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She lives on Pony St.
She lives on Pony Street
 
And they should scatter flowers at her feet
And they should scatter flowers at her feet
But when they come calling I think it's appalling
But when they come calling I think it's appalling
They're sober and they're polite
They're sober and they're polite
They're deeply respectful when I would expect them
They're deeply respectful when I would expect them
To keep her out all night
To keep her out all night
That little martinet
That little martinet
Will get her own way yet
Will get her own way yet
If you need instruction in mindless destruction
If you need instruction in mindless destruction
I'll show you a thing or two
I'll show you a thing or two
You used to adore me but now my life flashes before me
You used to adore me but now my life flashes before me
For you to view
For you to view
Oh mother, oh mother, sometimes you are so mortifying
Oh mother, oh mother, sometimes you are so mortifying
From the hole in your leopard skin tights I can tell you've been spying
From the hole in your leopard skin tights I can tell you've been spying
But your generation confesses before it transgresses
But your generation confesses before it transgresses
 
Those Super-8 movies of daddy in your disco dresses
Those Super-8 movies of Daddy in your disco dresses
 
 
 
If you're going out tonight
If you're going out tonight
I won't wait up
I won't wait up
Reading "Das Kapital"
Reading "Das Kapital"
Watching "Home Shopping Club"
Watching "Home Shopping Club"
While you're flogging a dead horse
While you're flogging a dead horse
 
All the way down Pony Street
All the way down Pony St.
 
Where you live after a fashion
Where you live after a fashion
 
All the way down Pony Street
All the way down Pony St.
 
The life and the soul of every indiscretion
The life and the soul of every indiscretion
 
That lives on, that lives on, that lives on
That lives on, that lives on, that lives on Pony St.
Pony Street
 
 
 
Daughter, oh daughter, you know I will love you forever
Daughter, oh daughter, you know I will love you forever
But spare me the white ankle socks with the lace and the leather
But spare me the white ankle socks with the lace and the leather
For you and your cartoon threat do no good to resist me
For you and your cartoon threat do no good to resist me
For I am the genuine thing but for you it's just history
For I am the genuine thing but for you it's just history
If you're going out tonight
If you're going out tonight
How can you be sure
How can you be sure
Where you lay your pretty head
Where you lay your pretty head
Mother may have been before
Mother may have been before
So you're flogging a dead horse
So you're flogging a dead horse
 
All the way down Pony Street
All the way down Pony St.
 
Where you live after a fashion
Where you live after a fashion
 
All the way down Pony Street
All the way down Pony St.
 
The life and the soul of every indiscretion
The life and the soul of every indiscretion
 
That lives on  
That lives on
She lives on Pony Street
 
That lives on
 
That lives on
 
That lives on
 
That lives on
 
She lives on Pony St.
 
She lives on Pony St.
 
She lives on, she lives on
 
She lives on, she lives on
She lives on, she lives on

Revision as of 23:46, 26 April 2009

She lives on Pony Street And they should scatter flowers at her feet But when they come calling I think it's appalling They're sober and they're polite They're deeply respectful when I would expect them To keep her out all night That little martinet Will get her own way yet If you need instruction in mindless destruction I'll show you a thing or two You used to adore me but now my life flashes before me For you to view Oh mother, oh mother, sometimes you are so mortifying From the hole in your leopard skin tights I can tell you've been spying But your generation confesses before it transgresses Those Super-8 movies of daddy in your disco dresses If you're going out tonight I won't wait up Reading "Das Kapital" Watching "Home Shopping Club" While you're flogging a dead horse All the way down Pony Street Where you live after a fashion All the way down Pony Street The life and the soul of every indiscretion That lives on, that lives on, that lives on Pony Street Daughter, oh daughter, you know I will love you forever But spare me the white ankle socks with the lace and the leather For you and your cartoon threat do no good to resist me For I am the genuine thing but for you it's just history If you're going out tonight How can you be sure Where you lay your pretty head Mother may have been before So you're flogging a dead horse All the way down Pony Street Where you live after a fashion All the way down Pony Street The life and the soul of every indiscretion That lives on She lives on Pony Street She lives on, she lives on