Ocean Colour Scene - Policemen & Pirates lyrics

The house caught on fire in the winter
The bosses lay slain

And each of the workers decided
To ten-fold their pay
And they saw in the mirror the sun
Had been shot down in flames
And nobody minded the hole in
The sky or the rain

But it doesn't really matter when
The judgments are said
'cause we all take our chances to find
Out romance is in some others bed
And you might burn your fingers hock
Your best rings for those
Who'd have you standing naked then publicly
Auction the use of a hose

All the children were laughing their faces
In half at the pain
Of the girl who loved talking to
Walls and jumping at trains
And the words that ring true in
The playground of fools will remain
And nobody minded the hole in
The sky or the rain

But it doesn't really matter when
The rights have been read
'Cause we all take our chances to glance
At the wife in the opposite bed
And I bet Nero and
Pilate could easily explain
How policemen and pirates get stoned in
Glass houses just finding their way

The house caught on fire in the winter
The bosses lay slain

And each of the workers decided
To ten-fold their pay
And they saw in the mirror the sun
Had been shot down in flames
And nobody minded the hole in
The sky or the rain

But it doesn't really matter when
The judgments are said
'cause we all take our chances to find
Out romance is in some others bed
And you might burn your fingers hock
Your best rings for those
Who'd have you standing naked then publicly
Auction the use of a hose

And it doesn't really matter when
The rights have been read
'Cause we all take our chances to glance
At the wife in the opposite bed
And I bet Nero and
Pilate could easily explain
How policemen and pirates get stoned in
Glass houses just finding their way

Yeah policemen and pirates get stoned in
Glass houses just finding their way
Yeah policemen and pirates get stoned in
Glass houses just finding their way