The Kinks - The Million-Pound-Semi-Detached lyrics
[The Kinks - The Million-Pound-Semi-Detached lyrics]
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 suit's 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?
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 suit's 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?