the million-pound-semi-detached

haven't we come a long way

from newly-weds in our bed-sitter flat?

we skimped and scraped every penny

for a down payment on our semi-detached. new towns for all the young hopefuls

a garden suburb with mortgage attached

oh

look at us now

sale all agreed

now it's time to exchange the contracts

with the people who sold us a million-pound semi. straight out of national service

demob suits and short back and sides

and saw the bomb sites turned air-raid shelters

where their families lived all of their lives. then the nation built them a utopia

with pebbledash on the outside

oh

look at them now

they've come a long way

they are affluent and bursting with pride. soon we'll be sitting inside that million-pound semi-detached

detached

in our million-pound semi-detached. looking back at the past of this million-pound semi. two up two down

a back garden

that was the dream

two kids

a cat and a dog

that was the scheme. then the kids both grew up and got married and moved out of home

then we were strangers again

together alone. look at us now

what are we like

sitting alone in our million-pound semi-detached?

they're all taking early retirement

the sum total of all of their lives. now the country is fat with inflation

immigration has helped us survive. once an englishman's home was his castle

now it's a freehold investment to buy

oh

look at us now

our debts are all paid

and the empire has really struck back. we're the proud owners of a one-million-pound semi-detached

so detached in our million-pound semi-detached. a new generation is buying and starting anew

and learning by all their mistakes the way people do. like all the young hopefuls we're buying the future from you

we hope that one day we'll understand what you've both been through. look at us now

what are we like

sitting alone

in our million-pound semi-detached?

look at us now

what are we like

sitting alone

in our million-pound semi-detached?