Ray Davies - Stand Up Comic lyrics

rate me

Now I don't mind if fifty thousand yobos pick me up

Outside a football ground on a Saturday afternoon

I'll still come out fighting, do you know why?

You've seen me on television, I'm the lowest common denominator

And this is all about your culture, so welcome to jolly Ol' England

I'm the stand up comic

Jack the lad has become Oscar Wilde

And the followers of style say, "It's the latest thing"

And William Shakespeare is the schmooze of the week

And anyone who says different is a fuckin' antique

And Noel Coward has become very hard and the comic says

"Bullocks" and everybody laughs and that's that

Style, I mean, never was much, never has been

But the little bit that was was all that we had

And the clown does a belch and we all belch back

And that's that

Jack the lad has become Fancy Dan

And creating agro culture with a rub on tan

And all the tearaways, have got savior faire

And the working class hero's got a tinted hair

And a well spoken hero from a yesteryear

Walks out onto a stage and they all shout

(Queer)

And that's that

Manners, I mean, never was much, never has been

But the little bit that was was all that we had

And now the clown does a fart and we all fart back

And that's that

Stand up, stand up, can you hear me at the back?

All you white boys standing in a row

And the comic shouts and we all shout back

And the mob says, "Follow", so we go

Stand up, stand up, can you hear me at the back?

All you white boys standing in a row

And the comic shouts and we all shout back

And the mob says, "Follow", so we go and that's that

What do you think of it so far?

I knew you'd say that

You've been watching too much television

Together now

Jack the lad has become Oscar Wilde

And the followers of style say it's the latest thing

And William Shakespeare is the schmooze of the week

And anyone who says different is an antique

And Noel Coward has become very odd and the comic says

"Bollocks" and everybody laughs and that's that

Style, I mean, never was much, never has been

But the little bit that was was all that we had

And the clown does a belch and we all belch back

And that's that, all together now

Stand up, stand up, can you hear me at the back?

All you white boys standing in a row

And the comic shouts and we all shout back

And the mob says, "Follow", so we go

Stand up, stand up, can you hear me at the back?

All you white boys standing in a row

And the comic shouts and we all shout back

And the mob says, "Follow", so we go and that's that

Well, I'm going down the pub now, you're welcome

To join me if you like but I know you won't

You've all been watching too much television

Well, I'll be in the public bar, minding my own business