dirty joke from one end of the town to the other I think there must be some mistake here She's younger than me yet older than my mother I can't decide if this is lively or lugubrious But I ain't gonna start facin' about it 'cos loose lips sink loose ships Pacemakers molest loose hips Personally I can do without it But when the asterisk takes over is when you should worry But never revived your process in pain 'cos who knows - in a week or two You may wish you hadn't an' make a trip down memory lane Now I can't decide if its viscereal or visceral I've heard of people who are in no hurry People who are like a dodgy curry Even more people who don't wanna worry who get in a flurry Say they're sorr, don't say there sorry, don't you call it "corrie"? Here comes a line Is that a line? For every cloud that has a silver line You'll find one which has decided to lead a life of crime Who will dust off the career of a weather-eater in his prime IS THAT A LINE? When there seems to be no obstacles in the way When I ask if my human objects OK When I feel a neater feeling than you feel IS THAT A LINE? IS IT A LINE? Would you please appease my pleas for peas pudding peas and plum pudding please I know frozen food doesn't grow on trees, ow! IS THAT A LINE? If I offer you a better deal If I polish up some rods of shiny steel If one makes out one knows how another one feels IS THAT A LINE? Person can't keep down person's bile when person realizes person is on trial Person calm down for awhile IS THAT A LINE? Darling any day you'll get my vote Darling I just love you for your new fur coat Or is that your hairy shoulders You could just about part your spine THIS IS A LINE... THIS IS A LINE IS THAT A LINE Not so much hitting as missing See you at the next bout of pretend kissing One spreads one's phlegm around too much Bye bye saliva - keep in touch IS THAT A LINE Beware of these danger spots The place where old actresses go to rot The trouble with old actresses is that they've always got the same old plots I know your lines - I know your lines IS THAT A LINE IS THAT A LINE?